The Penny Drop
By Penny Terry
One story, shared in five minutes, once a week - with a penny-dropping moment every time. Hanging out with engagement and communications expert Penny Terry on The Penny Drop is the simplest way to turn these so-called soft skills into rock-hard results - personally and professionally.
Latest episode
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BONUS: The two simple questions that’ll help your ideas cut through next year.
Penny drops in for an end-of-year thank you and also to share a penny-dropping moment that she had while buying presents. This little gem could set you up for the best year yet. -
In Reflection - The Final Three Tips That Will Make You Not Just a Better Host, but a Brilliant One.
In the final episode of this season of How to Be A Better Host, Penny talks about someone perhaps unexpected as she drills into the art of reflection and the three things we can all do to get better, bit by bit. -
The Art of Asking - How the Right Questions Turn Moments Into Movements
There are many things that feel awkward to ask of our guests, our audience or our participants BUT, as Penny Terry discusses in this episode of the Penny Drop, it's usually not as awkward as we think, and the benefits can be greater than we think. In… -
The Share - Shaping how Your 'Hosting' will be Remembered
There are things that many hosts don't know need to happen after EVERY thing we host. Penny's not talking about the routine stuff like editing and publishing and cleaning up. But the stuff that has much more significance on how your 'thing' is rememb… -
The Route - These questions will guide you to richer conversations
This is THE episode. It's where Penny unpacks her Questions Compass. It's a tool Penny created to help all hosts better navigate and map out the best route for their interviews and conversations. It makes sure they're balanced and rich, get beneath t… -
The Rapport Card - Scoring High on Connection in Every Conversation
What's a rapport card? What has it got to do with Crowded House? How does Louis Theroux get involved? All great questions and all are answered as Penny takes you through three things you can do to build rapport with your guests, quickly. The Penny Dr… -
The Rituals - Three must haves for your hosting 'routine'
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The Preparation - Three essentials to help you reach the interesting bits faster
Preparing for an upcoming interview, show or event isn't just about the words you write down on an agenda or the questions you write on a page - there's much more to it. In this episode of The Penny Drop, Penny tells you her favourite penny-dropping … -
The Navigation - Three tips to help you 'draft' your ideas
Finding it hard to find ideas, new angles, or great guests for your show, meeting or event? In this week's episode of The Penny Drop, Penny shares a metaphor that will get you thinking and get you drafting. She explains that having a good drafting sy… -
The Calibration - The three skills good hosts master before any others.
Many people ask Penny how they can improve their skills as a podcast, radio, event (or even meeting) host, but often they want to start in the wrong place. Understandably most of us tend to want to improve our scripting, or content, our tech or how w…
