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The Psychology of Influence: Persuasion Techniques for Business Consultants

Often, the art of persuasion is viewed in a negative light because it’s associated with manipulation. William Nothstine, in his timeless handbook , successfully distinguished myth from fact when it comes to persuasiveness.

Persuasion is present in our day-to-day communication as we interact and get our opinions heard.

Business consultants navigate various projects, revising and restructuring client strategies to improve their operations. With such a tedious job, you often find yourself in need of persuasive techniques to guide clients in the right direction and drive...

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Specialist skills highlighted as Hannah receives Law Society’s Family Law Accreditation

Associate Solicitor Hannah Porter from The Family Law Company has been accredited by the Law Society and accepted as a member of the Family Law Panel.

This accreditation covers all types of family law work, except public law Children Act work and means that Hannah now has a recognised quality standard as a practitioner, so clients can be even more sure of an excellent standard of service. Achieving accreditation requires the successful completion of examinations, interviews and assessments to confirm suitability.

Hannah says “Having your skills and breadth of expertise...

Things to know about Scrum framework

Authored by David Banks
Posted: Sun, 05/17/2020 - 9:32am

The constant development and evolution of technology are changing the way we work and live. Also, the adoption of technological innovations like AI-enabled programs, 5G, mobile and web applications, IoT platforms, blockchain-based systems, Agile and Scrum, has simplified the process of solving business problems and challenges.

Enterprise Agile practices are being fast adopted across organizations, and with it, the demand for Certified ScrumMaster training is on the rise. Scrum is a part of the Agile framework and provides a set of principles, practices, and techniques to...

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Exeter zero waste stores to reopen with safety measures in place

Authored by Sue Cade
Posted: Thu, 05/07/2020 - 9:51am

Zero waste provisions retailer Nourish will be reopening its shops in Topsham and Magdalen Road on Thursday May 14 with owner Sarah Martin putting in place systems to ensure the safety of customers and staff.

The business closed in late March when it became obvious that it was going to be difficult to adhere to government guidelines.

“Both shops are fairly small and the style of shopping is interactive with customers measuring out their own spices, pulses, seeds or pasta before weighing and making payment,” explained Sarah.

“And to be honest, in those earlier days,...

Care provider urges contact through social distancing with elderly to reduce loneliness.

Care provider urges contact through social distancing with elderly to reduce loneliness

Authored by Reporters
Posted: Mon, 05/04/2020 - 12:06pm

EXETER residents are being encouraged by a care provider in the county to maintain contact through social distancing with elderly relatives, friends and neighbours to prevent loneliness following Coronavirus restrictions (May 2020).

Guardian Homecare says many older people are becoming lonelier as they are not getting enough social interaction, and this can have a devastating impact on their physical and mental wellbeing.

Catherine Porter, Manager at Guardian Homecare, which has teams operating in Exeter and surrounding areas, says: “The Campaign to End Loneliness says...

South Devon care provider welcomes new national adult social care recruitment campaign.

South Devon care provider welcomes new national adult social care recruitment campaign

Authored by Reporters
Posted: Wed, 04/29/2020 - 10:35am

A SOUTH Devon care provider has welcomed a new national Government-driven adult social care recruitment campaign launched to boost the workforce and attract more staff into the sector (April 2020).

The initiative ‘Care for others. Make a difference’ was launched last week (April 23) to help attract more people into social care and to highlight their vital role during the pandemic.

Catherine Porter, Manager at Guardian Homecare, which has teams operating in Exeter and surrounding areas, says: “We heartily welcome this industry-wide campaign to inspire the public to consider...

Exeter College links up with Food4Heroes to provide meals for NHS staff 

Authored by stephendixon
Posted: Thu, 04/23/2020 - 10:57am

Exeter College has offered its state-of-the-art industrial kitchen facilities to Food4Heroes; a charity that provides free nutritious meals to frontline NHS staff during the Coronavirus pandemic.

The College’s @34 training kitchens will now be in use providing nutritionally balanced, free meals to NHS staff. These meals will include a vegetarian and a meat option and allergens will be listed on the dishes provided. Meals will be distributed to Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital in microwavable containers for NHS staff to take.

Food4Heroes launched in response to the...

PPE4Exeter Campaign Raises over £3,000 of £26,000 target in first weekend

Authored by stephendixon
Posted: Thu, 04/23/2020 - 10:31am

A grassroots community project has raised an incredible £3000 in aid of their production of vital Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for community-based health and care workers in their first weekend. They are hoping to continue raising around £1000 a day to keep up with the demand for face shields in the local community.

The PPE4Exeter project was launched last week in order to raise money for the materials needed to produce face shields for use by vital community services during the Coronavirus crisis. To date they have distributed over 1200 face shields to a variety of staff...

Manager for Guardian Homecare, Catherine Porter.

Care industry’s image is changing in Devon in wake of COVID-19

Authored by Reporters
Posted: Tue, 04/21/2020 - 11:00am

A LEADING Devon care provider says the home care sector’s image is changing in the wake of the Coronavirus crisis as more people realise how vital and skilled it is (April 2020).

Domiciliary care was perceived as being low-status, unskilled work before the outbreak, but Guardian Homecare, which has teams in Exeter and surrounding areas, says this has now altered.

Manager for the service provider, Catherine Porter explains: “We’re helping shield our elderly and vulnerable service users every day as requested by the Government and we’re also preventing any non-essential...

Hundreds of businesses not yet applied for Covid-19 funding

Hundreds of businesses in Exeter invited to make a claim for a grant to help them through the Coronavirus outbreak have yet to do so, Exeter City Council has revealed.

The Council is helping distribute £25 million of government funding in the form of either Small Business Grants or Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Grants.

Last week, the Council wrote to 2,000 businesses in Exeter inviting them to make a claim.

And on Thursday evening, only around a third to a half of those businesses eligible had responded.

City Council Director Bindu Arjoon said they...

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