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How to find your ideal audience

By: Ngalula Beatrice Kabutakapua 13 October 2019 HOW TO IMPROVE & PERSONALISE YOUR COMMUNICATIONfeaturedLeave a Comment

In 1998 my best friend changed. She had absorbed an obsession that kept her glued to written pages, laid on a bed. To my surprise she wasn’t the only one. Other friends of the same age had developed the same obsession. What a surprise was in the end to discover that the contagion had spread…

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Do this one thing if you want people to know what you’re doing

By: Ngalula Beatrice Kabutakapua 25 September 201925 September 2019 DiaryfeaturedLeave a Comment

“Did I have this conversation with you?” That was one of the most common phrases of my flatmate during my university years in the UK. She would have conversations on anything with anyone and brainstorm about the latest things she discovered. As a minimalist communicator I found that inspiring and I brought that lesson with…

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If you want to say something, just say it

By: Ngalula Beatrice Kabutakapua 5 September 20195 September 2019 HOW TO BE YOURSELF AND COMMUNICATE, HOW TO IMPROVE & PERSONALISE YOUR COMMUNICATIONfeaturedLeave a Comment

If you want to say something, just say it. Sounds repetitive and simple, yet how many time I wished I had this sentence sculpted into my brain so that I wouldn’t forget. I would have loved to have it sculpt in my brain that day when I said “Excuse me” to the passing-by man working…

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Three steps to a clearer communication

By: Ngalula Beatrice Kabutakapua 1 September 20191 September 2019 HOW TO BE YOURSELF AND COMMUNICATE, HOW TO IMPROVE & PERSONALISE YOUR COMMUNICATION, HOW TO INNOVATE YOUR COMMUNICATION STRATEGYfeaturedLeave a Comment

“I went to a workshop a few days ago and I was told if I wanted to step up my game with Instagram, I had to get in touch with hundred people every day. “How am I going to do that? I have family and a freelance job!” This was a new friend of mine…

How To Make Dreams A Reality

By: Ngalula Beatrice Kabutakapua 8 August 20198 August 2019 HOW TO BE YOURSELF AND COMMUNICATE, HOW TO INNOVATE YOUR COMMUNICATION STRATEGYfeaturedLeave a Comment

As a freelance professional, I have the opportunity to work from home and many other places with a good wifi, nice coffee and an inspiring ambience. Office nomadism is part of the characteristics of my work and also a source of inspiration for the reflections on communication that I share through my newsletter. Which is…

Be Brave Enough to Be Creative

By: Ngalula Beatrice Kabutakapua 30 July 201930 July 2019 HOW TO IMPROVE & PERSONALISE YOUR COMMUNICATIONfeaturedLeave a Comment

You know that Error page that appears on the internet when a page cannot be found on a website? While reading my LinkedIn feed, I discovered an organisation called Missing Children Europe, had created an app that converted those 404 error page in poster of missing children. Wow! Right?

Be The Authentic Communicator

By: Ngalula Beatrice Kabutakapua 14 June 201918 July 2019 Diaryfeatured

It’s been a crazy ride. I remember how it felt when Nobel Prize winners invited in the charity I was working for thanks to the way I shaped their message… and being called for work from people inspired by the authenticity of the stories I shared. It was PRECIOUS! Fast forward to today, and I’ve…

This TV series will make you understand what storytelling is about

By: Ngalula Beatrice Kabutakapua 1 April 20191 April 2019 HOW TO IMPROVE & PERSONALISE YOUR COMMUNICATIONfeatured

When the screen turns black and the music stops, I’ve already been crying for at least 10 minutes. This is my summarised relationship with NBC TV series, This Is Us, the one tv series that will make you understand what storytelling is about. If my tears are not enough to prove how its storytelling is…

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Instinct will save your communication strategy: Van Praet Quote

By: Ngalula Beatrice Kabutakapua 30 October 201813 December 2018

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Throughout my career in marketing and advertising, I have worked on every side of the market research and strategic planning industries […] what I have seen is that […] beyond the instruction of market research, to act with instinct and intuition has proven the most fruitful. Van Praet, D. Unconscious branding. Palgrave Macmillan, p XI

What a toddler book taught me about listening

By: Ngalula Beatrice Kabutakapua 23 October 201820 March 2019

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To communicate or not to communicate. To listen or not to listen. It might not sound like a constant struggle, a battle. Yet, when faced with the choice of opening up ourselves or avoid deeper discussions, more often than not we decide to go for the small talk. This can lead to shallow conversations and…

Brief Guide: How to film yourself with a smartphone

By: Ngalula Beatrice Kabutakapua 16 October 201824 November 2018

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Never been much of a selfie girl, in fact, I have never really liked it. Yet, when I started working on the documentary series (IN)VISIBLE CITIES, I found out the excited people following the project online were hungry for more visual insights on our travelling around the world. That’s when I began using my mobile…

How To Get More Likes on Facebook

By: Ngalula Beatrice Kabutakapua 9 October 201820 March 2019

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London was just waking up when I took a ride with a complete stranger to get to an interview to Oxford. The air was pungent but warm, more than I could ever remember in London. The quiet order of the 5am streets punched with the memory of the night before, fighting to convince my son…

Why I’m using Pay What You Can model for a communication workshop

By: Ngalula Beatrice Kabutakapua 4 October 20184 November 2018

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One of the most formative experiences of my adult life has been moving from Rome to Cardiff, in Wales, to study international journalism. The whole process was very new to me: living without my family in a foreign country; sharing the house with flatmates from all over the world; managing serious finance. Because I’m obsessed…

3 Books That Will Improve Your Communication Skills

By: Ngalula Beatrice Kabutakapua 2 October 201820 March 2019

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In an unknown central city in Italy, an aspiring foreign correspondent is taking part in a conference. Listening, mainly, the experiences of established journalists who have fascinatingly travelled all over the world to narrate the stories of others. One of them mentions a name: Ryszard Kapuściński. The girl never heard that name before but surely,…