Workshops / The art of explaining

Posted: 16 Nov 09

Thomas Heath – our training specialist – has devised a new course that tackles everything you need to know about effective written communications in five steps: outcome, audience, concept, structure and language.

He put it to the test with four days of pilot workshops for technical proposal writers at Aviva. And they loved it: feedback forms with ticks in all the right places and sincere use of the word 'inspirational'.

Filming / Heroic moves

Posted: 16 Nov 09
Echosix anchorman and actor Simon Morgan has been been filming scenes 50ft under the river Thames (in the Greenwich foot tunnel so he didn't get wet) for a forthcoming new thriller. He's starring alongside actor Jimmy Jean Louise, of hit TV's Heroes fame.

He's also been working as a corporate interviewer for award-winning internet TV company Multichannel TV.

Wallpaper* / Florence guide

Posted: 6 Nov 09

The Wallpaper* City Guide to Florence – written by Echosix director Jonathan Lee – is out now in all proper bookshops.

The publication is the second Wallpaper* work from the Echosix stable following the hit title, City Guide to Bologna. More on our previous Wallpaper* projects.

The Guardian / Slavering hound

Posted: 4 Nov 09

Echosix director Jonathan Lee was sent to investigate some ghoulish goings-on on Dartmoor in Devon.

The result? A spiffing Hound of the Baskerville-inspired feature for The Guardian, published in its Halloween 2009 issue. Read the article.

BBC / Going mobile

Posted: 1 Nov 09
Echosix director Kieran Wyatt is halfway through a consultancy stint at BBC Mobile, advising on editorial strategy and managing a number of top-secret projects.

He's providing editorial leadership across their mobile platforms division, working out ways to increase reach and quality. Visit BBC Mobile.

Radio / Autocue tales

Posted: 3 Apr 09

Gita Raval – Echosix’s autocue specialist – gave the good listeners of Radio 4 an insight into the world of high-pressure speeches.

Gita spoke volubly on the PM programme on March 19th – without the aid of an autocue – about her scrolling experiences with the likes of Michael Jackson and Tony Blair. Suffice to say, the appearance has made her something of a celeb in the autocue world.

University / Entrance teaser

Posted 3 Apr 09

Echosix's architectural insights have flown all the way to Japan.

Chuo University, based in Tokyo, used an excerpt from one of our books – 50 Great Adventures, Extraordinary Places and the People who Built Them – in its 2009 entrance examination. Find out more about the book.

 

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