This splendid President Ramaphosa Covid-19 speech had a whole lot going for it before the President began to wrestle with the elastic of a tight head prop in the form of a face mask.

This Alliance Pharma presentation of the interim 2019 financial results proved to be an effective and durable financial presentation to investors without any major presentation issues.

Apart from Christmas and the State Opening of Parliament a speech by the Queen is quite rare. So this Queen’s Covid-19 speech to the Commonwealth is much anticipated.

Were closed shutters the perfect visual metaphor backdrop for this Sir Keir Starmer acceptance speech as he became the new Labour Party Leader in April 2020?

There’s no doubt that conference etiquette will see a world of difference after the current Covid-19 crisis is over, not least to conference attendance, activities and exhibition spaces.

The tone is both serious and sober, yet we’ve picked up the phrase of the moment, “next slide please”, as Sir Patrick Vallance presents his important data at the Chinese coronavirus briefings in 10 Downing Street.

Metaphorically speaking it’s all change at the Treasury in 2020 as the new Chancellor gets to grips with his first Budget speech and other announcements.

It really does pay dividends to practise before you have to read your autocue before a live tv audience,