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As the professional Association for NLP we were delighted on Wednesday when we were the first port of call for BBC TV looking for an NLP spokesperson.

They wanted our views on a new innovative app being launched. The new app released today “measures the sound you make with your voice and tells you what emotions you are projecting” very interesting areas for those of us passionate about NLP.

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The call came in around 6.30pm Tuesday and Dee Clayton our Marketing Director was invited to the studios opposite the House of Commons Wednesday morning. Of course Dee’s interview was edited down but we were pleased to have the opportunity to raise the awareness and credibility of both NLP and the ANLP.

As a professional organisation the ANLP has a passion for the public and our members to continually develop their communication skills so we always welcome new tools and processes that make this journey even easier when they are used responsibly and with the best of intentions.

Take a look at the piece which aired on BBC South East news 6.30pm 12th October 2011

We haven’t downloaded the app yet – called EngageM8 so please let us know your views.

More information on the app can be found on the EngageM8 Facebook page

ANLP have, for the last few months, been working with the other UK based membership organisations to put together a definitive list of NLP trainers who are recognised as being able to deliver NLP Trainers Training.

The results can be found on our NLP Trainers Training page.

With the publication of this list, it will, in future, be much easier for potential students to run their due diligence checks BEFORE they undertake NLP Trainers Training.

If you are planning on taking an NLP Trainers Training course, we would encourage you to check this list FIRST, especially if you are investing in your future career.

After working with the Copy Advice team at the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for a number of weeks, ANLP has today published Guidelines for Members regarding the recent changes to the Advertising Standards Authority remit, which now covers websites as well as broadcast advertising.

Click here for general information regarding ASA Guidelines

Click here for specific ASA guidelines for ANLP Members

We are so privileged here, in that we get an insight into how people think. Of course NLP teaches us those skills anyway...and it is great to have that theory backed up by reality!

We had a telephone enquiry recently from someone looking for an NLP Trainer in a particular location. I talked her through the search process whilst she was on the phone, and we both came up with 12 Trainers in her area for her to choose from.

There are options...and there are options - and I think 12 was too many for her to phone, so she immediately narrowed her choice by eliminating those Trainers who had not added a photo to their profile.

Now this strikes me as being a really good selection strategy...and not if you are one of the 4 Trainers who hasn't got round to updating their ANLP profile with a photo, because you just lost a potential Practitioner delegate on your next course!

If you believe your ANLP Membership is a useful marketing tool, then please do use that tool as effectively as you can - upload a photo onto your profile - its an easy way for you to build visual rapport with your potential clients.

Now that the new website had been launched, Karen decided to take us for a makeover and photo shoot with Tim Spiers to get some pictures to publish on www.anlp.org, our Facebook page, LinkedIn and Twitter. So last Thursday, we all met and drove to Muswell Hill to Tim’s lovely studio.

Driving on the North Circular, my tummy started churning. I really do not like having my picture taken at all! OMG, am I going to have to stand in front of everyone posing? How should I smile? Teeth showing or mouth closed?

Tim sat us all down and individually styled our hair and did our make up; it was quite nice taking some time out to relax! We had already decided that we wanted 3 different looks for the photos. The first was to be very formal and professional ... all suited and booted! The next was smart casual for our social media pages, and the third look was just fun!

Tim made us feel so at ease and comfortable that in no time the pictures were being taken as a group and on our own.

We received the proofs back and they are great! I looked at mine and just cringed ... not because of the pictures that Tim had produced, just because I wish I had smiled more, worn something different, lost about 90 stone, applied for a job working with trolls instead of the gorgeous ladies in the ANLP office.

Attempting to turn this around, I decided to show my pictures to my daughter Paige and my mum. “Mummy, you look beautiful” “I like it when you smile mummy!” “Yes, you definitely get your looks from my side of the family!”

Sometimes there is nothing like the honesty of a 6 year old and the delight of your mother to boost your confidence!

I have decided to book some time with Tim to take pictures of my mum, Paige and I at some point this year. He was so lovely and the pictures are fantastic! I have even passed his details onto some friends getting married in October. Thank you Tim and Karen for a wonderful day :o)