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Mary Murphy
Communications Trainer
Ms Mary Murphy is a communications trainer and publishing consultant based in Hungary. She specialises in communication bootcamps for non-native-English speakers, one-to-one and group coaching in public speaking, and English-language writing assessments and training. Her goal is to help people find their spoken and written voice. A columnist with the Budapest Times, Mary is also an active blogger. She holds a Master’s in International Publishing from Oxford Brookes University, UK, and a Master in Contemporary Diplomacy from the University of Malta.
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Diplo Lecturer Olaph Terribile assisted by Mary Murphy gave a four-day workshop to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of the Republic of Moldova focusing on Diplomatic Protocol and Etiquette. ...
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Participants at the Malta Master/PGD Workshop on Contemporary Diplomacy are learning about the applications and implications of e-diplomacy tools. Today, guided by Diplo staff members Stephanie Borg Psaila, Mary Mu...
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Mr Olaph Terribile delivered a one-day workshop on Protocol and Etiquette organised by the European External Action Service (EEAS) in collaboration with the European Institute of Public Administration (EIPA), for Euro...
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YDL and the Churchill Breakfast
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Workshop on public speaking
Understanding the basics of good communication (message elements), alongside what it takes to be a good communicator (message delivery), is an intrinsic element of how we do business, of how we function in and relate ...
Communication skills workshop for Serbian MFA
As part of the Strengthening transparency in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs through improving strategic communications with Serbian citizens training programme, the Diplo Foundation delivered a third cycle of worksho...
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