INTERVIEW FIRST MAN ON MOON - I KNOW SOMEONE WHO HAS

I'm looking forward to speaking later this year at the European conference of one of the world's largest accounting bodies - CPA Australia.   It's a huge organisation - with a membership of more than 139,000 finance, accounting and business professionals (they're not all Aussies) in 114 countries. But despite its size, it's fair to say that outside the financial world, and certainly outside Australia, it's not a name that comes up on most people's radar. Until now! In the past week CPA Australia has found itself on the universal map in a bigger way than ever before. Why? Because it did the last interview with the first man to walk on the moon - Neil Armstrong - before he sadly left us to go beyond this universe.    Neil Armstrong's being interviewed by CPA Australia But hang on! Why would one of the most famous men ever - the first to walk on two different bodies in the universe - bother to give an interview with an accountancy organisation? Well part of the answer - wait for it - is because Neil Armstrong's dad was an auditor!!! In fact, this is confirmed by the great man himself in the interview which appears on the CPA Australia website. And the person who secured the first in-depth Armstrong interview in nearly 30 years, and which also turned out to be the last, played on this obscure fact to persuade him to come before the cameras ... something the more mainstream media didn't achieve.  Mind you, the interviewer - CPA Australia's chief executive Alex Malley - isn't perhaps what you'd expect as the man in charge of an accountancy body... as I discovered when I met him at a CPA coffee tasting event (yes it really was coffee!) that they put on in their Central London premises during one of Alex's visits. Apart from running the CPA, Alex is a weekly radio commentator on Australia's "Money News" programme and hosts a digital and on-line TV show called "The Bottom Line". He has almost inter-gallactic ambitions for his organisation. I haven't trained Alex, but I don't think he needs guidance on how to do interesting things. His four-part interview series recorded with Neil Armstrong is all fascinating. But if you only watch one section, go for Part 3 where Armstrong talks us through the lunar module's descent onto the moon's surface - while it's pictorially displayed with a pilot's eye view - and lands it, despite a computer malfunction, with just 20 second's worth of fuel to spare.   The Lunar Module in action Even though you know it has a happy ending, it's still heart-stopping stuff. Check it out at: http://thebottomline.cpaaustralia.com.au/ WHEN HARRY MEETS LIZZIE Britain's Press Complaints Commission has received more than 3,600 complaints so far about The Sun newspaper's decision to print pictures of the naked Prince Harry cavorting in a Las Vegas hotel room. And thousands have joined a Facebook group entitled "Support Prince Harry With A Naked Salute" - supposedly the fastest growing Facebook group of our time.                               Shock Picture of Prince Harry Fully Clothed Whether you think the media are right or wrong to publish, the lesson for everyone is clearly that in today's world of mobile phone cameras and the internet, the saying "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" can no longer apply - for princes or anybody. As someone who works in the area of helping people give inspirational answers to tough questions, what I'd like to know is what should Harry say to his grandma if she asks him why he revealed all? You can picture it now, with Her Majesty looking up from her i-pad saying "Oi Harry, how do you explain these pics I've just run into while surfing the net in Balmoral?" All suggestions on what is the best thing Harry can say are most welcome.

FREE PLACE FOR HARRY Meanwhile - on the basis that he needs a bit of help - I've decided to offer Harry a free place at the forthcoming open course on "Giving Great Answers To Tough Questions" He can take part - subject to certain terms and conditions - and providing he doesn't wear that old Nazi uniform that embarrassed him last time he was in big trouble. "Giving Great Answers To Tough Questions" runs 9.30am to 12.30pm on Friday 7 September in Central London. It helps you give more impressive answers to questions from prospective customers, clients, financiers, journalists and others (including royal grandmothers). Later on the same day there's "Perfecting Your Elevator Pitch" which runs from 2pm to 5pm. This session enables your business introductions become more powerful, effective and memorable. Places are £97 for each, or £167 if you do both. Bookings can be secured by emailing enquiries@michaeldoddcommunications.com Both session are running at the Royal Institute for British Architects in Portland Place - just down the road from BBC's Broadcasting House.   The courses are guaranteed to be fun - but as applies to Prince Harry and all others - clothing is compulsory.    ONE SMALL PHRASE FOR MAN, ONE GIANT LEAP Meanwhile back on the moon...   I'd always assumed that Commander Armstrong's famous first words on the moon were the result of a well-planned, much-rehearsed line from an earthbound public relations team.   However, in his last interview Neil Armstrong tells us this was not the case.   He says he thought up the words "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" after the lunar module landed safely on the moon's surface, and just before he exited the craft for that much-watched walk.                  Neil Armstong pictured shortly after uttering the famous words     So he did plan and prepare, as I always advocate for big moments.   But he certainly didn't do it much in advance.   Life outside earth is full of surprises.   Though I bet the first person on Mars has their first words crafted for him or her well before they leave this planet.    Keep smiling,   Michael