22 September 2010, 9.30am - 5pm, 21 Portland Place, London W1
Whether you are presenting to 1 or 100 people, public speaking, or presentation skills, is a critical skill, winning you respect and improving your impact and your influence. This course will improve your stage presence and your ability to engage an audience.
The day will include the psychology of good communication: We will cover content, performance and managing your nerves. The outcome will be a far more powerful presence in any communication situation.
The course tutor is Billy Milton (see details below), who also runs our highly commended Negotiations Skills course. He will be supported on the day by a professional actor who will assist with tips from the theatre trade.
The programme for the day includes:
Introductions and purpose statement.
Communication Story to set the scene (and show how a good story is told).
Where are we now? Communication Issues…
- Are you always understood by colleagues and clients?
- What gets in the way?
- What can we do about these barriers?
- ROLE PLAY EXERCISE
Making a speech - The Practicalities:
- Proper Preparation
- Openings to Avoid
- Good ways to open a speech
- Stress – Pitch – Speed
- Gestures
- The Stance
- Avoiding common mistakes
- Coping with nerves
- Closing your Speech
- ROLE PLAY EXERCISES emphasising the various elements above are interspersed throughout.
Building Rapport
- How to gain your audiences confidence - Rapport
- Rapport - Body Language
- ROLE PLAY EXERCISES to illustrate how to build rapport are interspersed
Presentation Skills summary
- Key elements of every good speech summarised
- The Call to Action - The Magic Formula
Tutor
Billy Milton
Billy is a gifted and enthusiastic public speaker who has spent the past 20 years honing his speaking and negotiating skills with the largest 'not-for-profit' organisation in the world... the church. Before becoming a minister he spent 16 years in industry as a management accountant, working for United Biscuits, Pilkington Glass and Pinneys of Scotland amongst others. He is a qualified accountant (CIMA) and has a Ba (Hons) in Theology.
He is now once again back in the corporate world working as a coach in communication and presentation skills where, using a combination of up front tuition and client participation, he helps people to excel in the public speaking arena. Every time you open your mouth in the corporate world you are performing, and that performance is being judged and ultimately affects your bottom line. His aim is to give people the necessary skills and confidence to perform well in each and every occasion that they are required to influence someone.His recent clients have included The RAC, Transitions Lenses, IHG and Avis.
One of Billy’s favourite pastimes is long-distance running. He has run a number of marathons and believes that in business you should never trust a sprinter!
What past attendees have said
- "Very good at preparing anyone who needs to speak to others. Nerves are subjective and the course can only help you prepare and help you relax."
- "Succinct, focussed, relevant."
- "Entertaining ,practical and very proffessional."
- "Probably one of the best Pulic speaking course Ive attended."
- "Very informative and relevant to the subject, and I'd be amazed if you didn't come away with some new skills."
- "Very interactive but not intimidating."
- "Very interesting, helpful and informative. Although a group session, it felt as though this was one-to-one coaching."
- "Liked the combination of a professional speaker and actress it worked effectively."
- "I think the two tutors were great and very proffessional in what they do."
- "I found the seminar to be very beneficial and I feel that this was mainly due to the excellent presenters, Billy and Jo."
Cost and booking
£275 + VAT for payment with credit / debit card (sorry, not American Express), or
£295 + VAT when requesting invoice.
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