Courses

Speaking with Impact – Edinburgh

Communicating with Confidence

Wednesday 27 November, 2019

08:45 - 15:45

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Overview

The ability to make an impression when you speak is an invaluable tool. Learn to effectively communicate with colleagues and speak with confidence. Join communications consultant Sandra Miller on this one-day interactive training course to maximise your verbal communication.

Attend this course to receive individual feedback to improve your public speaking skills and take away key tips on how to prepare yourself for stressful situations. Take part in practical exercises and learn how to speak confidently, retain an audience’s attention and feel in control.

Learn the common pitfalls with public speaking and feel comfortable in an intimate, supportive working environment.

Learning Outcomes

Develop your ability to communicate with confidence
Discover the seven core qualities for concise, measured messages
Gain essential vocal preparation tools for important meetings and high stress situations
Return to your organisation with techniques to share
Acquire a ‘failsafe’ presentation technique to fall back on in an emergency
Challenge your preconceptions of effective verbal communication in a supportive environment
Build spontaneity and improvisation into your repertoire so instant impact is ensured

In-House Option

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Agenda

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08:45 - 09:15

Registration

09:15 - 09:45

First Impressions

Understand the impact of first impressions
Focus on how you can improve initial impressions

09:45 - 10:30

Instant Impression

10:30 - 10:45

Morning Break

10:45 - 11:30

The 7 Ingredients of Excellent Communication

Learn the 7 key ingredients to effective verbal communication
Start to fold them into how you think about speaking

11:30 - 12:30

Preparation and Structure

Unlock how you prepare and structure your speech and presentations

12:30 - 13:15

Lunch

13:15 - 13:45

The Opening

Focus on the first words you speak, and how they affect perception

13:45 - 14:00

Building Confidence

Develop a robust, confident style
Use relaxation, breathing and voice work to strengthen the foundations of your verbal skills

14:00 - 14:15

Spontaneity Exercises

Build spontaneity and dynamism into your verbal communication
Energise talks you’ve given before, and ensure the audience is fully engaged and absorbed

14:15 - 14:45

Final Presentation

Give a final presentation
Compare to earlier work and gauge progress
Take concrete lessons from throughout the day and put them into practice

14:45 - 15:00

Afternoon Break

15:00 - 15:15

Action Planning

Build a plan to take learning forward, and make sure that the lessons learned are put into practice in the workplace
Maximise the impact of the day by selecting achievable aims and objectives for personal verbal development

15:15 - 15:45