Tailoring begins with an initial free consultation designed to understand your unique requirements.
As a springboard for discussion, have a look at the range of topics below that are commonly included in public speaking and presentation skills training. Identify the ones that relate most to your unique requirements.
Your programme will be designed to address the range of topics that you’ve requested and customised so that it speaks directly to the needs of the participants.
Range of Topics
Managing Nerves
Throbbing teeth and a panicked mind? Can’t stop talking? Dry mouth? Tunnel vision? Shaky Elvis leg?
The list of nervous symptoms goes on and on.
The flight or fight response is supposed to be in life or death situations, not when delivering the weekly team update, giving feedback, or answering an email.
We can’t eradicate the symptoms, but we can learn to harness nervous energy and work with it, to achieve optimal performance in any setting.
REIGNITE YOUR PASSION FOR PRESENTING
Are you a seasoned pro who has been presenting for years and is tired of delivering the same messages, in the same way, to the same audiences? Learn creative ways to enliven your presentations, practice going off-piste, and handle challenging audiences.
ENGAGE AUDIENCES
“Hello? Is anyone listening?”
When presenting remotely it can sometimes feel as though you are speaking into a void. The same can be said for in-person presentations. Audiences are easily distracted by phones, the next meeting, and what they are going to have for dinner. Attention is a commodity. As presenters, it is our job to engage our audiences, rather than give them permission to turn off.
Learn how to put the audience at the heart of the presentation, so they feel you are offering something uniquely for them. Practice ways of grabbing the attention from the start, tailoring content, and changing the dynamic to re-engage when energy levels begin to drop.
MAKE POWERPOINT WORK FOR YOU
Is PowerPoint helping or hindering your presentations? An audience can read quicker than you can speak. Text-heavy slides turn you into an audio-book narrator and encourage the audience to tune you out. Learn how to harness the live experience and work with PowerPoint. Create compelling visuals, emphasise key messages, and direct the audience’s attention to what’s important.
GET BUY-IN
Strategic storytelling can help to get buy-in and inspire others by bridging the divide between the speaker and the listener. Bring complex ideas to life through examples that paint a picture in the audience’s mind. People will not remember what you say, but how you make them feel. Create a feedback loop between you and the listener by taking them on an emotional journey.
DEVELOP PRESENCE
What is it that draws our attention to a communicator and compels us to listen? Presence. Some people have it and others don’t, but it can be developed. Presence is the ability to be in the moment, at once aware of what is happening around you, while maintaining a razor-sharp internal focus that keeps you grounded and in control of your reactions to external stimuli. Learn techniques to help you stay focused on the here and now, and not be distracted.
STRUCTURE YOUR CONTENT
You are an expert in your field. You know a vast amount of information on a topic. You’d like to share this information with others. Where do you begin?
Before firing up PowerPoint and doing an information dump, consider the audience, tailoring your content to them, and articulating a memorable central message. Practice using simple frameworks to structure your content in a variety of ways for different audiences.
BUILD CONFIDENCE
Confidence cannot be bestowed on you. It comes through practice and experience. Beyond learning the theory of presenting and public speaking, participants will practice applying tools and techniques that suit their individual style. They’ll also identify a variety of low-stakes opportunities to practice in the real world, such as: speaking up in a meeting, delivering the weekly team update, giving a leaving speech, or MC’ing a wedding.
The Tailoring Process
INCREASE THE INFLUENCE OF NON-NATIVE ENGLISH SPEAKERS
Learn tips and techniques for effectively preparing, improving clarity of delivery, and building rapport with English audiences.