Upcoming Courses

Presentation Skills

Date: Thursday, 25th of August, 2011   Price: €140.00

Location: Clarion Hotel, Liffey Valley, Dublin 22.

FREE Tea/Coffee & Biscuits!

Do you know how to present yourself effectively?  Do you know how to put a presentation together for maximum effect?  Do your nerves get in the way when presenting yourself and your ideas? Then this is the workshop for you!

Learning Content

• Identifying your objectives – understanding what you want to achieve:
  - Incorporating your objectives into your presentation
  - Structuring your presentation to emphasise key points to influence your audience
• Fine-tuning speaking techniques: 
  - Using correct intonation, pacing, pausing, pitching and projection
  - Overcoming vocal challenges and obstacles
• Body language and the non-verbal communicators:
  - The effective use of non-verbal communication when presenting
• Harnessing nervous energy to present with passion and flair: 
  - Developing confidence and controlling your nerves
  - Using visualising and positive programming for a successful outcome
• Developing your style of delivery:
  - Developing presence
  - Adding life and energy to your presentation
• Preparing and presenting a presentation to camera:
  - Review and feedback on your presentation 
• Development & Action Plan:  Participants will be asked to define the support and resources (e.g. software, tools, effort etc) they will need to put in place in the workplace to assist in the successful transfer of the new skills.

Learning Outcomes

• Create a presentation with flair and originality
• Deliver a presentation with clarity and confidence
• Influence their audience with their vocal skills
• Engage their audience through use of presentation techniques
• Control their nerves while speaking in public
• Free video clip of final recording to camera for ongoing learning and development!

Booking Form:

Presentation Skills & Public Speaking Booking Form (235 KB)

Empowering Skills Workshop - Assertiveness & Building Confidence

Date: TBC Workshop Price: TBC

Location: TBC

FREE Tea/Coffee & Biscuits!

Do you want to increase your confidence? Do you want to communicate effectively no matter who you are talking too? Do you want to stop responding passively to people and situations? Do you want to feel empowered to achieve your real potential?

Learning Content

• Identifying the characteristics of aggressive, passive and assertive behaviours through non-verbal & verbal communication
• Beliefs & rights - an examination of your rights and beliefs and why you are entitled to them
    - Understanding and challenging your self-limiting beliefs
• Assertive directives, requests &  statements:
     - How to relay an assertive directive, request and/or statement to get what you want 
• Assertive techniques:
     - How and when to use the ‘Broken Record’ and ‘Fogging’ techniques
• Building Confidence:
     - How to build confidence and overcome challenging situations
• Communicating effectively:
  - How to communicate to all types of personalities
• ‘Role play’ a situation where you have previously found it difficult to assert yourself
• Empowering behaviours:
  - How to capture and maintain that empowering feeling for continued success
• Development & Action Plan:  Participants will be asked to define the support and resources (e.g. software, tools, assistance, practice etc) they will need to put in place in the workor homeplace to assist in the successful transfer of the new skills 

Learning Outcomes

• Project a more positive and confident self-image
• Say “no” in a way that doesn't cause resentment to others or without feeling guilty
• Only take on others’ responsibilities by choice
• Communicate assertively to everyone
• Use confident, assertive language such as ‘I’ statements and power phrases