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Speaking With Impact

Speaking With ImpactEleanor Bruce2023-02-23T11:23:52+00:00
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  • Pre Course Work

  • Objectives

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  • Overview

Duration: 2 days (13 hours) 

This highly practical course is for those new to public speaking and those who have some experience but wish to refine their skills and learn new techniques to enhance their success.

The course provides multiple opportunities to practice speaking in public and provides a rare opportunity to get constructive feedback from both the course facilitator and the group.

  • Pre Course Work

Participants are required to prepare a 15 minute talk. This can be something you have delivered before or something you’ve created for the course. Please include and prepare any visual aids you would usually use when speaking and bring them with you.

If possible, please also bring your smart phone (with camera) with memory capacity for a short video clip to be added, and headphones.

  • Objectives

By the end of the course you will be able to:

  • Set clear aims and objectives when you are speaking
  • Use techniques to speak with impact
  • Work with a microphone
  • Create the right visual aids to enhance your presentation
  • Effectively prepare
  • Content

Aims and Objectives

  • What are we aiming for when speaking; what impression do we want to give?

How to Speak With Impact

  • Delivery of individual talks and feedback to gain insight into current delivery style and its effectiveness
  • The 3Vs of communication
  • Techniques on how to use your Vocal, Visual and Verbal communication for maximum impact and engagement
  • Working with a microphone
  • Using Visual Aids to enhance your talk
  • Reflection on personal strengths and areas to develop

Ad-hoc Public Speaking

  • Opportunities to deliver short talks throughout the session, both with and without preparation

Preparation

  • The six questions to answer for effective preparation
  • How to set SMART objectives
  • Using the 4Mats system for creating your content
  • Storytelling – structuring your talks
  • Using notes when speaking
  • Managing time

Audience Engagement

  • Tailoring talks to your audience for maximum engagement, interest and impact

Managing Your Audience

  • Dealing with difficult audiences
  • Managing questions
  • Managing nerves

Action Planning

  • Start, Stop and Continue actions to take back to the workplace
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Alternatively please get in touch to discuss bespoke programme options.

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