Speaking in Public with Authority and Confidence

Overview

Course duration: 1 day.

You are comfortable with smaller audiences; your nerves are mostly under control and you have experience presenting at a senior level.

This fast-paced, motivational and highly stretching interactive workshop is for you.

Your highly experienced presenter will coach you through a variety of challenging exercises to enhance your natural style of presenting. Individual feedback and recordings will add to the experience and give a foundation for future success.

Is it right for me?

Suitable for chief executives, directors, senior managers and professionals who find themselves presenting to larger audiences.

What will I learn?

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

• Build a logical and attention-holding structure.
• Meet your key objectives with flexible delivery.
• Making it memorable - Construct compelling openings and closures.
• Create content that remains memorable.
• Use dynamic visuals at the right time.
• Remain relaxed even when things don’t go to plan.
• Use silence and pauses for maximum impact.
• Perfect your personal style.

Pre-course Activity

You are required to bring afive to ten minute work related presentation with you to maximise the time available. A recording of your delivery will be provided for ongoing development.

What will it cover?

The Audience

• Understanding the audience, its needs and expectations
• Holding the audience’s attention – stay in control
• Using questions and objections as opportunities
• Maintaining your credibility

Voice and Image

• Breathing and voice projection
• Boost your vocal energy
• Make any nerves work for you
• Body language that inspires

Language that Works

• Repetition, pausing and summaries
• Using words which are natural and unforced. Avoiding business speak
• Positive and dynamic language
• Conveying passion

Delivery

• Story telling, ice-breakers and mood makers
• Creating empathy and feeling for your audience
• Using word pictures
• Isolating the key messages

Personal Development

• Monitoring your strengths and weaknesses
• Building your confidence to deliver consistently

Trainer Profile

Kay Cadell

Typical delegates on this course are fairly comfortable speaking in public and are looking to fine tune or build on their existing skills. And regardless of seniority, people still come with the classic questions such as “how do I deal with my nerves?” and “how can I be more concise and stop waffling?”.

So using a series of discussions and practical exercises combined with a good dose of honest feedback, I will challenge you to learn some new techniques and make sure your foundations in public speaking are solid.

The Faculty

Along with George Baxter, and Matt Plant, Kay Cadell is part of the dedicated faculty team who will deliver this course. The initials next to each date below indicate which trainer is scheduled to deliver which event.

Recent delegates have said

“I would like to say thank you very much for a wonderful and most beneficial course attended last week. I have learned so much in the course of two days and the advice and guidance given will definitely make an impact on not just my working life but life in general.”