Personal communication skills

This half day training programme is fully shaped around your needs, including factors such as which media you want to target, in what types and styles of interview, and personal aspirations. We will research and prepare scenarios for issues affecting you. You can choose the balance of strategy and planning with print, TV and radio interview training.

This course lays out the core principles to build presentation skills appropriate to each person and the wide variety of situations in which we need to perform. It draws on perspectives from psychology, linguistics, sociology, and hard practical experience to help you create simple, clear and compelling presentations and deliver them effectively.

Expect an active and confidence-building day of coaching and fun workshops with an inspiring presentation coach.

Course starts at 09:30

You have attended a presentation course before and remember some of the techniques for addressing your audience, body language, eye contact. Presenting at international conferences is different. You find yourself in a large auditorium and you cannot make eye contact with your audience. You have a microphone which picks up every breath and your speech may be relayed by interpreters.

Your presentation is the culmination of your work over the past year – it’s crucial and the outcome could affect future funding for your projects. You need your audience to remember the key points of your presentation.

It’s all in the structure and your use of your voice – this is where intonation, pausing, stress become vital to engaging your audience.