Effective communication is a paramount skill. Whether you’re addressing a room full of colleagues, clients, or a broader audience, your ability to speak and present with confidence, clarity and impact can be a game-changer for your career.
Even the simplest presentations can cause anxiety, hindering your ability to convey your message effectively. The Speaking and Presenting with Impact course is designed to empower you with the tools, techniques, and strategies to excel in the area of public speaking and presentations.
By the end of this course, you will not only conquer your fear of presenting but also emerge as a confident, persuasive, and influential communicator, ready to make a lasting impression in any professional setting.
Learning Objectives:
- Understanding what pre-speaking anxiety really is
- Calming nerves and building self-confidence through better thought patterns
- Researching the presentation’s key points
- Producing a work presentation from scratch (including a very easy technique for planning when time is short)
- Looking at your style & content in relation to your intended audience
- Job or promotion interview presentation preparation
- Preparation prior to a key work meeting
- Basic body language tips when speaking
- Using the “stage” or meeting room to your advantage
- How to sell yourself and your ideas in a work meeting with great impact and clarity
Training Outcomes:
- Plan and prepare presentations better
- Understand the pitfalls of poorly prepared and delivered presentations
- Learn to avoid ‘death-by-powerpoint’
- Produce a more professional presentation
- Deliver and speak upfront at work with greater personal confidence
- Learn to speak at a job interview with greater clarity
- Understand how to deal with anxiety better, prior to speaking
- Draw up a personal action plan of skills to be practised further
TESTIMONIALS:
“The session was innovative and inspiring. It has given me the ‘green light’ to review my speaking and presentation style with a view to communicate, inform and entertain my audiences better.” – Royal Borough of Greenwich
“Lee Jackson was a brilliant trainer – I learned so much and it was a really enjoyable day, also great for team building. Thanks so much for the positive experience.” – Forestry Commission
“Lee made the science of presenting well look like an art that anyone can achieve – I aspire to do so!” – Isle of Man Financial Services Authority
“If you want to become the best speaker you can be – this is the event for you!” – Oxfordshire Country Council
TRAINER: Lee Jackson
Lee Jackson is an award-winning professional speaker with over 25 years’ experience speaking in challenging situations including prisons, secure units, corporate/public sector conferences and schools. In 2017 Lee was the national President of the Professional Speaking Association and in 2019 was awarded the Professional Speaking Award of Excellence, the highest award in the speaking industry given to only 26 people in the UK & Ireland.
For more information or to make a booking please call 0330 0947 344
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Registration and Welcome
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Up Front/On-Screen Exercises
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The Problem with Bad PowerPoint/Slides
- A fun way to show the world’s worst slides and how they make speaking worse
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Break
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Preparation of Speaking Material
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Delivery
- The Do’s and Do Nots of using the room
- The Do’s and Do Nots of using your voice
- Minimising bad habits
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Lunch
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Continuation of the Speaking Delivery Advice
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Anxiety
- How to Speak With More Impact
- How to Conquer Nerves
- Practical Advice and Basic Psychology/Brain Science
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Break
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Delegates Interactive Training Exercise
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Feedback and Future Plans For Growth
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Questions and Answers Session
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Trainer’s Summary and Close
*Programme subject to change
- Public Sector : £525 +VAT
- Private Sector : £595 +VAT
- Voluntary Sector : £460 +VAT
