Types of seminars:

Delivering fantastic presentations

A seminar which crosses the borders of "traditional" presentations by making the audience's needs and interests top priority.

Who is it for?
Anyone who wants to become a more effective communicator and who has to give concise and persuasive presentations to a variety of audiences (boards of directors, senior management, suppliers, customers, company personnel) whether presenting in their mother tongue or not.

What's in it?

Preparation of material:
  • Identification of your objective
  • Analysing your audience's needs and interests
  • Selecting the right information to meet your audience's needs
  • Creating a clear structure
  • Creating effective visual support
Personal impact:
  • Keeping to the "red thread"
  • Focussing on the benefits
  • Finding your own style
  • Speaking powerfully and persuasively
  • Gaining and keeping audience attention
  • Non-verbal input (expressions, gestures, posture etc.)
Strategies for:
  • Increasing confidence and controlling nervousness
  • Dealing with questions
  • Dealing with problems
  • Developing an interesting and expressive style
How is it done?
Learning-by-doing
Interactive training
One-to-one coaching
Video, trainer and peer feedback will encourage greater self-awareness

English for special purposes

Focussing on successful, non-confrontational communication and involving role-playing and case studies of authentic situations. Input includes the specialist language necessary for participants to succeed in their work life plus methods for self-directed learning. Participants are usually senior managers or above

Areas:
  • Business
  • Board level business language
  • HR
  • Legal
  • Purchasing, Sales and marketing
  • Technical
  • Medical
  • Military

Bespoke seminars

When you can't find the seminar that fits your needs, I have the flexibility to tailor make communication focussed seminars to your particular specifications.
For example:
  • A multi-cultural group who need specific communications training but whose English language abilities are limited
  • Management skills courses for heads of departments in Universities
  • Medical English for sales and marketing staff in the pharmaceutical industry
  • Negotiation skills for board members entering merger or take-over talks
  • Etc etc etc

What to expect.

As an organiser:
1. An initial discussion in which we will discuss
  • The current situation
  • The desired outcome
  • Ideas of how to achieve the objective
  • What items you would like to be included in the final report and at what stage you would like to receive it
2.A written offer outlining the results of the discussion, the costs, methods to be used etc
3.Participants will be contacted to give information so that the seminar can be tailored exactly to their needs
4.A professional, well-run seminar designed to achieve the desired outcome stated in the initial discussion
5.Participants will be contacted again after an agreed period following the session. This is to evaluate the success of the seminar and check if further training is required.
6.A written report containing the items agreed.
As a participant:
1.To be contacted before the seminar so that you can get to know me a little, give your input and affect the overall shape of the session.
2.A rewarding, enlightening and enjoyable learning experience.
3.To give feedback both at the end of the seminar and later - after an agreed period. This will give you the opportunity to live with what you have learned and to evaluate it more objectively