COURSES > CONFIDENCE & RESILIENCE

Speaking with Impact

Communicating with Confidence

Chaired by
Anne Walsh

Available Dates

Date & Time

23 April, 2024
09:00 - 16:15

10 July, 2024
09:00 - 16:15

8 October, 2024
09:00 - 16:15

Venue

Availability

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Central London


Central London

Good Availability

Central London

6 Spaces Available

Good Availability

Overview

The ability to make an impression when you speak is an invaluable tool. Learn how to overcome the common pitfalls of public speaking and communicate with confidence.

Join Communication Expert and RADA trained actress, Sandra Miller*, on this highly interactive Speaking with Impact training course to supercharge your verbal communication and present yourself as powerful yet authentic.

Throughout the day you’ll receive individual feedback to improve your public speaking skills and take away key tips on how to prepare yourself for stressful situations. In a friendly, open and collaborative environment, take part in practical exercises and learn how to speak with clarity, retain an audience’s attention and feel in control.

*This course will now be ran by Communications Coach Anne Walsh

Communications Coach

Anne Walsh is a Dialect, Voice and Vocal Communications Coach with extensive one-to-one and group business coaching experience in the private, corporate, public and charitable sector

She was Voice and Communications Trainer at the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama from 2008-2012 and designed and delivered in-house training in London, nationally, and in Europe, Jordan and India.

Anne also works on Film, TV and Theatre production as a Dialogue and Accent coach….

Anne Walsh

Learning Outcomes

  • Develop your ability to communicate with confidence

  • Understand the seven core qualities for concise, measured messages

  • Motivate others in your organisation with your new speaking techniques

  • Build spontaneity and improvisation into your repertoire so instant impact is ensured

  • Gain essential vocal preparation tools for important meetings and high stress situations

  • Challenge your preconceptions of effective verbal communication in a supportive environment




All the Understanding ModernGov courses are Continuing Professional Development (CPD) certified,
with signed certificates available upon request for event.


Enquire About In-House Training

To speak to someone about a bespoke training programme, please contact us:

0800 542 9414
InHouse@moderngov.com



Agenda

09:00 - 09:30 Registration

09:30 - 10:00 Clarification of Learning Objectives

  • What do you want to get out of the session?

10:00 - 10:30 First Impressions

  • Understand the impact of first impressions

  • Focus on how you can improve initial impression

10:30 - 11:15 The 7 Ingredients of Excellent Communication

  • Learn the 7 key ingredients to effective verbal communication

  • Start to include them into how you think about speaking

11:15 - 11:30 Morning Break

11:30 - 12:15 The Art of Delivery

  • Start to include new skills    

12:15 - 13:00 Preparation and Structure

  • Unlock how you prepare and structure your speech and presentations

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch

14:00 - 14:30 The Opening

  • Focus on the first words you speak and how they affect perception

14:30 - 14:45 Break

14:45 - 15:15 Building Confidence

  • Develop a robust, confident style

  • Use relaxation, breathing and voice work to strengthen the foundations of your verbal skills

15:15 - 15:45 Spontaneous Final Presentation

  • Compare to earlier work and gauge progress

  • Build spontaneity and dynamism into your verbal communication

  • Take concrete lessons from throughout the day and put them into practice

15:45 - 16:00 Action Planning

  • Maximise the impact of the day by selecting achievable aims and objectives for personal verbal development

  • Build a plan to take learning forward and make sure that the lessons learned are put into practice in the workplace

16:00 - 16:15 Feedback, Evaluation & Close

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    “This course provided an excellent understanding of how to write effectively and why it is important to do so.”

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    “I would really recommend the course. Sue is a fantastic trainer and the day passed by far too quickly. Lots of helpful resources to take away, also very impressed with the smooth transition to online learning. Thank you!

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    “It was a fun course to take a part in. There was a lot of information given, and it was done in an engaging way with lots of interactivity, even over zoom. i really enjoyed the course and learned lots from it.”

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