Overview
The ability to make an impression when you speak is an invaluable tool.
Learn to effectively communicate with colleagues and speak with confidence. Whether you are hosting an online meeting, presenting remotely or addressing your team in the office, take away the key skills to deliver your message assuredly.
Join communications consultant Sandra Miller on this one-day interactive training course to maximise your verbal communication.
Attend this virtual course to 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 confidently, retain an audience’s attention and feel in control.
Learn the common pitfalls with public speaking and feel comfortable in an intimate, supportive working environment.
What Makes Understanding ModernGov different?
Delegates on this course will be given free access to The Understanding ModernGov Network. An online community platform where you can keep in touch with your trainer and your fellow course mates. We pull together exclusive content and a dynamic activity feed; member profiles; conversations and comments; topics and articles; polls, questions, and posts; events; direct messaging between members; and more.
Unlocking the Power of Virtual
Our virtual courses have been designed with you in mind. From group exercises in breakout rooms to live chat, whiteboards and interactive polls, we use a range of tools and techniques to ensure that you can connect with your trainer; network and share best practice with your peers and leave the day with the skills you need.
Our courses provide you with an interactive and engaging learning environment that can be accessed from any location, helping you to continue to connect, learn and grow. Click here to discover more!
This course will be delivered via Zoom.
Please see below some testimonials:
“Excellent course that built so well throughout the day- amazing how strong everyone’s speaking skills were by the end of the session. Sandie is an excellent trainer- thank you!” – Head of Strategy and Change, London Borough of Islington.
“I was quite nervous about doing a course on public speaking virtually – but Sandie did a fantastic job of choosing material that worked well in this format as well as making us move around the space. The structure and flow was excellent and she managed to keep us engaged for the whole session.” Head of Scientific Machine Learning Group, Ufi VocTech Trust
Sandra Miller is a RADA trained Actor and now works extensively in the corporate sector providing coaching, consultancy and training in communication skills.
Her area of specialist expertise covers Presentation Skills, Interview Techniques, Handling People in Difficult Situations, Storytelling and Influential Communications.
Her clients include many ‘blue chip’ organisations including the BBC, BBC Worldwide, Bristol Water, Friends Provident, Financial Reporting Council, Unilever, Vocalink, Elavon Merchant Services etc. In the public sector clients include the NHS and many District, Borough and City Councils and Universities including working with Politicians and Academics and Civil Servants.
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Learning Outcomes
- Develop your ability to communicate with confidence
- Discover the seven core qualities for concise, measured messages
- Gain essential vocal preparation tools for important meetings and high stress situations
- Motivate others in your organisation with your new speaking techniques
- Acquire a ’failsafe’ presentation method to fall back on in an emergency
- Challenge your preconceptions of effective verbal communication in a supportive environment
- Build spontaneity and improvisation into your repertoire so instant impact is ensured
