Personal effectiveness
Presentation skills – the basics
This course will provide a supportive atmosphere in which to develop your presentation skills. It is aimed at those who are new to giving presentations or who want to develop their presentation style. We will look at:
- managing nerves
- boosting self-confidence
- dealing with difficult questions
- planning the presentation
- how to use and make the best of visual aids such as flip charts, overhead projectors and data projectors.
You will also get to practise your delivery techniques by giving a presentation and getting constructive feedback.
Improve your presentation skills
This course will provide a supportive atmosphere in which to develop your skills and confidence in giving presentations. The event is for those who have prepared and delivered presentations and now wish to make them more effective. It will look at:
- making an impact
- managing nerves and boosting self-confidence
- dealing with difficult questions.
- how to optimise the use of visual aids and consider the use of other creative delivery
You will be expected
to deliver a presentation that you’ve given before and then adjust the content and delivery to make it even more effective.
Time management
A practical course for those who want to get on top of their workload and get more balance in their lives. It will enable participants to prioritise their work tasks
and understand their responsibilities. In addition to looking at your own time management you’ll also have the opportunity to consider where time gets wasted and working with others who have poor time management.
Creative thinking
Creative thinking is often overlooked as a key technique in organisational development. We use phrases like ‘thinking out of the box’ but then revert back to thinking in it as soon as things get difficult. This course will cover techniques to look at where creativity comes from and how it is defined. We’ll look at why some people are creative and others struggle; explore techniques to becoming more creative and methods of approaching creative practices in the workplace. In addition to helping participants think creatively we’ll also focus on how, as new creative thinkers, we can encourage others to join us.
The event will benefit anyone who needs to find new solutions to old problems, or who wants to help others in their organisation think and work more creatively.
Negotiation and influencing
This course explains the theory and practice of entering into successful negotiation. It will cover models and principles of negotiation and give you the opportunity to practise and develop your own skills and techniques. This event will be of particular benefit to those who struggle to negotiate and/or find influencing others. It will also be particularly relevant for those situations where there is a power imbalance in the negotiation relationship such as in negotiations with your manager or your funder. |
