We are delighted to be working in partnership with City Academy to offer you an exciting portfolio of open training courses. Whether you need to boost your presentation skills for work, build confidence for an approaching speech, or simply enhance your interpersonal communication skills, our open training courses will set you up for success.
The Opposite Leg training courses now offered by City Academy include: Art of Presenting, Communication Skills and Public Speaking.
"Practical, common sense and fun"
"I can only describe it as phenomenal, it has changed my whole approach"
Art of Presenting - October 2011
Art of Presenting - £195 per delegate
This enjoyable day will help you overcome your presenting nerves, connect with your audience and deliver dynamic presentations.
Thursday 1st March 2012 Sadler's Wells, London
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In today's business world you cannot afford to be without this dynamic presentation skills course.
This one day course follows a simple step by step routine guaranteed to give you a high level of confidence and skill when it comes to presenting or speaking to an audience of any size.
Art of Presenting’s core focus is the performance element of presentation - although many of the techniques have a lasting impact on preparation and presentation creation, the main objective of the course is to get you feeling good about being in front of a crowd. And, to get the crowd feeling good about you in return.
Art of Presenting is a proven formula, which works as the foundation for all presenting, however there’s enough space in the day to tailor the training to meet your specific workplace demands.
The benefits for you:
- Deal with nerves and embody assuredness
- Experience relaxation in front of an audience
- Connect easily with an audience
- Improvise and be flexible
- Handle tricky questions
- Build rapport
- Learn techniques for sharpening your key message
- Speak with confidence, clarity and dynamism
- Learn open assertive body language
- Enjoy presenting
Communication Skills - £195 per delegate
This training is perfect for anyone looking to improve their interpersonal communication skills whether for improved relationships at work or at home.
Successful people have excellent people skills. The impact you make matters.
Our communication skills training ensures that you understand all the attributes needed to be a successful communicator and make a positive impact on those around you.
Whether you want to build relationships with colleagues, or perform at your best in meetings, or simply improve relationships in your personal life this training will guide you towards becoming an excellent interpersonal communicator.
Our training is experiential and fun, guaranteeing rapid development of practical skills, while being rigorously routed in communication theory and concept. During the training, there’s plenty of opportunity to try out your skills and consider applying them to situations from your life.
Areas covered include:
- Recognising communication habits and patterns
- Models for successful interpersonal communication
- Active listening skills, rapport and confidence
- Open body language
- Connection, empathy and conversation building
- Emotional intelligence
- Assertiveness
- Playfulness and improvisation
- Clarity and purpose
Public Speaking - £195 per delegate
This training will give you the effortless presence of a seasoned speechmaker and help you find that little bit of star quality needed to truly capture the crowd.
Thursday 23rd February 2012 Sadler's Wells, London
Public speaking is a craft, with practise you can get better and better at it.
This lively one day course will set you on the path to becoming a powerful public speaker able to command an audience and perform with effortless confidence, charisma and impact.
Not only will we help you with the speaking part of public speaking, we’ll also take you through the key techniques needed to tell a good story and reel your audience in.
Our training is experiential and fun, guaranteeing rapid development of practical skills.
Areas covered include:
- Vocal clarity
- Vocal diction
- Breath control
- Resonance
- Playing different spaces
- Delivering clear messages
- Understanding speech structure
- Dealing with performance anxieties
- Building confidence
- Making a strong opening, hooking your audience in
- Storytelling
Coming soon to Birmingham and Manchester too!
