Speaking Under Pressure Training Course Career Development Courses in Glasgow | Edinburgh | Scotland

Training Course Outline

Speaking under pressure, or thinking on your feet, is based on being able to quickly organise your thoughts and ideas and then being able to convey them meaningfully to your audience to modify their attitudes or behaviour. It applies to formal speeches as well as everyday business situations. It requires presence of mind, goal orientation, adaptation and judgment. It also requires differentiating between oral and written communications.

This two day training course has been designed for those who are in positions where they must speak in front of audiences that are hostile or demanding. This material is also suitable for those who are relatively new speakers who want some encouragement to speak up in meetings or who want some training before they begin making presentations on behalf of the organisation. The 'speaking under pressure' training course at GTG aims to improve your skills and provide you with some new techniques, which will give you the persuasive edge when making a presentation, fielding difficult questions or presenting complex information.

Prerequisites

No previous experience is required for this training course.

Key Benefits

• Quick and easy preparation methods - whether you have one minute or one week to prepare.
• What you can do to prepare for questions before you know what those questions will be.
• How you can overcome the nerves that you may have when speaking in front of a group, particularly if the group is not sympathetic to what you have to say.
• Presentation techniques that establish your credibility and get people on your side.

What you will cover

• Getting started
• Planning your presentation
• Force field analysis
• Understanding your audience
• Controlling your jitters
• Making your listener hear you
• Key themes and key sentences
• A plan to structure ideas
• Organisation methods
• Our body language
• Beginnings and endings
• Expanding a basic plan
• Practice presentations

Duration

This is a 2 day instructor led training course.

Locations

UK Wide