Confident Conversations Workshop 2.0
I like designing new workshops and working on new ideas as much as possible. So far, I’ve only repeated one course within the Queen’s University Open Learning Programme. That was my 1-day workshop called Body to Body: How To Communicate Without Words. Read about it here. Now, I intend to add to this repeated course hall of fame. On Saturday, 31 May 2008 I delivered a...
Read MoreWhat are Businesses Getting Wrong in the Recession?
Everyone’s falling about with worry. The recession has us all cautious about spending more money than we absolutely have to, taking on new staff, renting more premises or bringing in too much product in advance. How can we hang in there? How can we thrive? How can we ensure that our largest and possibly most expensive resource is working to maximum capacity? This resource wears a...
Read MoreQuestion: When is a Gift Not a gift?
Answer: When it’s a skill. I teach and coach communication skills. Notice the word ‘skills’. Not gifts, talents, or even aptitudes. Skills. As such, they are ‘learnable’ by anyone. As a trainer, I can show people, step-by-step, how to make presentations, negotiate, or run a meeting. I can demonstrate the way to make a first impression, write a report, and...
Read MoreNow This Won’t Hurt A Bit…
Last February, I held a one-day workshop at QUB entitled Body to Body: Communicating Without Words. It was the most successful course I’ve ever designed and delivered. With almost forty participants, we had to take-over surrounding rooms for the role-playing activities. That’s a nice logistical problem for a trainer to have! But it made me realise just why the shops are bursting with...
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