Freie Plätze:
Speaking with Confidence and Impact
Do you sense that there is a way to enjoy public speaking more?
Do you want to have more impact when delivering a presentation?
Do you want to deliver your message with more clarity, and build more connection with your audience? Or do you simply want to be able to be more relaxed and ‘yourself’ when speaking to groups?
In this workshop we will work to strengthen your confidence and charisma, developing your ability to be more authentic and have more professional impact, and allowing you to remain flexible and responsive when you speak.
We will also re-evaluate what it means to feel ‘nervous’. What are we actually dealing with? How can we experience public speaking as energizing and even enjoyable?
This workshop is not about tips, tricks and techniques. It’s about building genuine strength and confidence as a presenter – from the inside out.
Target Group
Academics with at least a little previous experience giving presentations, who want to feel more relaxed, confident and professional while speaking.
Workshop Goals
- relax into the role of speaker and strengthen your professional presence
- develop your ability to use eye-contact to engage with individuals and a group
- practice delivering presentations in a more confident and connected way
- get your point across more clearly and make your contribution more memorable
- enjoy public speaking more and have fun getting your message across
Workshop Content and Methods
The only way to develop good presentation skills is to practice – so we do a lot of that. We run through a series of training exercises designed to help you build confidence step by step. Every participant also gives a short presentation and gets constructive feedback from the group, and you receive a video of your own presentation to view at home.
The workshop emphasises the importance of authenticity and connection with the audience over the theatrical capacity to ‘perform’ confidence. Building core inner confidence through practice, reflection and increased self-awareness is the most effective pathway to developing effective presentation skills and building a strong professional identity on solid ground.
Location, Date and Time
Monday, 14 November 2016, 9.00 am - 5.00 pm
Tuesday, 15 November 2016, 9.00 am - 5.00 pm
All registered participants will be informed of the location by email one week before the event.
Fees and Registration
This workshop is open to a limited number of participants. The registration deadline is 31 October 2016.
Please note that you should notify us before the registration deadline if you are unable to attend the workshop. Otherwise the full fee will be charged.
Please let the Personnel Development and Planning Office know if you will not be attending. There are often waiting lists for the workshops, and this will give one of your colleagues the chance to attend. In addition, if we can fill the vacancy with someone from the waiting list, no cancellation charges will apply for you.
To sign up for this workshop, please click "Register" at the bottom of this page. For any further information please contact Elke Rittersbacher (elke.rittersbacher@wu.ac.at, DW 4448).
The course fee is €40.
Trainer
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Millie Baker, M.A. Millie Baker studied English and German philology and received her Master of Arts degree from the University of Heidelberg. Originally from London, she has been working in Europe since 1999 as a trainer for academic communication skills. Millie designs and runs interactive workshops for researchers across the disciplines. Her work combines academic communication skills with advanced English language training to create specialized courses in academic presenting and public speaking. Her courses are currently run in scientific research centres like the Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, the Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung, and the Universities of Berlin, Frankfurt, Konstanz, Heidelberg, Leipzig, Mannheim, Munich, Vienna, and Zürich. |
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