Thinking & Speaking Off The Cuff

In this 1 day course learn to think and talk on your feet by quickly organising your thoughts.  The ability to think and speak off the cuff is a tremendous asset to have in your personal and business life. To successfully communicate your ideas, you need to quickly organise your thoughts and present them in a clear and logical manner to meet your audience’s needs.

Course Price Includes:

• Perth’s best facilitators and coaches at Perth’s best CBD training centre

• Interactive, practical and hands on learning with small groups for maximum impact

• Free help desk support after your training

• Take-home resource workbook

• Morning and afternoon refreshments, delicious café lunch

• Certificate of Attendance

• Our 100% quality guarantee

Details

This workshop is designed to help you think and talk on your feet in situations that may arise unexpectedly, or without notice.

Speaking off the cuff is often required for meetings, impromptu presentations, supervising staff, job interviews and when responding to questions from an audience. Those who do speak well off the cuff are seen as credible, reliable and confident.

Course Times

• 8:30am to 3:30pm

Course Content

Respond to questions from the floor

• Be eloquent

• Be effective

• Be relevant

• Be succinct

Organise your thoughts

• Resists time pressures and think before you speak

Structure your response

• Follow a simple and tried speech structure

Master the platform

• Stop hiding behind the platform and use the stage effectively

The rule of “Three”

• The tricolon is one of the most effective tools in public speaking

Get to the point

• Less is often more

• Keep it simple

Leave them with a memorable message

• End strong

• Be memorable

Fail-safe backup techniques

• Simple models

• Simple tools

• Respond confidently and effectively

Job interviews

• What are interview panels looking for?

• How can I display this?

Outcomes

• Effectively respond to questions from the floor

• Buy time and organise your thoughts

• Structure your response

• Master the platform

• Use the rule of “Three”

• Get to the point

• Leave them with a memorable message

• Call on fail-safe backup techniques when you get stuck

• Respond effectively at job interview

Prerequisites

• This course requires no previous training or experience.