Business Skills
Business Skills
Make your flip charts great
Learn and practise techniques for making your flip-charts into a better training tool. You’ll learn a series of symbols which can be combined to help you draw quickly and convey information much faster. We’ll also discuss some templates which you can use to improve common tasks in meetings.
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Duration: Half day
Mind mapping
Learn the visual technique of mind mapping to speed up your thinking and generate more ideas. This is a hands-on session where you will learn mind mapping by using mind maps. We’ll also look at other uses of mind maps, similar techniques and integrating them into your daily routine.
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Duration: Half day
Presentation Skills
Four-part series:
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Part 1 - How to plan and deliver a talk or workshop
Part 2 - How to manage stage fright and build confidence
Part 3 - How to make effective slides
Part 4 - Keynote for Mac / Keynote for iOS (iPad and iPhone)
Managing your time
Learn how to make the best use of your time with techniques you can put to use straightaway. We’ll help you capture everything you’re committed to, be clear about your outcomes and create a system for managing your commitments.
Duration: Half day
Coaching yourself, coaching others
Learn how to use coaching as a management technique for improving motivation and getting better results. We’ll focus on coaching yourself and using what you’ve learned to coach others around you.
Duration: 1 Day
Plain English writing
Learn how to write with a clear, direct style which improves the impact of your communication. We’ll practise easy techniques to improve your writing using lots of examples.
Duration: Half day
Process Improvement Techniques - taster
During this workshop we will share 8 - 10 of the most common tools for process improvement and try them out with the group. This is a taster session designed to introduce you to the vocabulary of process improvement and set the stage for more in depth workshops.
Duration: Half day
Getting the most from LinkedIn
An introduction to LinkedIn - why use LinkedIn? What it is and how to use it personally and professionally.
Duration: Half day
Introduction to MBTI
A chance to understand and use the Myers Briggs Type Indicator. We’ll look at why you should use it, what it is and how to use it at work. We’ll end by looking at how to develop your skills with MBTI if you want to take it further.
Duration: Half day
Create better ideas
This introduction to creative thinking will help you generate more options, better ideas and creative solutions to problems.
Duration: Half day
Negotiation Skills
Learn what makes a good negotiator, how to prepare for a negotiation and what to practice to improve your negotiation skills.
Duration: Half day