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Think on your feet ®

2 Day Course

Can you think fast enough to speak with clarity, brevity and impact?

What is the course?

A practical workshop on thinking for anyone who ever needs to get their ideas across - a core competency for knowledge workers.

  • teaches clarity [being understood], brevity [getting to the point] and impact [persuasiveness]
  • designed for senior executives, managers, sales people, technical and financial specialists, public affairs experts and training professionals
  • suitable for anyone who wants to build - or refresh - their selling and influencing skills, or who wants to improve their "face-to-face" communications
  • comprises: classroom tuition, practical workshops, coaching and peer and instructor feedback

What are its objectives?

On completion of the course, participants will be able to:

  • use ten easy to remember plans to structure ideas simply and persuasively
  • illustrate ideas with memorable examples
  • target their messages at listeners' core concerns
  • explain complex information simply and clearly
  • get to the point and be remembered

What topics are covered?

All elements of presenting ideas with rapid or little preparation:

  • six simple plans, each with a purpose
  • four sub-plans to flesh out ideas
  • an easy to remember standard format for assembling short presentations
  • thinking fast
  • bridging to handle questions
  • putting it all together

® Think on your feet is a registered trademark of McLuhan Davies Communications Inc.