International and South African Soft Skills Training
The ability to communicate effectively is generally recognized as the number 1 skill that will determine whether you will be hired and promoted in your career.
I offer various online courses such as Effective Presentation Skills, Effective Meetings, Frontline Etiquette and Effective Communication in the workplace!
July, 2024
HOW TO INTRODUCE A SPEAKER
An easy way to remember what you have to do: Refer to the particular audience. Speak about the occasion...
December 22, 2024
OVERCOMING SHYNESS
There’s nothing wrong with being shy – if that is what you want.
Please read the preceding sentences again, especially the last six words. These words – “if that is what you want” – say it all.
December 14, 2024
PUBLIC SPEAKING - ARE YOU NERVOUS?
Yes, you are going to be nervous the first time that you must speak to an audience. But the adrenaline is beneficial to you and will help you to give a more efficient performance as a speaker.
There are many surprisingly simple ways to reduce nervous tension:
December 3, 2024
PUBLIC SPEAKING
The tone of your voice conveys your attitude towards your subject and your audience. It also conveys how confident or how nervous you are. Usually when you are nervous, your voice takes on a higher pitch and sometimes, your voice may even quiver!
October, 2024
DEFINING THE WORK WE WERE BORN TO DO
We are all unique and precious. And, whether we realize it or not, we all have talents and gifts...
August, 2024
HOW TO SERVE A TOAST
There are many occasions when proposing a toast is appropriate and desirable: births, birthdays, graduations, bar mitzvahs, weddings, anniversaries, promotions, and so on...
July, 2024
PRESENTING A GIFT, TROPHY, CERTIFICATE OR GIVING A FAREWELL SPEECH.
Refer to the occasion.
Call the person to the front.
Talk about the achievement of the recipient...