Authentic and Connected: the brighter side of public speaking

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Authentic and Connected: the brighter side of public speaking

10 October 2017

Authentic and Connected: the brighter side of public speaking with Millie Baker

Millie very skilfully, authentically and calmly demonstrated ways to stop wasting our time and energy by fearing public speaking. We played with techniques to deal with the pressure we often feel  making us want to hide behind a mask of what we imagine will be acceptable, liked or respected. Over a number of practical exercises and learning from each other, we built our confidence by listening more carefully to our body, and being more awareness of our physical and emotional state. It’s fair to say we all were pleasantly surprised by the results and we had lots to take away and reflect on.

 

From the event:

“This surpassed all my expectations. I learned a lot with a very friendly group  of women.  I loved the evening and would recommend it to anyone.”

” Very practical and enjoyable. I could really ‘feel’ the topic”

Really fantastic session. Great mix of exercises and information”

“Love the networking opportunity . Inspiring ladies and excellent topics”

 

 

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Millie Baker

Millie creates spaces for people to explore authentic public speaking. As a trainer and coach, her mission is to help people uncover their natural charisma and develop true, deep, unshakeable confidence.

Millie is a certified Speaking Circles facilitator and has worked extensively across Europe since 1999 running workshops in communication, presentation, and public speaking.

Her company, The Speaking Adventure, is based in London and runs open trainings in confidence, presence and authentic public speaking.

Date:                            Tuesday 10 October, 5.30-8pm

Venue:                         University of the Arts London, 272 High Holborn, London WC1V 7EY

Event Cost:                  £25 (includes drinks and light refreshments)

Putting Your Best Self Forward

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Putting Your Best Self Forward When You Want To Take Action & Enhance Your Career

11 July 2017

This interactive event was applicable to anyone – job seekers, those seeking promotion and recognition as well as the self-employed alike.

Career & Interview Coach, Margaret Buj used anecdotes from her own life and shared how to:

  • Optimise your LinkedIn profile to highlight your talents and put your best self forward
  • Identify and communicate your unique selling points
  • Sell yourself successfully as the best person in your current field or position within your own company, or for a new role in a new company or internal promotion in your current organisation

Unfortunately after the event, the weather was very un-July-like, hence Marie and Katy providing a pic of the ‘drowned rats’ arriving at the train station!

A copy of Margaret’s slides will be available soon in the Resources area of this website.

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“Very practical tips on making your CV and LinkedIn profile stand out and negotiating the salary you want”

“Really lovely to have access to someone of Margaret’s experience and expertise”

“I felt motivated to update my Linked-In profile – and felt a bit more optimistic about its usefulness.”

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Margaret Buj

Margaret is a Career & Interview Coach who specialises in helping professionals to get hired, promoted and paid more. She has 11 years of experience of recruiting for global technology and eCommerce companies across Europe & the US, and in the last 10 years, she’s successfully coached hundreds of people to get the jobs and promotions they really wanted. Recognized as one of LinkedIn UK’s Power Profiles in HR, and with an award-winning blog, she’s spoken at career events & conferences and has done training sessions or workshops in London, Monaco, Athens & Saudi Arabia. Apart from mastering your interviewing skills, Margaret can help you in discovering your unique selling points and in creating a self-marketing strategy that enhances your reputation with a consistent online and offline brand presence. She’s also been featured in Cosmopolitan magazine, interviewed for The Financial Times and Management Today, has written “Land that Job” e-Guide. Find out more at: www.interview-coach.co.uk

Date:                           Tuesday 11 July, 5.30-8pm

Venue:                         Market Reach, 3rd Floor, 185 Farringdon Road, London, EC1A 1AA

Event Cost:                  £25 (includes drinks and light refreshments)

Intro to NLP

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Introduction to NLP

25 April 2017

An Introduction to Neuro-linguistic Programming (NLP) with Ginette

Ever wonder why you sometimes have a ‘sixth sense’ about what’s going to happen, just before it does? Or how that nagging inner-voice knows just what to say to make you stop believing in yourself?
With an Introduction to NLP, Ginette took us through an evening of understanding what NLP is all about and how it can help us not only understand how our brains process information and make split-second decisions, but also what we can do to re-align our thoughts for heart and mind synergy, positivity and happiness!

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Ginette Tessier

Ginette is a certified international NLP Trainer in Classic and New Code, lucky enough to have been trained and mentored to Master Practitioner and Trainer level by the co-founder of NLP, Dr John Grinder.  She completed her formal studies back in 2014, but says NLP has taught her (amongst many things) that every day presents a new opportunity to learn and grow, and she uses NLP in her daily life, both personally and when working with others in her capacity as a coach and trainer.

Date:                           Tuesday 25 April, 6.30-8.30pm

Venue:                         Executive Business Centre, Bournemouth University

Event Cost:                  £16 (includes drinks and light refreshments)

 

Adversity to Freedom

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Adversity to Freedom

11 April 2017

Amanda C Watts led a lively and worksheet based session on ‘Adversity to Freedom’ sharing her own story from adversity in her home and work life to family happiness and self-employment. Amanda gave away some copies her best-selling book  “Escape – The definitive guide to escaping the rat race, starting a business, and becoming a Freedompreneur”.

Although Amanda’s story is about becoming self-employed her tools and tips were equally applicable to employed , unemployed and self-employed alike – anyone who wants to create their own a dream life. We all came away reaffirming we were on the right track and/or buzzing with ideas on tweaks to make to our lives!

What attendees thought:

‘Great to be with a fab group of women for the evening.’

‘Lovely, warm, supportive environment. It felt really lovely to meet intelligent, active women.’

‘Good to have practical things to take away’

Amanda C Watts

Amanda C Watts lead a lively and worksheet based session on ‘Adversity to Freedom’ sharing her own story from adversity in her home and work life to family happiness and self-employment. Amanda gave away some copies her best-selling book  “Escape – The definitive guide to escaping the rat race, starting a business, and becoming a Freedompreneur”. Although Amanda’s story is about becoming self-employed her tools and tips were equally applicable to employed , unemployed and self-employed alike – anyone who wants to create their own a dream life. We all came away reaffirming we were on the right track and/or buzzing with ideas on tweaks to make to our lives!

Date:                           Tuesday 11 April, 5.30-8pm

Venue:                        Atkins, Euston Tower, 286 Euston Road, London NW1 3AD

Event Cost:                 £25 (includes drinks and light refreshments)

 

Creating Heart-Led Goals

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Creating Heart-Led Goals

24 January 2017

We got 2017 off to a great start with this session, where Marie helped us create goals that tap into our emotional well-being.

Creating our goals (both work and home-related) to lead a holistic and well-balanced life are usually head-led (using logic), rather than heart-led (using emotion). This event supported us to explore ways of tapping into our emotions and use these to create powerful, compelling goals.

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Marie Smith

My whole career has been focused on supporting people to be the best they can be benefiting not only themselves, but also the organisations they work for, or with, and their families and friends

During my thirty years in learning and development, leadership and coaching I have worked in and with private, public, higher education and not-for-profit sectors.  I feel very grateful and lucky to work with some amazing and inspirational people and organisations. I established my own leadership development and executive coaching business, SUCCESSMITH, in 2012. I continue to enjoy working with a variety of organisations and individuals to support and co-create transformational change.

My passion is supporting people to understand what success means to them and go for what they really want out of life. I specialise in coaching and facilitating the development of leaders in organisations, departments, and teams. I also work on a one-to-one basis with private individuals.

I particularly enjoy supporting all genders, and particularly women, to define and achieve their ‘life purpose’ by overcoming tangible or imagined obstacles.

I feel very privileged that through SUCCESSMITH and through my work with the Aspiring Women Groups, I am able to support others by ‘being the spark that lights the flame for transformational change’, and this is what makes me smile and gives me a reason to get out of bed in the mornings!

Date:                           Tuesday 24 January, 6.30-8.30pm

Venue:                         JP Morgan

Event Cost:                  £16 (includes drinks and light refreshments)