Team talks and training
for better business
communication
I have spoken and trained teams in better business communication practices everywhere, from Google to NATO HQ to The Project Management Institute.
I love speaking on communication at work because it can help every single organisation
I speak about clear communication, how to use business language, how to explain complex subjects, and how technical professionals can communicate with their business teams.
Audiences leave my engaging and insightful talks knowing how they can become better communicators, with tangible tools and frameworks they can immediately apply to improve the quality of their communication at work.
Have a look at my speaking and training topics.
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Speaking & training topics
Get to the point: start your messages clearly every time
If you want people to get to the point, avoid rambling introductions, and have clearer communication, this talk is ideal.
Attendees will learn a simple but powerful method for starting any work conversation, meeting or email. The framing method is taught in an interactive way using examples from the team’s current work. Attendees leave with a tool they can immediately apply to their work and with a better understanding of how to be clear and concise.
How to structure compelling presentations
Attendees will learn to create compelling presentations by applying two simple, repeatable methods. The methods help the attendees organise the messages and content in their presentations.
Instead of giving vague advice about the need to be clear or how to arrange slides, this talk provides a tangible method for exactly what types of message to put in the introduction, main body, and conclusion of a presentation.
If your team presents topics in any forum, this talk is for them.
Status updates people actually want to listen to
Attendees will learn the GPS summary method and how to apply it to status updates. By the end of this talk, the attendees will know how to summarise complex topics, how to give status updates on only the topics the audience cares about, and will know how to avoid the issue of not knowing what the audience wants an update about.
If your teams regularly provide verbal or written status updates, especially to a senior audience, this talk is for them.
Business language: how to communicate in a way that everyone understands
Attendees will learn what business language really is. They will discover the simplest way to talk about any topic using language that other teams will understand. The methods taught will help technical professionals talk to non-technical teams, accounting teams talk to customer services, and more. The methods are simple, and a number of tools and guides are provided to help the attendees apply the methods to their own communication.
If your technical teams struggle to communicate clearly with business stakeholders, this talk is for them. And if your teams are new to the world of business and lack core business language skills, this talk is for them, too.
Successful meetings
This interactive workshop teaches a simple process for planning and running meetings. If your meetings do not produce the outputs you expect, often go off track, and don’t seem like a valuable use of time, this workshop is for you. Participants leave with a simple 15-step framework they can use to keep meetings on track and produce valuable outputs.
If your team’s meetings take too long, don’t produce what you need, and often go off track, this workshop is for you.
(P.S. If the 15-steps sound like a lot, don’t worry – most of them only take a few seconds to complete and everyone gets a 1-page guide to remind them of the steps)
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