Be More Confident, Know What to Say & Say It With Meaning
Speaking skills training for better results whether advancing your career, building your business, or raising your personal profile.
Our ability to express ourselves effectively directly impacts our ability to achieve our goals.
However, you don’t need to be a highly eloquent and flawless orator to start achieving much better results in life and business. For most people, it is much more realistic, and helpful, to work on controlling nerves, finding the right words, and projecting the best version of themselves.
What would it mean for you to be able to express yourself with more confidence and more clarity, plus connect more meaningfully with others in these situations?
Speeches and presentations
Meetings
Conversations with staff and customers
Outbound messaging (media appearances, podcasts, social media, events etc.)
Are any of these problems stopping you from communicating effectively and achieving better results?
Afraid to put yourself ‘out there’ because of a fear of being judged.
Thoughts and ideas racing around in your head that you just can’t seem to articulate.
Your mind goes blank when you are in front of an audience.
Talking, often LOUDLY, about the wrong things.
Struggling to cut through the noise, engage and connect with your audience.
Being misheard, misunderstood and taken out of context.
These issues can all be overcome.
What’s more, if you have a desire to improve your speaking skills, you have an opportunity to gain a competitive advantage in your career or business.
Think about this…
Lots of people struggle with speaking
While only a small percentage of cases are severe enough to require treatment from a mental health professional, it is estimated that around 73% of the general population have some level of anxiety around public speaking.
Source: National Institute of Mental Health
Yet only a few get help
Despite the negative impacts on their professional and personal lives, only around 8% of people with a fear of public speaking seek help to overcome it.
Sources: Schneier, Franklin M.D., Social Anxiety Disorder, University of Columbia
Despite the huge benefits
Communication has been described by some of the world’s most successful business leaders as the skill that can most level the playing field. This is because being able to speak well provides an instant advantage when it comes to outshining the competition.
Sources: Richard Branson: ‘Communication Is The Most Important Skill Any Leader Can Possess’, Forbes, 2015.
Oh, and by the way…
When people self-identify as confident communicators, that confidence often doesn’t transfer to effectiveness. In fact, there is an 80% chance that those they are communicating with will rate them as ‘Less than effective’ or ‘Not effective at all’. Ouch.
Source: The Leader’s Voice, Tom Peters Company
“The person who has technical knowledge plus the ability to express ideas, to assume leadership, and to arouse enthusiasm among people – that person is headed for higher earning power.”
– Dale Carnegie
When you improve your speaking skills, you are giving yourself a huge advantage. So what is the best way to go about it?
I have found that the best approach to improving speaking skills is through practical strategies that combine the four pillars of mindset, content, delivery, and audience analysis.
Mindset
There is no silver bullet for overcoming nerves. However, when we know what to focus on and consider some different ways of thinking, we can overcome unhelpful thoughts and get those butterflies to line up in an orderly fashion.
Content or Delivery
Which is most important? The truth is that any approach that doesn’t consider both how a message is constructed and how it is delivered, is missing half the equation. Which one requires the most attention varies from person to person.
Audience
To get people to retain what we are saying and take action, we need to understand each audience we speak to. We also need to apply certain triggers that the human brain reponds to in our speeches and presentations.
You might be thinking
“That sounds a bit involved. I just want to be more confident and know what to say.”
I understand. My training takes the complex stuff and transforms it into practical simple strategies. Let me explain more…
Hi, I’m David Wise
from Wise Words Communications
After struggling for many years myself, I’ve done the hard work of digging deep into the art and science of communication. Now I want to make it easier for you to get the results you need.
Yes. My training is based on communication and psychological research.
Yes. It is intended to challenge you.
However, I assure you that it is designed to be enjoyable and easy to implement.
In this video, I explain why improving your speaking skills is a bit like baking a cake (it’s 3 min 51 sec).
“If you can’t explain it simply, you don’t understand it well enough.”
– Albert Einstein
I understand your challenges with presenting and public speaking.
I have had a love-hate relationship with public speaking all my life. I have come apart at times when nerves have gotten the better of me. However, I have also turned it around to enjoy quite a few speaking successes.
I understand the root causes of public speaking issues.
Through both formal communication and behavioural studies and my own experiences, I have become adept at identifying what the real problems are.
I understand what to change to get better results.
I can identify what most urgently needs changing for significant improvement. When we work together, you are getting feedback from an experienced professional communicator.
What past workshop participants are saying…
Thank you David. You are a wonderful presenter and mentor who seemed to read all of our thoughts and gently move us out of our comfort zones to believe in ourselves. I wholeheartedly recommend Wise Words Communications.
The content was very practical and was delivered succinctly and professionally by David. I came away with a number of very useful tools and strategies that have assisted me in strengthening my public presentation skills. Highly recommend!
David is a wealth of knowledge on all things public speaking. I learned many valuable tips and techniques, and feel so much more confident now when speaking and interviewing.
Are you ready to improve your speaking game and start showing up as the best version of you?
Which of these options best meets your needs?
Customised in-house training
If you are looking for bespoke training for the staff of your company, not-for-profit, or small-medium enterprise. Also school students or members of your community group.
Public workshops & courses
If you are looking for training for yourself I have a number of courses and workshops that are evolving all the time.
Private coaching
When you need some help to prepare for that high-stakes presentation or learn to communicate more effectively.
Customised In-House Training
Let’s discuss the communication skills needs of your team to develop a program that meets your specific objectives.
Elements could include, but are not necessarily limited to:
different types of presentations (e.g. persuasive, informative etc.)
speaking on camera
pitching and sales training
communicating your business vision, values etc.
conversations with staff and customers
outbound messaging (e.g. content marketing)
identifying and dealing with communication issues specific to your organisation
Corporate, NFP, Govt.
I can work with companies, not-for-profits, government departments and agencies to help your organisation develop more effective communicators.
SME's
For some staff training with a difference, help your team become more confident communicators and enjoy the flow-on benefits in your business.
Schools
Training to help you develop tomorrow’s leaders or help your staff communicate with more impact outside the classroom.
Community
If you want to get better at telling others about your community cause, let’s develop some training to meet your objectives.
Where can I run training?
Presently I can travel anywhere in Australia subject to COVID restrictions. While I believe face-to-face is best, I accept current reality and can tailor training so it can be run via Zoom or MS Teams.
Public Courses, Workshops & Seminars
Public Speaking Bootcamp
This workshop is suitable if you are a little shy, suffer from nerves, or just want to improve your public speaking game. The day is filled with interactive learning to help you grow in confidence, organise your speeches and presentations, and improve your delivery.
Available as:
Workshop
Speaking on Video
This workshop has been designed to build your confidence with shooting and posting casual on-the-spot or live videos and also using tools such as Zoom more effectively. This is NOT a video production class. This is about you gathering your thoughts and capturing them on camera.
Available as:
Workshop
Online Course (Coming Soon)
Speaking on the Spot
Learn strategies to help you gather your thoughts and respond brilliantly in a variety of impromptu speaking situations including meetings, job interviews, forums, or any situation when you’re asked to say a few words off-the-cuff.
Available as:
Workshop
Online Course (Coming Soon)
Powerful Public Speaking
A 6-week course designed to help you build your confidence and understand how to effectively plan and deliver different types of presentations. Includes Public Speaking Bootcamp, 3 x workshop sessions, 1 x Zoom session, 1 x Graduation Celebration.
Available as:
In-Person Course
Private Coaching & Consulting
Presentation Preparation
When you need help to write, design and deliver a high-stakes presentation where the outcome really matters.
Personal Coaching
There are a range of reasons why people get private coaching before trying out what they’ve learned in front of others. Let’s discuss your situation.
Confidentiality assured
In some situations, private coaching clients require confidentiality regarding the work we do together. This is 100% respected.
Contact David Wise
Phone: 0427 360 293
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Contact David Wise
Phone: 0427 360 293
Or send a message using the contact form. Don't worry, I won't automatically add you to my mailing list.
Contact David Wise
Phone: 0427 360 293
Or send a message using the contact form. Don't worry, I won't automatically add you to my mailing list.
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