Think on Your Feet®
Introduction
Think on Your Feet® provides techniques to speak spontaneously with clarity, brevity and impact. The Think on Your Feet® approach emphasises structure when communicating. It ensures your ideas will be understood and remembered.
"As soon as you move one step up your company hierarchy, your effectiveness depends on your ability to reach others through the spoken or written word." - PETER DRUCKER
Workshop Overview
Think on Your Feet® blends traditional reasoning techniques with the latest skills in oral communication. You learn how structured thinking turns nervousness into energy. You learn the art and science of speaking convincingly and confidently, without relying on notes.
By concentrating on what is in your listener’s mind, Think on Your Feet® gives you a simple, handy system for making a lot more sense to a lot more people.
"The highest compliment I can give to Think on Your Feet® is that the programme is still as fresh in my mind today as if it was the day after the training. Participants throughout our firm tell me the same is true for them. The programme's distinctive competence is built around three equally important facets-structure, simplicity, and creativity." - ROBERT H. DEAN, Chief Learning Officer, Grant Thornton
Workshop Benefits
Whether you are addressing one person or fifty, Think on Your Feet® provides the techniques to focus in on issues, organise ideas and speed up preparation and response time. Typical situations include:
- Answering questions on the spot
- Communicating with staff
- Briefing management or clients
- Handling the media
- Getting your ideas across at a meeting
- Explaining complex information clearly
- Giving evidence
- Selling a product or service
- Promoting your organisation or yourself
By focusing on an individual’s ability to think quickly and clearly, Think on Your Feet® dramatically improves oral communication skills.
"Think on Your Feet® dramatically improves your ability to quickly organize your thoughts before responding to questions. A great workshop for anybody who has to deliver information to clients, at meetings or in presentations." - BARB BAKER, Director of In-Flight Training and Development, Northwest Airlines
Workshop Objectives
At the end of the workshop, participants will be able to;
- Answer questions quickly and coherently, especially when under fire
- Structure ideas simply and persuasively
- Use six basic organisation formats to focus communication
- Flesh-out ideas with memorable examples
- Avoid common communication traps
- Handle objections positively
- Deal with hostile situations
- Use “bridging” strategies to clarify questions, defuse issues and buy time
- Anticipate questions and prepare answers
- Use techniques to identify listeners’ hopes, fears and background knowledge
- Use simple, jargon-free language that listeners can understand
- Turn nervousness into energy
- Separate topics clearly using transitions
- Organise ideas while talking
Above all, GET TO THE POINT AND BE REMEMBERED
Workshop Outline
The Think on Your Feet® workshop begins with quick coherent thinking—the bedrock of communication—and ends with dramatically sharpening skills to speak more convincingly. The workshop provides all-purpose strategies for organising your ideas, and shows how to match your message to your audience.
We always cover a core programme, together with lots of practice and feedback.
Who should attend?
Think on Your Feet® is designed for anyone who;
- Is concerned about communications, including senior executives, managers, sales and marketing professionals, technical specialists, financial analysts, public affairs experts, and training professionals.
- Needs to be clear, convincing and memorable when speaking to others.
- Doesn’t relish the idea of speaking in public, dealing with difficult questions, or being put on the spot.
- Needs to demonstrate good leadership qualities, to convince and persuade others, to be seen and acknowledged as a leader.
You might also be interested in:
- Writing Dynamics™
- Grammar on The Rocks™ and E-mail Intelligence™
- The Skilled Presenter™
- The Complete Presenter
- Robin Ryde's - Thought Leadership
