Taster Workshops.
- Find out what theWholeStory does that will be good for your business.
Making the Connection.
– Mastering the art and science of human communication at work.
Discover how body-language, breath, and voice are essential to developing the right mindset and behaviour for exceptional professional relationships, engaged teams and credible leadership presence.
This workshop is for Learning and Development specialists who are looking to improve the way their people communicate, connect, collaborate, and lead.
This is a special invitation for potential clients, to sample our work and consider how this training can benefit their colleagues and organisation.
Led by our voice and non-verbal communication expert Ben Joiner, the practice of Making the Connection will support clear conversations, credible leadership, personal impact, assertiveness, managing stress, public speaking, presenting, pitches, objection handling and dealing with conflict.
The workshop is participatory and experiential – you will learn by doing and get a true impression of what our training will be like for your colleagues. Each easily applied technique or exercise is there to help you to be a more comfortable and confident communicator.
The workshop will look at how to make a positive impact in variety of communication scenarios – including conversations, speaking at a meeting, presenting to a larger audience, being on Teams/Zoom etc. – It will consider the communication challenges they raise and offer ways your body, breath and voice can be used to your advantage to create the desired outcomes for each situation.
Included in the workshop is talk and discussion, taking part in techniques as part of the group, individual coaching and applying the techniques to how we communicate on screen (if you can, please do bring a laptop for this part of the workshop).
“I am a communication skills expert focusing on interpersonal behaviour, leadership and public speaking. Drawing on my 20-year background in arts and professional coaching, I use a variety of creatively inspired, scientifically informed and experiential methods to help people speak up, connect with each other and get things done. A compelling narrative expertly told is a potent combination that can carry a message into the hearts and minds of the listeners and inspire them to action.”
Benefits participants of this workshop have gained:
Benefits participants of this workshop have gained:
Learnt how their body and voice can be used to leverage their presence and personal brand.
Discovered how to use non-verbal messaging to build rapport and positive influence with their clients, customers and colleagues.
Removed distracting social ‘habits’ that confuse people, create mistrust, lower morale or contribute to poor motivation within their team.
Learnt how to be confident, persuasive and engage others in every public speaking situation.
Balanced authenticity and warmth with professionalism and status.
Experienced how to use their breathing to manage stress, reduce conflict and befriend their inner critic!
Learnt how to make other people feel heard and respected by listening more effectively.
Learnt how to ‘manage up’ more skillfully when speaking to high-status individuals.
They have the confidence to speak up at meetings and become more visible within their organisation.
Presented with passion and clarity. Spoke with confidence. Pitched with more power.
Improved their virtual/on-screen communication skills.
Bypassed the social distancing effect of online meetings and enhanced their listeners’ engagement.
Enhanced the clarity of people who speak to a cross-section of cultures and languages.
“The first time I saw Ben work with someone, I thought ‘Oh, come on, that’s not going to work’…and then a seemingly completely different person started speaking to the group. Ben’s ability to find the speaker within us, to build confidence and impact with small, simple and easy changes to our behaviour, is a form of magic.”
— Clinical Lead, Improvement Directorate NHS England & NHS Improvement.
When? Thursday 10th October 2024. 12:30 – 4pm.
(There will be light refreshments during a tea break and after the workshop at 4pm.)
Where? St Bride Foundation, 14 Bride Lane, Fleet Street, EC4Y 8EQ. (Near Blackfriars and City Thameslink) (Google Map link)
To book your place: fill out the form below.
Places are limited to 2 per organisation.
If you are unable to attend these dates but would like to attend future tasters, please contact us with your details HERE.