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Target Audience: Staff members involved in delivering presentations and public speaking. It maybe particularly helpful to those involved in research & knowledge exchange activities.

Improve your presentation technique overnight! On this one-day course you will learn the secrets of techniques borrowed from the theatre and adapted to the business world to control your body, voice and delivery of material and become a more compelling communicator. Through discussion and exercise you will learn:

• Invaluable techniques for relaxation, physical preparation, control of posture and breathing
• Vocal warm up and development of sound; effective projection and focus of delivery
• Pitch and range, articulation, and pace versus speed
• Best use of eye contact and body language
• How to structure and shape your material to bring it alive

Prerequisites

Cancellation Policy

When applying for a course, you should note that there will be a £50* to your department if you cancel within 5** working days or you do not attend, and a £25 charge for cancellations/ non-attendance between 6 and 10 working days. There will be no charge for cancellation made 10 or more working days before the event. Notifications should be made to OSDU@strath.ac.uk

A department is welcome to send someone else in your place if they wish without incurring a charge, providing that person has the necessary pre-requisites for the course. In the case of courses split over more than one day, you must attend ALL parts of the course. If you fail to attend any part you will be charged as outlined above.

*This is the standard charge for cancellation or non-attendance of course of 1 days duration or less. For some courses there may be a higher cancellation charge and if this is the case you will be advised of this at the time of booking.

**Any bookings made within 10 days of the event will incur the charges as specified.