The IT Girls Coach

Today International Career Coach Krissy Jackson and colleague Janene Liston (Current President of Toastmasters Zug) facilitated a workshop for Siemens Business Impact Team, on  “Presenting to Challenging Groups “at their company seminar in Seelisberg, Switzerland.

Topics Covered in workshop:

1.  How to prepare a great presentation that gets results!
     - Purpose and point
     - Body Language and vocal quality
     - Visual Aids
     - Persuasion techniques

2.   Impromptu speaking using the Toastmasters table topics model

3.   An interactive ppt. presentation on how to deal with difficult people, followed by a group role-play using the tips suggested.

Testimonials:

~ An interesting and interactive learning on how to manage confrontational and difficult groups. It will really help me to manage these situations in the future.
~ My take away is that it is important to know as much as possible about the participants and their personal agendas when you prepare for a meeting.
~ Eye openers – this information will be easy to transfer to my daily work
~ An interesting and interactive way to improve facilitation skills
~ This session opened my mind to the fact that in a professional environment you may be jarred to step out of your comfort zone at any time and learning impromptu speaking skills will be a great asset to me.
~ Key takeaway, Get to know your audience and be sure to deliver something that speaks to each of them.

If you would like Krissy Jackson to facilitate a workshop for your group contact Joanne at 
assistance(at)itgirlscoach(dot)com

Note: The content of this workshop was built around information provided in the Toastmasters International Manuals. Find out more about the benefits of joining a Toastmasters club near you.

I am pleased to announce that as the newest member of the team of expert trainers for Women in Technology, I will be hosting regular career development webinars in 2009

For those of you not familiar with webinars, (short for web-based seminar) these are presentations or workshop that is transmitted over the web. The benefit of webinars over telephone conferences is that as well as hearing the discussion, you can see visual aids and presentations and download handouts. A key feature of a webinar is that it is interactive, so people can give, receive and discuss information in real time.
I will present the sessions and chair a question and answer session at the end.

Now you don’t have to be in London or even in the UK to attend a Women in Technology workshop, you can call or Skype in from anywhere in the world!!!

Click here for dates of upcoming sessions.

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(My village New Years Day 2009)

Here in Switzerland, I woke this morning and was delighted to open my curtains and be greeted by a snowy landscape and a blue sky. What a fabulous way to start the New Year!!!

But before I go out to enjoy it, I want to take a moment to wish you a wonderful 2009, full of love, laughter and opportunity!

I look forward to catching up with you soon.

Warmly,

Krissy