Speaking Up Effectively Under Pressure

Learn how to structure your thoughts, manage pressure, and respond clearly in meetings, briefings, stakeholder conversations and public speaking situations.

In this practical workshop, you’ll learn how to communicate clearly and confidently when put on the spot, strengthening your overall confidence and communication skills. You’ll acquire strategies to help you be in control, no matter what questions are thrown at you. You’ll appear professional and confident and, best of all, others will hear what you have to say, demonstrating strong, confident communication in high-pressure environments.

Content

• Strategies for managing your nerves and building confidence when under pressure.
• How to use body language that makes you look and feel more confident in meetings and public speaking environments.
• Strategies to help you keep calm and avoid mental blanks.
• Techniques for organising your thinking and creating logical, succinct and confident responses.
• Tips for reading the body language of others so you can respond appropriately and strengthen two-way communication.

Outcomes

• Become more confident when responding to challenging questions.
• Maintain your authority (whether you know the answers or not!).
• Practise using frameworks that help you to be structured, coherent and succinct in meetings and public speaking contexts.
• Receive individual feedback about the quality of your impromptu speaking and communication style.
• Become more comfortable communicating with little or no preparation time.
• Take away a toolbox of strategies to support confident communication whenever you need to respond under pressure.

Who Should Attend

Anyone who needs the skills to respond professionally and confidently when put on the spot and strengthen their confidence, communication and public speaking skills. Ideal for staff who attend fast-paced meetings or who need to handle challenging interactions with colleagues, stakeholders or the public.

Benefits to You and Your Organisation

• Increase your opportunities to be heard and understood through clearer, more confident communication.
• Improve your ability to influence colleagues and stakeholders through strategic communication skills.
• Provide your staff with strategies for communicating information about your agency clearly, positively and with confidence.
• Increase the effectiveness and outcomes of meetings and stakeholder conversations.

Group Bookings

**For groups of five or more, IPAA SA can tailor the training to suit your organisation. Group bookings may also be eligible for a preferential rate. Complete the form, and our team will be in touch to discuss options. **