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Welcome to Speak First
Courses
Presentation Skills
Winning Pitches
Media Skills
Personal Impact
 
Assertiveness
Business Consulting Skills
Business Development - Sales
Business Relationships
Business Writing
Conflict Management
Effective Communication
Influencing & Persuading
Negotiation Skills
Networking skills
NLP for Business
People Management
Report Writing
Telephone & Email Communication
Articles
Jackie Smith discusses the improtance of tackling conflict in the workplace and gives some simple tips for dealing with it.
The editor of Learning Magazine attends and reviews Speak First course 'Developing Personal Impact'.
It can be hard getting media visibility, yet free coverage for you and your company is invaluable for promoting you, your brand or a specific product or service you offer.
Use powerful NLP techniques to take your skills to the next level. Speak First Director, Amanda Vickers, discusses how NLP can increase business success
Amanda Vickers, Director of Speak First was interviewed by the Sunday Times about the importance of communication skills for career progression.
Some of us are natural networkers while others find it a challenge. This article answers the five most common ‘How to’ questions and will increase your ability to benefit from every networking event.
Have you ever had one of those moments when everything seems to be going your way?
What is Personal Impact? Where does it come from and how do you get more of it?
 

Communication skills training and coaching

 
Communicate with confidence, clarity and impact

Speak First is an international training and coaching company dedicated to accelerating business results by transforming the way people relate. We are experts in soft skills training essential for business success, such as Personal Impact, Presentation Skills, Winning Pitches and Media training. Whether you want to win more business, get results from your ideas, create lasting partnerships with your clients or improve co-operation and effectiveness within your team, our proven methods will provide solutions for your communication issues. Click here to download our latest training directory.

We enrich your results by helping you:

  • Get your messages across with clarity and impact
  • Win more pitches and increase your profits
  • Influence and persuade others to buy into your ideas
  • Resolve conflict and create harmony within your team
  • Minimise productivity loss through clear communication
  • Handle the media with confidence and competence
  • Gain and retain clients through lasting relationships

Call us today on 020 7253 2117 to find out how our Speak First training and coaching leads to excellence. 

To see all the courses we offer in a useful table format, click here for the Speak First Matrix of Courses.

"It is life changing. I feel I have filled a gap in my development needs inside and outside work."
Reuters Account Manager, Thomson Reuters


Presentation Skills

Presentation to clients, colleagues and suppliers are an opportunity to influence, motivate and excite them. Our Presentation Skills courses will give you all you need to convey your message with impact and confidence. We offer three courses aimed to suit different levels of experience – Confident Presenter, Advance Your Presentations and Presentations Masterclass. We also offer Individual Coaching for Presentations. Or you can take advantage of our NLP expertise and enhance your presentations with Presenting with NLP.

Personal Impact

If you want to improve your personal effectiveness and portray a strong confident image, our personal impact courses are for you. They cater for varying needs and include: Assert Yourself with Confidence, Developing Personal Impact, Making the Right Impact and Personal Impact for Leaders.

Business relationships

Effective business relationships – both internal and external – rely on a customer focused and skilled workforce.  Successful organisations recognise that if you ignore the need for well-trained staff you will quickly see your clients and staff slip away to your competitors.  The courses we offer in this area include: Customer Service Excellence, Influencing with Impact, Managing Conflict and Keeping Your Relationships on Track.

Winning Business

It’s a competitive world out there. Whatever business you’re in you need to keep winning pitches if you’re to achieve your targets and make your business really fly. Our courses – Selling over the Phone, Negotiation Skills, Networking Skills, and Winning Pitches – are a must for those who want to get the results they deserve.

Communication Skills

Good communication skills are vital in any organisation. And yet this basic skill is often taken for granted. You cannot afford to miss out on our series of practical courses – Effective Communication, Telephone and Email Skills, Effective Business Writing, Report Writing.

Media Skills Training

You want your business to look good. Journalists want a good story. Satisfying both objectives is an art. If you appear unprepared or hesitant it reflects badly on you and your organisation. Our range of Media Skills Training courses – Understanding the Media, Meeting the Media – Radio and TV, Meeting the Media – Newspapers and Magazines, and Handling Tough and Crisis Media Situations – are designed to make sure you do a great job when you’re placed in the spotlight.

To request a copy of our training directory or a DVD of some of our trainers in action please contact us.



SRA accredited Communication Skills Training Company

Speak First is approved by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) as an authorised CPD provider for courses in communication skills, management skills and personal skills. Our most recently assessed course, Presentation Skills, was deemed 'excellent'.


Want to find out more about our open courses?

Speak First offers a range of public courses. If you're an individual wanting to learn in a small group, or if you're an organisation with just a few employees to train, then our open courses are perfect for you.

For more information click on the course you're interested in, or click here to see our full course calendar.

 

Presentation Skills Programme

Confident Presenter
Advance Your Presentations
Presentations Masterclass

Personal Impact Programme

Assert Yourself with Confidence
Developing Personal Impact
Making the Right Impact
Personal Impact for Leaders

Other Open Courses

Sales Cold Calling
Influencing and Persuading
Negotiation Skills
Understanding the Media

 

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