Speak with Presence - Every Time with Maureen Bell at City Business Swap

Maureen Bell

Speak with Presence - Every Time

Whether you like it or not, public speaking is something we will all face at some point in our lives. It is an important skill that everyone should have, as it greatly assists with your personal and professional development. Not so keen on it yourself? Don’t worry. Great public speakers are made, not born. With the right presentation training and techniques, anyone can master the art of public speaking.

Your potential to influence, persuade and lead with your presentation skills is limitless. After all, speaking is our most simple, direct and powerful way to communicate. It has so much more impact than any email, letter or text message.

Great presentation skills will assist you in so many ways, such as:

• Client meetings

• Facilitating a meeting at work

• Presenting information to more senior staff

• Giving talks on your area of expertise

• Promoting your business to people you meet in your day-to-day life

• Delivering a great speech at a birthday party

• Giving a talk at a wedding about the bride or groom

With the right training, you can manage your nerves, prepare a well structured presentation speak eloquently, engagingly and memorably at any occasion.

Maureen Bell, owner of presentation skills coaching company Speak with Presence, will be delivering her practical tips and tricks that will change your attitude to public speaking, and improve your ability without forcing you to change your natural speaking style.

Top 5 Speaking Tips

Maureen will share the ‘Top 5 Speaking Tips’ that ensure speakers' present their ideas with clarity and engage their audience through good delivery.

1.      Understanding your audience.

2.      Identifying your key message and outcome when speaking.

3.      Creating easy to follow presentations that flow.

4.      Delivery style – using your voice, body language, gestures to engage your audience.

5.      Overcoming nerves so that the adrenaline works for you, rather than hindering your performance.  It is natural to be nervous, and it shows you care. Maureen will teach you strategies so that you don’t get overwhelmed.

3 Take Home Values

1.      Each time you speak the ability to identify your purpose and outcome

2.      Tips to manage your nerves

3.      Speaking delivery tips that will engage your audience.

Who is Maureen Bell?

"I saw a great transformation in our group of Team Leaders as they progressed through Maureen’s program. On completion, all eight leaders gave exceptional presentations. They spoke with confidence and passion and were articulate and inspiring! Well done Maureen, you really do give people the skills to present with confidence & ease." Alison Causebrook - Human Resources Leader, Flight Centre Corporate Division

With confidence, public speaking can be enjoyable and fun. Maureen Bell is a public speaking and presentation coach, who has been helping individuals maximise their potential and confidence for over eight years. She achieves these outcomes by providing people with the practical tools to harness their individual strengths when they speak and present. To improve communication and presentation skills, Maureen does one-on-one presentation training, runs programs for a diverse range of companies, and facilitates small and large group training sessions. Her company is Speak with Presence, which is exactly what Maureen can teach anyone to do.