Verbal Communication

…but little use if you can’t get them across
How many managers and leaders with brilliant ideas fail to impress and inspire the people they are trying to reach? It’s a big problem — and not just for those who have to make stand-up presentations, but also for those who are trying hard to communicate with […]

Silver tongues and fast feet
The ability to be spontaneous when speaking is essential for leaders, managers and front line staff who want to engage their audiences. Here Clive Lewis, MD of Illumine Training, reveals how you can begin to think on your feet.
Who wouldn’t want to have that ability to say the right thing at […]

Can you wing it?
Spontaneity is essential for presenters who want to engage their audience and make an impact. Here Clive Lewis, MD of Illumine Training, reveals how to think on your feet.
Would you dare to wing it when making your next presentation? Or are you one of those people who won’t deviate one inch from […]

When times are tough people need to ‘up their game’. Here Clive Lewis of Illumine highlights how leaders and managers can develop the ability to reach out and communicate more powerfully .

Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) is a communication approach which can transform your impact and your ability to communicate. Here Anthony Landale outlines the fundamentals.
 
If you were advised to work on your communication to others, how would you go about it? Would you try to develop your Powerpoint presentation skills? Pay more attention to the way […]

How do we spend most of our time communicating? The amount of time we spend communicating prepared presentations in a formal setting to groups of people is tiny compared to the amount of time we spend in informal, impromptu one to one discussions. The diagram below shows this graphically - most of our time is […]

3 Steps For Making Writing Easier
Planning - professional writers often spend twice the amount of time planning comparted to non-professional writers. It is key - it helps the writer gather all their ideas and information and it helps stimulate creative thinking. Mind Map your ideas - allows you to put all your various associated thoughts […]

When most people think about improving the impact of their verbal communication, they probably think about how to improve their presentation skills. That’s because most people would consider a formal, pre-prepared presentation to a specific target audience as the most common situation in which communication creates an impact.
In reality this is simply not the case. Most […]

Many people shy away from giving a presentation. But if you keep it simple and concentrate on the big picture, you can make your point, says Clare Gascoigne
Put together all the people in Britain who suffer from agoraphobia, claustrophobia and arachnophobia and you still wouldn’t match the number of people who are scared of standing […]

Too much focus in accelerated learning (AL) has been on how it enhances the training experience. Here Clive Lewis argues that the pressing need is for business users to start applying AL techniques to the everyday challenges they face. 
So you are familiar with accelerated learning (AL), or at least some key elements of it.  Good […]