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Illuminating Newsletter from
Management and personal skills development hints, tips and special offers focused on developing
better brains for better business®
+44 (0)1753 866633 www.illumine.co.uk info@illumine.co.uk
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Thinking Before You Speak...
On the spot? Under pressure? Difficulty in articulating your thoughts? Need to be able to think (and speak) on your feet?
In this issue we'll look at how you can master the skills required to think and speak on your feet - confidently, persuasively and with impact!
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Verbal communication in business - more important than you think?
Good verbal communication skills are important in business so that you can communicate effectively with people in a wide variety of situations. In some cases you may be dealing with people in other countries, people with different cultures, varying ages and with different levels of experience...
...the way you communicate, portrays an image of you and your organisation. Remember, this image could be the first impression someone gets. Or the last!
» Read more...
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The 'Illuminating' brain workout...
1. Lighter than a feather, yet the average person cannot hold me for more than a minute. What am I?
2. I run but never walk, often murmur, but never talk, have a bed but never sleep, have a mouth but never eat. What am I?
Answer at the bottom of this email...
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Spontaneous speaking - the essential skill...
Say the right thing at the right time... speak off the cuff... improvise... we can't help but admire those who have the ability to be spontaneous - and rightly so. If you want to become an engaging speaker, a dynamic leader or a silver tongued sales executive, you need to master the ability to think (and speak) on your feet.
» Read more in the full article here...
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Ideas, knowledge and perspectives are all very well...
...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. It's also a challenge for those who are trying hard to communicate with the written word too.
» Find out more...
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Thinking before you speak...
You can train yourself how to think before you speak, even when under pressure, with just a few things that you already can do.
» Read more...
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FREE GUIDE - Think (and Speak) on Your Feet
The verbal communications guide that will help you to speak with clarity, brevity and impact.
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Nine practical ways to improve your verbal communication skills...
- Read more...
- Think about the words...
- Prepare (if you can)...
- Listen and be interested...
- Be aware of non-verbal communication traps...
- Honesty is the best policy...
- Show and seek some understanding...
- Think about perspectives...
- Develop your skills...
» Read the detailed version...
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"Communication is the real work of leadership." Nitin Nohria
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Communication - the human connection - is the key to personal and career success."
Paul J Meyer
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Get more inspirational quotations at
www.illumine.co.uk/inspirational-quotes
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Central London courses and workshops coming up..
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18 October 2011: Creativity for Logical Thinkers, www.illumine.co.uk/crlt
19 October 2011: Advanced Thinking and Learning, www.illumine.co.uk/atlw
1 November 2011: Edward de Bono's Six Thinking Hats®, www.illumine.co.uk/6hat
8-9 November 2011: Think on Your Feet® - verbal communication skills, www.illumine.co.uk/toyf
15 November 2011: Mind Mapping for Business, www.illumine.co.uk/bmap
15-16 November 2011: Writing Dynamics™, www.illumine.co.uk/wdyn
16 November 2011: Effective Speed Reading™, www.illumine.co.uk/read
5-6 December 2011: Advanced Thinking and Learning, www.illumine.co.uk/atlw
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'Illuminating' Brain Workout answers:
1. I am your breath.
2. I am a river.
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The next newsletter: Business Writing
Continuing our communication theme we'll be focusing on written communication for business in the next issue. We'll include hints and tips to help you improve your writing skills, engage the reader and remove complexity.
Find out more in next month's issue...
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This newsletter is produced by the Illumine Marketing Team and edited by Richard Evans. The information presented in this newsletter remains the copyright of Illumine Training and its respective writers and authors. You can post these articles to your blog and website as long as it is not for commercial use. You must reference this back to Illumine Training and the Illumine website (www.illumine.co.uk). Images used have been leased and permission should be sought from the image owners.
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