Inter-Activ Presenting and Influencing » Training http://www.inter-activ.co.uk ideas & techniques for for improving your speaking, presenting and influencing skills Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:24:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Conflict and how to manage it http://www.inter-activ.co.uk/training/conflict-manage/ http://www.inter-activ.co.uk/training/conflict-manage/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:29:53 +0000 Gavin Meikle http://www.inter-activ.co.uk/?p=2947 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; }

Does your business or at least some areas of it suffer from moaning, bitching & complaining?   If it does, these are all symptoms of low level conflict and they could be costing your business dearly.

Think about it for a moment.   What are the consequences of such behaviour – Poor customer service, low productivity, poor quality, and low staff morale to name but a few. So what is the cause of such conflict and what can you do about it?

The underlying [...]

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]]> http://www.inter-activ.co.uk/training/conflict-manage/feed/ 0 Don’t underestimate the power of storytelling in business and education http://www.inter-activ.co.uk/presentation-skills/become-a-story-collector-as-wella-s-a-story-teller/ http://www.inter-activ.co.uk/presentation-skills/become-a-story-collector-as-wella-s-a-story-teller/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:18:42 +0000 Gavin Meikle http://www.inter-activ.co.uk/presentation-skills/become-a-story-collector-as-wella-s-a-story-teller/ #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; }

Stories are incredibly important tools for communicating all sorts of information. I have been an “unconscious” story collector now for many years and as a trainer, these stories have been incredibly helpful to my participants in bringing the material I teach to life.

To be honest I tend to take them for granted because I use them without thinking but today their importance was drawn to my attention. It was the final presentations and feedback session from a class of managers [...]

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]]> http://www.inter-activ.co.uk/presentation-skills/every-presenter-should-see-this/feed/ 1 It’s amazing the difference a day can make! http://www.inter-activ.co.uk/presentation-skills/forthcoming-open-workshops-limited-places/ http://www.inter-activ.co.uk/presentation-skills/forthcoming-open-workshops-limited-places/#comments Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:00:59 +0000 Gavin Meikle http://www.inter-activ.co.uk/blog/2008/03/12/forthcoming-open-workshops-limited-places/ #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; }

Due to popular demand I am running two special open workshops in April 2008

Personal Productivity Secrets Workshop -Friday 4th April 2008 Our time is finite but the demands upon it are not.   More and more people like you are suffering from too much work abnd too little time syndrome.   If allowed to continue this results in stress, ineffectiveness, poor work/life balance and burnout.

If you have had enough, book a place on this course for just £167 plus Vat and learn how [...]

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]]> http://www.inter-activ.co.uk/presentation-skills/forthcoming-open-workshops-limited-places/feed/ 1 What Are You Going To Do Differently in 2007 http://www.inter-activ.co.uk/questioning/what-are-you-going-to-do-differently-in-2007/ http://www.inter-activ.co.uk/questioning/what-are-you-going-to-do-differently-in-2007/#comments Tue, 02 Jan 2007 08:31:00 +0000 Gavin Meikle http://www.inter-activ.co.uk/blog/?p=12 #leftcontainerBox { float:left; position: fixed; top: 60%; left: 70px; } #leftcontainerBox .buttons { float:left; clear:both; margin:4px 4px 4px 4px; padding-bottom:2px; } #bottomcontainerBox { width: 50%; padding-top: 1px; } #bottomcontainerBox .buttons { float: left; margin: 4px 4px 4px 4px; }

Yes is now officially 2007 and all the excuses are over! It’s time to put those resolutions into practice. I assume that you are reading this blog at least partially because you want to change something in your life. Either you want to be a more confident presenter and public speaker or you want to sharpen up your selling and influencing skills – or perhaps both!

Well the good news is that you can! The bad news is that you will [...]

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