Articulate and professional communication skills are essential in 21st century business to ensure a successful career.
You're articulate, an expert in your field, you know your material – too well! You have to condense a lifetime's expertise and experience into a 15 minute speech. To deliver next week. You're too busy in your respected career to condense all that information into the pithy, witty and life-changing presentation of which you're capable.

Help is at hand! At your computer. Wherever you live in the world, using free download video phonecalls via Skype, (Download here)

Ruth Bonetti, Presentation Expert, International Presenter and Author is available to coach your speech presentation and voice so

you're fantastic on your feet!

"Er, so far my speech is just a scribbled mass of bullet points."

Hmm, a few weeks' warning would be preferable. But it's do-able. You can email them to Ruth to assist with writing and editing your speech – she's author/consulting editor of eleven books, including Don’t Freak Out - Speak Out. She will help edit out those stuttery words, substitute with ones that can roll easily off your tongue.

She can enhance your voice to sound like music to listeners' ears!

Individual, personalised coaching, tailored to your particular requirements, is available to identify issues, formulate proactive strategies and to fine-tune your presentations.

Coaching Options
After a thorough needs-analysis consultation with clients, a training program can be structured to cover aspects relevant to each individual situation. Modules/aspects may include the following (and more):

• Hook your listeners with an arresting opening – and leave 'em wanting more

• Identify essential points and structure for clarity

• How to present material with conviction
• Breathing techniques to control nerves
• Tips to facilitate recall of material
• Channel adrenaline from tremors into energy
• Techniques to enhance voice quality and projection
• Cope with microphone popping and sound technology
• 3 simple solutions to clear “brain fog”, stutters and jitters
• Ensure information is accurately relayed
• Project assurance through positive posture and gestures
• Counter defeatist self-talk
• Ensure clear thought and expression
• Present a professional, positive yet relaxed persona
• Handle tricky questions with poise
• Keep yourself on target
• Deliver a poised 30-second media grab to capture headlines
• Command the room with clarity, calm and confidence!

"It was great to have personalised coaching and I received so much benefit from it – my representations were helped in Vienna by the rehearsals I had with you that morning.” – Don Smith, Canberra

Coaching Session
Price: AUD $195

Session duration: 60 – 75 minutes

Email Ruth or phone (61) (0)411 782 404 to enquire about available session times and for 3, 5 and 10-session fee reductions

Executive Coaching and consultation
Individual, personalised coaching is available to identify issues, formulate proactive strategies and to fine-tune your presentations.

“Thank you for your recent training session and coaching which has enhanced the presentation skills of the senior staff. The feedback from them has been positive, with immediate marked improvements in both confidence levels and presentation skills.”
– Janet Prowse, Director and State Archivist, Queensland State Archives.

"My speaking has improved immensely since our sessions. Intermedia received two awards for excellence. Guess who made the speeches!"
– Catherine Reilly, Business Development Manager, Intermedia.

"Since your coaching sessions, I've seen an enormous improvement in Leanne's presentation. She was terrific in her last presentation."
- Jill Lange-Mohr, ex-National HR Manager, Sarina Russo Access; Former Director, Martin College

CONSULTING PACKAGE
Comprises:
• A one-hour needs assessment and focus session
• Speech-writing assistance session
• ‘Pre-flight’ session for focus, calming, voice warm-up and sound check
• Assessment of presentation
• Post-presentation de-brief and enhancement consultation

Professional Development Consulting

Prices quoted apply to face-to-face coaching in Brisbane, Australia and environs and to Distance coaching, available by telephone or via Skype.

EXECUTIVE CONSULTATION FEES ON REQUEST: Contact