Deadline looming?

Need a sounding board?

Too often, we’re up against the clock and our talk isn’t ready.

A fresh pair of eyes and the knowledge of how to give talks and presentations that you’ll be proud of will make all the difference.

Content

Designed for you

Based on your needs, your content and your timing

Collaborative approach to optimise the impact of tour talk while remaining authentically yours

Ideal for working on a specific talk/presentation or specific concerns, eg confidence building

Format

Package of sessions, available as an ‘on-demand’ service – dates/times to be agreed (aim for at least two days’ notice)

Each one-hour session is one to one

Usually online

Quick turnaround

In their own words

“We met on the train on Tuesday, and you helped me with my speech. It went down a storm!! I got so much positive feedback all day about it. I really went big. Thank you for your wisdom and encouragement – you’re an amazing lady ❤️”

Riffat Tufail, Head of Customer Vulnerability, Standard Life

The business solution when deadlines are looming or you need a sounding board

Content

Designed for you, based on your needs, your content and your timing

Quick turnaround for greater impact

Ideal for working on an upcoming talk/presentation or specific concerns, eg confidence building

Format

A package of one-to-one sessions that are always available as an ‘on-demand’ service

Online or in person

Always collaborative, offering fun, friendship, flexibility and two-way feedback for mutual growth and development

In their own words

Lyn came to run a session on speaking with confidence at our WiRe Exec Summit 2021. She was amazing. Her style was warm, highly engaging and she had clearly listened to the needs of the women around the table. Lyn teaches from the heart and makes anyone feel totally comfortable in opening up with their challenges so that they can find their voice. I would highly recommend Lyn as a coach for a group or on a 1-to-1 basis ~ Babita Earle, EVP Global Enterprise Partnerships, Zappi

As CEO of a fast-growing, award-winning PR agency, my role increasingly involves panels, interviews, and industry discussions – tricky tasks for someone used to actively listening rather than talking. Lyn gave fantastic support with these public speaking duties, helping me to connect quickly and easily with audiences and speak off the cuff, confidently handling tricky or unexpected questions. She taught me to identify the key messages I want to get across, while ensuring they remain authentically mine, and also helped me talk about my own personal journey, articulating how diverse experiences have positively influenced my career path ~ Victoria Usher, Founder and CEO, GingerMay

You can book a chat or call me on 07789 622 500

My gift to you this Christmas so that all your talks and presentations stand out and make a difference.

• A 45-minute, one-to-one session

• Public speaking skills topic of your choosing

• Via a video platform

To give this Christmas gift that keeps on giving, please complete the contact form below.

Happy Christmas!

Do you shy away from being an industry panellist because you just don’t know what people might ask you?

Event organisers struggle to deliver diversity of age, gender and ethnicity on their industry panels. Audiences miss out on diverse perspectives. And you miss out on the opportunity to put forward your thoughts and business ideas.

This two-hour Digital Surgery on industry panels offers you a quick solution to becoming an in-demand panellist or moderator.

Harnessing the communication essentials of Confidence, Connection and a message that drives Change, you will know how to…

• Introduce yourself in a way that creates curiosity and establishes your credentials

• Confidently manage tricky questions and questioners

• Speak off the cuff like a pro, with thought-provoking and valuable messages to share

• Connect and engage powerfully with relevant and memorable stories and experiences

• Present yourself as a thought leader with whom people want to continue the conversation

Industry panels are a fantastic opportunity to share your ideas, knowledge and experience, enhance your professional reputation and reach out to potential clients.

Building your storytelling treasure trove so that you’re never without a relevant story will take your talks and presentations to a whole new level.

You can’t go wrong telling a story in your talks and presentations, but you can tell the wrong story.

This two-hour Digital Surgery offers you a quick solution to becoming an engaging and effective business storyteller who can…

• Select and develop impactful storylines aligned with business objectives

• Understand the role of structure and delivery in creating a clear and memorable message

• Transform complex information into powerful narratives that deliver maximum relevance and impact to today’s key target audiences

• Inspire fresh thinking and behaviour

Compelling business stories impart new and valuable insights, deliver a relevant message and inspire action. Do yours?

Whether you’re looking for business opportunities or a new job, networking done well is your fast track to success. You have just seconds to grab someone’s attention and pique their curiosity, so you need to stand out.

This two-hour Digital Surgery offers you a quick solution to effective networking online, on social and physically in the room so you can…

• Allay any fears and confidently strike up a conversation with your ‘ideal client’

• Build rapport and look for mutually beneficial opportunities

• Develop and deliver a pitch that sparks instant interest in who you are and what you offer

• Share valuable ideas so people are curious to know more

• Convert interest into real potential and next steps

Networking for positive results is a learnable skill that you won’t regret developing and finessing.

Is lack of confidence holding you back?

Confidence is crucial and when it comes to giving a talk or presentation, it’s one of the three communication must-haves, especially online where confident energy is even more important in making us stand out.

This two-hour Digital Surgery offers you a quick solution to becoming a confident and in-demand speaker.

Using the Now You’re Talking PRO apPROach in a way that works for you, you will be able to…

• Understand what creates feelings of nervousness and lack of confidence

• Bring PROportion and a sense of perspective to your speaking and other fears

• Harness positive energy to PROgram your brain into accepting that by speaking you have so much more to gain than to lose

• Make incremental improvements through the PROcess of building skills and the confidence that accompanies them

• Connect and engage confidently and become the person with whom people want to continue the conversation

Building your confidence will help you realise your dreams as a speaker, businessperson and in your personal life.

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Language

What is it?
As speakers, we have a responsibility to communicate clearly in a way that is erudite, engaging and connecting

Why is it important?
Language used correctly reinforces your expertise and credibility as a speaker, enriches your words and helps to make your message more memorable

How do you deliver it?
A conversational style that feels natural and relaxed makes your speech accessible and easy to absorb. However, public speaking is so much more than just having a chat with your friends. Erudite choice of words, enriched with rhetorical devices and dialogue need to be carefully crafted

Keynote

What is it?
The main speech at a meeting or conference delivered to all attendees in a general session. It is usually delivered by a renowned speaker who will attract attendance

Why is it important?
A keynote sets the tone for the event. It is designed to share ideas, illustrated with plenty of examples to bring those ideas to life. It is not simply to inform or entertain an audience. Rather, as the keynote speaker, your goal is to put some of your ideas and experiences into your audience’s minds to come out in their lives

How do you deliver it?
With all the speaking skills from how you discovered the ideas, an attention-grabbing opening, storytelling, conversational delivery style, memorable close, leaving your audience with new skills and capabilities

Jargon

What is it?
The specialised or technical language of a trade, profession or other interest group. It usually serves as a form of ‘shorthand’ only understood by the members of the group to convey hidden meanings and shortcuts that they accept and understand

Why is it important?
Jargon is polarising. Used with an audience whose members are all party to the jargon, it can be highly engaging and connecting, even humorous, creating a strong sense of cohesion and belonging. Equally, it can be excluding of anyone who is not part of the ‘in’ group

How do you deliver it?
Use jargon with great care to ensure you never exclude any member of your audience. Your goal is clarity at all times, so use jargon sparingly to avoid sounding unnatural and contrived or causing confusion

Ideas

What are they?
Ideas are the reason you are giving your speech, the message you want to share with an audience

Why are they important?
When we speak, we have a responsibility to share our ideas in a way that is relevant to our audience. If we effect some kind of change in them, so much the better

How do you deliver them?
Ideas can come from anywhere, at any time. The beauty of today is that we usually have a smartphone with us. Create a special place in your phone where you can capture pictures and notes that may be useful in a speech. Don’t edit at this stage, just capture. Editing comes when you build your ideas into a speech

Connection

What is it?
The link between you and your audience that makes you relatable and them wanting to engage

Why is it important?
Without connection, you might as well be talking to yourself! It makes your audience engage and feel. Without a strong connection, your audience is very unlikely to remember your message. It also helps you feel calmer!

How do you deliver it?
First and foremost, it involves knowing your audience. Crucially, it’s about you sharing something of value that you care about and your audience wants to hear. It takes authenticity, personal stories, asking questions … You must know your audience if you are to create strong connections

Glossophobia

What is it?
The fear of public speaking, a fear we learn. It’s not innate and we can learn to make our fear work for us

Why is it important?
Nerves are adrenalin that can manifest as fear that can be crippling and limit our efficacy or as positive energy that enhances our speech and our presence on stage

How do you overcome it?
Think about your excuses, the reasons you’re afraid. Deconstruct these excuses and disarm them
Think about how to connect with your audience (‘C’ in this AtoZ)
Familiarise yourself with the space in which you’ll be speaking. Arrive early and introduce yourself to people so that they become friendly and familiar faces in your audience
Give yourself the pre-match pep talk about just how good your speech is and its value to your audience
Remember, your audience wants you to be good, so that they also have an interesting and enjoyable experience

Filler

What is it?
A word or a sound such as er, um, like …

Why is it important?
These little monsters can be the enemy of the public speaker. The odd one here and there might well go unnoticed. However, when your speech is littered with these little critters, they become a distraction. Your audience’s concentration shifts away from what you want to say to focusing on these irritating insertions. Worse still, these fillers belie nerves and fear of your public

How do you overcome it?
Practise swapping the er/um/like sound for silence. Take a breath, pause. What seems like a long time to you, will be barely perceptible to your audience and certainly won’t distract them. Pause. Breathe. Speak

Eye contact

What is it?
The invisible link that brings a confident and sincere connection to your audience. We trust people who look us in the eye when they are talking to us

Why is it important?
Without that engagement, your audience is unlikely to absorb your message

How do you deliver it?
Start with a friendly face. Look them in the eye for a phrase or a sentence, then work through the audience, perhaps following a ‘Z’ shape. Avoid the nervy panning & scanning and ensure you make focused eye contact

Difference

What is it?
The standout that makes people listen and remember what you have to share with them

Why is it important?
It helps your audience differentiate your message from competing demands for their attention. It adds contrast and colour to your speech

How do you deliver it?
Look for opportunities in all aspects of your speech from the clothes you choose to wear, to your speech opening, content, words you use, your delivery – body language, vocal variety, use of stage

Breathe

What is it?
Deep breaths are your key to feeling calm(er) and controlling your voice

Why is it important?
Shallow breathing, high in the chest, makes your voice go high, squeaky and wobbly, so you sound nervous

How do you deliver it?
Deep breaths into the abdomen, hold for a few seconds and slowly release will help you calm yourself, modulate your voice and project outwards to your whole audience

Authenticity

What is it?
The ‘real’ you made visible to your audience through sincerity, honesty

Why is it important?
It is the basis for connecting with your audience and, thereby, being heard and remembered

How do you deliver it?
Be yourself, prepared to show your vulnerable side, to be open. Breathe deeply to appear calm, while adopting a stable and confident stance. Ensure your body language is congruent with your words and that you maintain eye contact throughout

Humour

What is it?
Our sense of humour is what we find funny or amusing. Something that makes us laugh

Why is it important?
According to Victor Borge, “Laughter is the shortest distance between two people”. It is the basis for connecting with your audience and, thereby, being heard and remembered

How do you deliver it?
Be yourself, prepared to show your vulnerable side, to be open. Breathe deeply to appear calm, while adopting a stable and confident stance. Ensure your body language is congruent with your words and that you maintain eye contact throughout

~ Original painting of Mona Lisa by Fernando Botero

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