Learn how to enhance your voice and maximise your impact on our Personal Vocal Impact one-day workshop

Whether it is getting your voice heard in meetings, giving dynamic presentations, speaking effectively on the telephone or being more influential in your social or business environment, your voice plays an essential role in commanding the attention of your listener(s).

Hello there, I'm Liz Banks. Personal Vocal Impact is our one-day public workshop which has been designed to help you develop the key vocal skills you need to enhance your personal impact. This workshop will help you speak with greater confidence and conviction and communicate more effectively in both a business and social environment.

Please click here for some in-house versions of this voice workshop.

Please click here if you'd prefer One-to-One Coaching in vocal technique

Personal Vocal Impact - Create an impact in just one day

  • Learn to reduce hidden tensions that can interfere with vocal production.
  • Learn how to project a clear and confident voice
  • Learn to control your speed of delivery
  • Develop a dynamic voice that commands attention
  • Develop a range of expressive qualities to become more influential
  • Develop key vocal skills to help you maximise your impact in all situations

You'll enjoy the unique learning experience

Our trainers are all experienced voice coaches who use a wide range of very practical and enjoyable approaches to bring out the best in your voice. So you'll find your workshop highly interactive, supportive and fun.

You'll learn a number of simple practical techniques to help you relax when under pressure and to take control of your nervous energy before you speak.

You'll learn how to project a more confident and commanding voice.

You'll also discover how to enhance the expressive qualities of your voice and how to make the most of your voice when you speak.

You'll be surprised at how much you can progress during our one day of intensive training.

You'll also find it a very rewarding experience

Client Testimonials

“Really enjoyed the workshop. I will practise the breathing exercises and use my natural expressive voice that Helen found! Thanks Helen.”
MOD

“A well planned and well run course. I appreciated the supportive environment and having my anxieties recognised and acknowledged. The pace was also managed extremely well. Will recommend it to others.”
Surrey County Council

“Very practical. It was good to focus on voice. Very useful in terms of learning techniques. Tailored to group’s requirements.”
Ecotec

“Enjoyable, interesting and fundamentally useful in building communication skills. Good for self confidence and assertion for any level of competence”
ONS

“Am very happy that I attended this course – enjoyed it very much!!! Very friendly environment. Trainer was great, explained exercises well.”
Transport for London

“Very interesting and valuable education. It has given me some solutions to my long standing vocal issues and given me an appreciation of the voice as an object.”
Lloyds TSB

“Very good, lots to take away and practise.”
Girlguiding UK

“Excellent individual feedback, rather than “general” comments. Good mix of general exercises and working with “real” content.”
Active Operations Management International

“The tutor was excellent, we covered a lot but he also gave a lot of individual attention to all delegates.”
Office of Government Commerce

“I absolutely enjoyed this workshop, it was well paced, Chris was very approachable. The day went very quickly. Plenty to practise and think about.”
HM Revenue & Customs

“Was very good on teaching you how to present yourself better – and lots of ways that help you improve if nervous”
Repton

“Made me feel more confident & clear about how to deliver more effectively.”
Southampton City Council

“I don’t normally give glowing recommendations but this workshop was certainly one of the better ones that I have attended. I learnt some valuable techniques that I will be able to apply in any number of potentially nerve-wracking situations, and Chris was the perfect trainer. He was enthusiastic, encouraging and gave valuable feedback at all stages. I have recommended Skillstudio to my colleagues as I believe they will benefit from attending such a course. In the short space of time since attending the workshop on Monday, I have already noticed a difference in my vocal impact, so I know it was money well spent.”
Primary Group

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What does the workshop actually cover?

Introduction

  • Personal introductions
  • Aims of the day

Preparing to speak

  • Breathing techniques to aid a more relaxed style
  • Using posture to help support the voice correctly
  • Exercises to warm up the facial muscles in preparation for speaking

Projecting a clear, confident voice

  • Exercises to help improve indistinctive speech
  • Techniques to develop vocal strength and help project the voice with ease
  • Exercises to help you speak with greater energy and enthusiasm

Speaking with greater conviction

  • Learning how to control your speed of delivery
  • Delivery of a short speech putting into practice vocal techniques learnt so far
  • Feedback on the vocal impact made on your listener(s)

Developing the expressive qualities in the voice

  • Using gesture to help enhance your voice
  • Using the power of pause to influence meaning
  • Developing a range of expressive vocal qualities

Maximising your vocal impact in all situations

  • Short ad hoc speeches / role plays using vocal techniques developed
  • Feedback on impact made on your listeners

Workshop evaluation

  • Personal action plan for further development
  • End of course evaluations

You'll carry on learning after the course

During the workshop we'll give you a course manual full of practical advice and further information to help you consolidate what you've just learned.

Each course comes with a FREE Follow up Service by telephone or email . If you have any questions you'd like to ask about a forthcoming presentation simply email or call us and we'll do our best to help.

So we will continue to help you develop your vocal skills even after the course has completed!

Public Workshop Schedule

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London
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PVI 29 20 12 17 15 16 22 18 19 15 06 09

Manchester
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
PVI 21 - - - 12 - - - 08 - - -

Leeds
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PVI - - - - - - - - - 07 - -

 

Go on, try us out with no risk to yourself

As we are confident that you will really benefit from the workshop, we are willing to offer you a Money Back GUARANTEE.

If having completed the public workshop you can honestly say that you have not benefited from attending, just let us know in writing within 7 days of the course, along with your reasons why and we'll refund your money in full.

(Offer is limited to one refund per company.)

Want to take the next step and book your place?

Why not take the next step today and book your place on one of our public workshops.

Our one-day public courses are competitively priced at £297 + VAT (£348.98 including VAT) per delegate, which includes refreshments and a sandwich lunch on the day.
Liz Banks - Skillstudio


To book your place, simply click here and you'll be taken to our online booking system.

Alternatively, you can call us on +44 (0)8456 444 150 or Email us at public@skillstudio.co.uk and we can email you a booking form out to you in MS Word format.

Got some further questions before making a decision?

If you have some further questions you'd like to ask, we'd be more than happy to answer them via telephone or email. So get in touch today.

Telephone:- +44 (0)8456 444 150

Email:- public@skillstudio.co.uk

Like a copy of our course brochure?

You can download our course brochure in Adobe Acrobat format by clicking on the small image of the brochure to the right.

If you havent got an Adobe Acrobat viewer on your system, you can download it (for free) by clicking here.

If you'd prefer us to email or post you you a copy of the brochure, please get in touch and we'll send it on to you by return.

Call us on +44 (0)8456 444 150

or email us at: public@skillstudio.co.uk

Got some friends or colleagues who might be interested?

If you have some friends or colleagues who might want to improve their vocal skills or personal impact, then click here to let them know about us.

So if you really want to be a more successful communicator...

      We know we can help you:-

  • learn to speak with greater clarity
  • develop a more interesting voice
  • get more power and conviction in your voice and
  • have more personal impact in front of an audience

Our money back guarantee means you've got nothing to lose. And from experience we really do know you've got a lot to gain.

Liz Banks - Skillstudio

So book your place today ...

To book your place simply click here and you'll be taken to our online booking system.

Alternatively, call us on +44 (0)8456 444 150

or email us at: public@skillstudio.co.uk

Speak to you soon.

 

Other Training Available from Skillstudio

First Presentation Skills Training for people who have little or no experience of presenting and who need to take the plunge in the near future.

Effective Presentation Skills Training for people with experience of presenting who want to improve their confidence and delivery skills and make more of an impact in front of their audience.

Advanced Presentation Skills Training for highly experienced presenters who want to fine tune their delivery style and speak with more power and conviction.

One to One Coaching in presentation skills; communication skills; interview technique, vocal skills, elocution and accent softening.

 

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Just to put your mind at rest, we offer a Money Back Guarantee with each of our public courses.

If having completed the public workshop you can honestly say that you have not benefited from attending, just let us know in writing within 7 days of the course, along with your reasons why and we'll refund your money in full.

(Max. one refund per company)

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