1065 Communication courses in Birmingham delivered Live Online

This programme helps communicators to prepare for and deliver an effective speech. Here, you learn to motivate people by speaking to them in terms of the benefits they will receive by taking action. Each instructional segment is followed by participant speeches that put the newly-learned skills into action. We cover public speaking fear and how to move forward despite it, as well as increasing enthusiasm. This builds speaker confidence. By organising information clearly for the audience, participants grow in their conviction and are perceived more as experts. Delegates will be able to: Work through fear of public speaking; Build confidence and enthusiasm by creating meaningful, memorable speeches; Develop greater abilities for thinking and speaking with less preparation; Minimise self-defeating speech and behavior; and Present ideas to, and inspire the audience. Online Format—Introduction to Public Speaking is a 4-hour interactive virtual class. Register for this class and you will be sent ONLINE login instructions prior to the class date. Working with Dr. Atkins of Improving Communications has been a very positive experience. Everything about the program is exemplary! Managers have made it a point to tell me how pleased they are with the improvements made in the communications skills of the participants. The Professional Development Workshop is an extremely effective program. The participants are looking forward to follow-up sessions with Dr. Atkins and we recommend his programs. Heather Ragone, Training ManagerNetwork General

By popular demand, we are merging our two innovative conferences into a single Pyramid FUNctional Conference, Beyond the Basics for 2023! Gain all the latest information on BOTH communication and behaviour-related content. This year’s two-day conference, led by the co-developers of PECS® (Picture Exchange Communication System®) Andy Bondy, PhD and Lori Frost, MS, CCC-SLP will be held virtually on October 16th and 17th, 2023. Day one will focus on the Pyramid Approach to expanding and refining communication skills. Lori Frost will kick off the conference with a presentation on ethical collaboration. Next, an entire talk is dedicated to teaching commenting skills. Critics sometimes falsely claim that Pyramid focuses only on requesting skills – so, here’s your chance to learn about how to expand communication skills to incorporate creative and meaningful commenting opportunities. The first day of the conference will conclude with the debut of a new talk that focuses on implementing strategies to expand communication skills for learners who have some speech. Day two of the conference will focus on a variety of topics related to the conditions under which behavior occurs. The conference will begin with a look at implementation of the Pyramid Approach to Education® around the globe. Participants will leave with fresh ideas to incorporate small programmatic changes that make big differences in creating effective educational environments. Next, our team will explore how prompts are used in everyday life with all new information related to assessment of prompt types for specific learners within carefully designed lessons. The conference will conclude with a full presentation on error correction with Dr. Andy Bondy providing new insights on the topic. Register for one or both days of the conference and learn why Pyramid continues to be the recognised leader in educational and communication innovations! WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: Refine approaches to collaboration with all team members Create lessons related to increasing communication skills, specifically related to speech and commenting skills Expand the repertoire for teaching effective lessons by learning about new prompting and error correction strategies DAY 1: COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE DETAILS: DAY 1 Date: Monday, October 16, 2023 Agenda: 4:00pm- 9:00pm Check-in Time: 3:45pm- 4:00pm CEUs: 4.5 BACB Learning CEUs (Anticipated); 4.5 IBA CEUs (Anticipated); Cost: £65 for Day 1 only/ £120 for both Day 1 & Day 2 Tuition Includes: Detailed handout with space for note taking, Certificate of Attendance, CEUs offered (see above for details) DAY 2: BEHAVIOUR: UNDER WHAT CONDITIONS CONFERENCE DETAILS: DAY 2 Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2023 Agenda: 4:00pm- 9:00pm Check-in Time: 3:45pm- 4:00pm CEUs: 4.5 BACB Learning CEUs (Anticipated); 4.5 IBA CEUs (Anticipated); Cost: £65 for Day 2 only/ £120 for both Day 1 & Day 2 Tuition Includes: Detailed handout with space for note taking, Certificate of Attendance, CEUs offered (see above for details) Pyramid Educational Consultants is an approved BACB ACE Provider for Learning (Type 2) Continuing Education Credits. The BACB does not warrant, endorse, sponsor, approve, or partner with the event, organisation, or instructor.

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Free relationships and sex education training for professionals working in North Wales. Cwmni Addysg Rhyw - Sex Education Company has been commissioned to deliver relationships and sex education (RSE) training to BCUHB staff and partner organisations in North Wales. The aim of this training is to increase confidence and skills to work more effectively with issues concerning sexual health and vulnerable young people. 'The best training I have ever attended!' 'Fun & informative' Attend the first day of the course if you simply want to update your RSE information and attend both days if you want to gain skills and confidence in delivering RSE to individuals or groups. Day one Vulnerable clients Attitudes and values in relation to practice The law and sex Key sexual health issues, including safer sex Gender identity and sexual orientation Communication and sexual health Relevant resources Day two - Additional second day/module for delivering RSE Assessing learning needs Developing purpose and learning outcomes Managing safety and boundary issues Planning, delivering and evaluating sessions Each day will run from 9.30am to 4.30pm via Teams or Zoom. For more information and/or to be added to our mailing list contact Mel Gadd mel@sexeducationcompany.org Terms & conditions: Cwmni Addysg Rhyw facilitates externally funded training to staff that work in the public, private, voluntary and independent sectors. There is significant investment of resources in terms of time, planning and budget to deliver this service and due to repeated incidents of non-attendance without notice it has now become necessary to introduce a charging policy for cancellation and non attendance. Although this course is free of charge to attend we will charge late cancellation administration fees as follows: No notification of non-attendance - £50, less than 48 hours notice of non-attendance £30, Less than 1 weeks notice of non-attendance £25. By registering on the course you agree to these charges on late cancellation or failure to attend. As we usually have a reserve list for our courses we ask you to only book on the course if you can attend the whole day. Arriving late or leaving early will be classed as non-attendance and may be charged as such. We will be delivering this training via Teams or Zoom. It is your responsibility to ensure you can use the platform before booking. If you are unable to access the training on the day because you can't access the platform this will be classed as non attendance and will be charged as such. If you want to check that you can access the training via teams/zoom before booking please contact us. We are happy to set up a quick call for you to check access.

Whatever your position in the team, good communications skills are vital. They are at the centre of every work place interaction and can make a real difference to your work environment. Here’s a worthwhile day to increase your skills in this area. These skills will not only help your personal growth but they will increase job satisfaction and in turn relationships with adults and children. Course Category Team Building and Leadership Visioning and Problem Solving Strategic Work Early Years Description “The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say ‘I’. And that’s not because they have trained themselves not to say ‘I’. They don’t think ‘I’. They think ‘we’; they think ‘team’. They understand their job to be to make the team function. They accept responsibility and don’t sidestep it, but ‘we’ gets the credit…. This is what creates trust, what enables you to get the task done.”PETER DRUCKER. Whatever your position in the team, good communications skills are vital. They are at the centre of every work place interaction and can make a real difference to your work environment. Here’s a worthwhile day to increase your skills in this area. These skills will not only help your personal growth but they will increase job satisfaction and in turn relationships with adults and children. With these new skills you will also increase your abilities in co-operative partnerships and network building. Communication is at the core of what you do; it’s how we influence people. We use it for persuading others, creating alliances, gaining support, motivating others and teaching. Being good at communicating with others will allow you to influence them and this in turn will make you more effective whilst making your job easier. A lot of our time at work consists of acting, taking or giving instructions. Past research shows that lack of good communication at the work place is not uncommon. This has a high cost including tension amongst staff and lower trust levels and effectiveness. Problems can be caused when communication problems result in instructions being misinterpreted. A simple discussion can be turned into a conflict just by poor communication. What communication skills are needed in the 21st century for the most effective leaders and managers of schools, colleges and early years settings? Would the following qualities make sense to you in describing your communication with staff, parents and your wider community? a high concern for both people and outcomes a style motivated by relationship building the flexibility to change leadership styles depending on the challenge the ability to follow as well as lead a team leadership style< able to communicate and engage the emotional support of staff quiet leadership with restraint, modesty and tenacity Perhaps you would add to or challenge this list of attributes? How do you deal with ‘yes buts’ and those who don’t do what you ask them to do? How do you motivate? How do you encourage? During this training we will explore your communication in a range of challenging situations and build consensus around desirable communication skills. Testimonials Be the first to comment on this training… Learning Objectives To explore effective communication skills for leaders and managers Self reflection and feedback opportunities To develop and extend your repertoire of communication skills Deepen your understanding of team members who don’t do what you ask and expect them to do Who Is It For? Leaders and managers of schools, colleges and early years settings Course Content Exploration of typical challenging situations- skill practice Building Shared Vision for communication Opportunities to develop and extend your communication skills for leadership in a safe environment

Whether it is for your personal development, your own career or your business, this life-changing training is for everyone who would like to develop their skills such as communication, confidence, entrepreneurial thinking, flow-state and creativity – the future skills every human needs to master.

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We communicate daily in many ways, including email, phone, text, Zoom, Teams, Google Meets, Slack, and even that old-fashioned thing, what was it now... oh yes, talking face-to-face. But, when we look at communication closely and really drill down into what we are doing in conjunction with how our brain works (neuroscience), how internal, organisational, and social politics control what we believe we can say, how hierarchical positioning impacts our honesty and how the lack of psychological safety means we say what we know others want to hear rather than what they need to hear…. It is oh so complicated! This workshop not only explores the concept of excellent communication, but we also want to hear what you believe it is too. We also delve into how organisational culture influences our perception of speaking up. Factors that hinder open and honest communication, and we work collaboratively towards removing these barriers to achieve a communication style that fosters trust and transparency, creating psychological safety. This workshop is particularly relevant to our Emotional Intelligence workshop (EI and Me). We firmly believe that developing emotional intelligence is the key to unlocking Clean Communication, a skill that is crucial for all of us, regardless of our roles and responsibilities, so that we thrive in our professional environment. If you want to see if we are correct, why not have us facilitate a workshop for you and see what you get by the end of it?  LENGTH - Normally, one day. But please contact us to discuss your specific needs, or we can offer advice. NEXT WORKSHOP START - Please ask for more information as we deliver bespoke closed events for your people at your location or a mutually suitable location. WORKSHOP DELIVERY - The best environment for this workshop is face-to-face, but we can facilitate this workshop online. Suitability - Who should attend? Who Should Attend and Why? Who? - Perhaps think of this another way… who shouldn’t attend to ensure we can attain Clean Communication? There’s your answer. Why? - Every person needs to understand what we are saying above about how we get trapped in this organisational formatting which changes how we communicate and how it prevents us from communicating cleanly. EVERY organisation has this, despite what our values profess. And 'Values', that’s a whole other story. Workshop Content Using the 'Moccasin Approach'® to clean our personal and organisational communication LaPD’s Communication Cycle and what we must consider. (Can you work out what the ? represent above? Accountability and Responsibility raises its head in Communication. It has to. Bias, unconscious bias and its impacts on our communication. The conundrum of communicating with others and their styles (The TRAP). How would my perfect Manager/Leader communicate with me? Nonverbal communication (body language), rapport, Clean Communication. Negative communication can go viral (Self-Fulfilling Prophecy). Reflections, findings and goals (individual and team). Meeting our workshop objectives by listing five areas for development. Workshop delivery and venue This workshop is usually one day in duration, and it focuses solely on how we communicate with each other. It can also be a two-day event incorporating aspects of Emotional Intelligence (EI) with group, and individual activities to allow discussions about the various communication we need in your organisation. When you consider the content we deliver, we are sure you will understand why we always prefer to deliver our workshops, courses and programmes face-to-face. Face-to-face workshops and courses can be held at a location of your choice or, if you wish, a central UK location, such as the Macdonald Burlington Hotel in Birmingham, located directly across from the Birmingham New Street train station. We can deliver our workshops, courses and programmes online, although this will mean splitting elements into manageable learning events to suit the online environment.

By engaging in polymathic training on a daily basis, we change the structure (neuroplasticity) — the platform of the mind — to run new programs of increased levels of confidence, creativity and communication.

Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for both organizations that would like to improve the corporate communications of their employees and individuals, who take the role of Project Managers, Business Analysts, Team Leaders, Scrum Masters, Product Owners, Managers, Employees, and anyone who would like to improve their communications skills both in the personal and professional aspects. Overview Upon successful completion of this course, students will learn: what effective communications are. why they are important. how by improving communications you will be able to improve the overall execution of projects and your results in general. the specifics of online remote teamwork communications. Your employees will be equipped with knowledge of different communication techniques and styles, which will save them time to adapt to the communication style of the interlocutor and allow them to have more effective conversations both with business partners and customers, and with colleagues at work. Also, they will master the art of active listening and thus win more customers and partners. This course can be adapted to the specific needs of your organization. This course represents highly effective training on developing communication skills and teaches students how to ask correct questions and get the most from one discussion. Also, students will learn how to resolve and/or avoid conflict situations. Course Outline What is the process of effective communications? How to ask good questions and reach clear agreements? Why is listening important and how to listen actively? How to give and receive feedback? How to prepare and conduct effective meetings? Each topic includes discussions and exercises.