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Write your own campfire song in a magical roundhouse setting with Josh Bowker, acclaimed folk songwriter and workshop leader.

Beginners Silver Clay Workshop. A relaxed non rushed fun workshop learning to make your own silver charms, learn to silver solder.

What a treat, sewing me time in the supportive and inclusive Stitching Kitchen Studio with Hannah

The Motivation Clinic - November Gathering Lunch and learn / networking at The Brew House, 155 Guildford High Street, Guildford House Gallery, Guildford, GU1 3AJ (Opposite Sainsbury/Bora) It can be a lonely world beavering away building your business alone and navigating the veritable rollercoaster! Love to see you for warm chats and networking to assure you that you are not alone and provide you with the support, encouragement and the motivation to keep going, even when times are tough. Meet and learn Yvette Masure, Medical Acupuncturist and Vibrational Therapist will be taking us through a quick overview of the wonderful world and powers of mushrooms (not the magic kind!) including adaptogenic coffee (and mushroom) blends. You also get a chance to view a lovely potential venue/workshop/talks space (The Brew House) you may want to use?! Feedback from October's Gathering "Informal atmosphere, great group of people, lovely environment" "a friendly, welcoming relaxed atmosphere real sense of community." "uplifted and felt encouraged to get involved more." "lovely session and some great conversations" "a lovely opportunity to meet fellow business owners." Can't wait to see you.  Lara Doherty The Motivation Clinic 07817247727 / lara@themotivationclinic.co.uk

Join us for a unique afternoon of foraging with expert forager Chloe from Gourmet Gatherings, near Chepstow. Learn to identify wild ingredients and use them in delicious fermentation recipes, including a wild kimchi and a fermented soft drink. Perfect for food enthusiasts looking to explore sustainable harvesting and ancient preservation techniques!

School holidays summer workshop. Diverse and exciting art week where children will study art practices and life stories of Artemisia Gentileschi, Frida Kahlo, Marina Abramovich and Zaha Hadid. Four afternoons. All materials included.

This 2-day workshop is offered with an internal and external focus. Day 1 will focus on building your internal network and relationships by focusing on your personal network, your brand, influencing skills and perceptions. Day 2 focuses on your external relationships with suppliers, patient groups etc. This will focus on assertiveness, outcome rather than relationship focus, and influencing and negotiating skills. DAY ONE 1 Can you succeed by yourself? 2 Relationship awareness theory 3 The Strengths Deployment Inventory / Your FACET5 profile 4 Building rapport 5 Influencing power bases 6 Active listening 7 Building your personal internal network 8 Perceptions 9 Your brand DAY TWO 3 Preparing for conflict 2 The negotiation conversation 1 Your stakeholders and what they want from you 4 Influencing others 5 Your communication approaches for success 6 Emotional Intelligence 7 The trust model 8 Knowing your outcomes

This very practical workshop has a simple objective: to help you prepare, design and deliver memorable and high-quality presentations. This programme will help you: Use a proven, structured tool-kit when designing and developing presentations Benefit from short cuts and best practice when designing and using Powerpoint presentations Select the right information, examples, exercises and activities - and use them well Prepare and structure a presentation or session appropriate to the audience, and to best achieve your objectives Maintain audience or group interest Develop and practise presentation skills to improve your voice tone, speech power and body language Use practical methods to control nerves and anxiety - develop higher levels of confidence and credibility Command a room, hold attention and create a high impact 1 Introduction Personal objectives Key messages and learning objectives of the workshop 2 Presentation skills What does good look like? Exercise: Characteristics of high/low impact presentations Presenting yourself as a 'winner' The energy / attitude model Exercise: Being a winner 3 Preparation skills - eight steps to preparing a great presentation, plus Powerpoint tips •The magic circle• How to 'assume the role' when presenting• The eight steps• Step 1 - develop your objectives- The five questions that you must answer before preparing your presentation- Defining your objectives and outcomes- Creating a first draft- Step 1 exercise• Step 2 - analyse your audience- Doing your homework: audience, event, venue- Developing a pre-event check-list- Methods and means for researching your audience- Step 2 exercise• Steps 3 and 4 - structure the main body of your presentation and state the main ideas- Ways to structure your presentation for maximum impact- Balancing and managing content and topics- Organising your information: 6 options and methods- Your 'one main point' and creating a 30-second summary- Steps 3 and 4 exercises• Step 5 - decide on supporting information, using the toolkit- Making your case convincing: ways to support your claims- Selecting and using relevant and interesting examples- Quotes, case studies and printed material- Presenting statistics, tables and graphs- Ways of maintaining visual interest- Transitions and links, creating a 'golden thread'- Step 5 exercise: Creating compelling stories and anecdotes4• Step 6 - create an effective 'opening'- Claiming the stage and creating a good first impression- The three most powerful ways of opening a presentation- The five elements of a strong opening- Step 6 exercise: Participants work individually to prepare an opening, focusing onpersonal introduction, and then deliver to the group, with structured feedback• Step 7 - develop transitions- Step 7 exercise / examples• Step 8 - create an effective close- Signalling and sign-posting; the importance of, and how to do it effectively- Five ways to close a presentation successfully- Step 8 exercise / examples• Presentation design and Powerpoint- An interactive review of participants' own real-life past presentations and advanced tipsand techniques on using Powerpoint effectively 4 Facilitation skills The three main types of group activity - triads, teams and main group How to select the right activity, define the objectives, set it up and run the debrief Using energisers - with examples Exercise: Dealing with 'difficult' behaviours Exercise: Working in triads, design and deliver 5 Tips and tricks: presentation and facilitation 10 reasons why facilitation fails Five golden rules for success Defining the session goals and the facilitation plan Open and closed questions - why and when to use Using a 'car park' to manage unresolved issues Using AV aids - tips and tricks Exercises: Including participants working in pairs to prepare a short section form of one of their own presentations 6 Putting it all together Summary of key learning points Action plan

Have you ever wanted to learn enamelling? Now's your chance. Our Enamel on Silver Clay Workshop is perfect for beginners and intermediate students who want to learn how to add colour to silver using champlevé and other techniques. In this workshop, you'll learn how to use silver clay and enamel to create beautiful pieces of jewellery that are full of depth and character. We'll start by covering the basics of working with silver clay, then move on to adding enamel. Once we've laid out the basics, we'll show you how to add colour to your piece by using a variety of techniques. This workshop will give you a chance to develop skills in two beautiful techniques that will help you take your work from good to great!

Introduction to mixed media landscape art at The Arienas Collective in Edinburgh City Centre