Public-Speaking Training in Manchester
If you’re looking for public-speaking training in Manchester, you’ll find a good choice of providers, from large training companies to individual coaches, offering a variety of classes and courses. As in every sphere, the UK’s second city has a lot to offer. Whatever your issues with public speaking and whatever your learning style, there will be a coach/trainer in Manchester who can give you exactly what you need. I might be that person.
One-to-one public-speaking training in Manchester
Me, about to give a public-speaking workshop at the Altrincham & Sale Chamber of Commerce
My name is Georgie and I’m a public-speaking coach based in Manchester. I specialise in one-to-one training for leaders and executives. (You can read more about me here.)
Whether you’ve always been good at presenting but have suddenly lost your nerve, or whether you’ve spent your career avoiding public speaking but can see no way around the upcoming speech or presentation, we can solve this problem for you in a couple of hours. If you’ve never had any public-speaking training, you may be astonished at the difference it makes.
Once you know that you know exactly what you’re doing, once you know why this works and that doesn’t, you’ll have a solid foundation. Without that, it’s natural to feel anxious about public speaking.
Despite the mystique, public speaking is not a talent some lucky people have and others haven’t – and neither is it something you can lose. It’s a skillset anyone can acquire and which, once you’ve got it, will serve you in all sorts of situations, for the rest of your life.
Over the years, I’ve worked with many clients in senior and responsible positions who had been struck down by imposter syndrome or who felt they weren’t making the impact they’d like to be. After a session or two of one-to-one coaching, they were presenting confidently to colleagues, pitching effectively to potential clients and making inspiring speeches at company meetings. All this translates into more success for the organisation as well as for the individual. (You can read some testimonials here.)
One-to-one coaching is tailored to you, confidential and efficient. It’s the most direct route to becoming the public speaker you’ve always wanted to be.
Manchester in the age of coronavirus
Manchester is a beautiful, irrepressible city
Until 2020, on any given day in Manchester you could be sure there were hundreds of presentations, speeches, briefings, lectures and talks being delivered. The coronavirus changed that, though it’s already coming back. The city may change shape but, through grit and enterprise, it will continue to thrive.
As with the rest of the UK, we don’t know what the future holds or how workplaces will adapt, but we do know that people will always gather together, when it’s safe to do so, because we communicate more effectively and more easily when we’re in the same room.
But it’s also true that virtual meetings and webinars were becoming more and more widespread even before COVID-19 threw working practices up in the air.
If you want to learn how to put yourself across online, I can help you with that too.
Public-speaking training in the age of coronavirus
Another of the joys of one-to-one training is that it’s flexible. Government guidelines are subject to change but as long as it’s safe and legal for us to meet in person, we can do the coaching at a clean, safe venue convenient for you. There’s no need for us to be closer than 2 meters – I’m acting as your audience and giving you feedback from that vantage point.
Alternatively, we can meet via Zoom. If we’re working on successful presenting for in-person events, doing this over the internet is about 90% as good as meeting face to face. To make sure you get the full benefit, until the pandemic is well and truly over, I’m offering two sessions for the price of one.
If you’re looking for coaching in how to present effectively online, it makes sense for us to work together in cyberspace, but you’re still welcome to take advantage of the coronavirus offer if you’d like to.
What you invest:
Coaching in person – £225 for a 90-minute session, plus any room-hire
Coaching via Zoom – £195 for a 90-minute session
Coronavirus offer – £225 for two 90-minute sessions via Zoom
Until we no longer have to wonder whether face-to-face meetings are safe, I’m happy to offer you a bargain on Zoom coaching.
In person, there’s a good chance one session will be enough to set you on the path to success. Via Zoom, there’s also a great deal we can do in an hour and a half but it’s worth booking a second session just to make sure. If you want more sessions later, of course you’re welcome to have them, but let’s start with one in person / two on Zoom and see how you get on.
What you gain:
- Practical skills and psychological strategies that make up the rock-solid formula for success in public speaking
- Freedom from fear
- A lifelong shift in perspective that will support you in any public-speaking situation
How to make it happen:
It’s very easy! We just need to find a time and a place to meet. In fact, if we’re working via Zoom, we don’t even need a place.
Contact me, let me know what you need and we’ll make a plan to suit you.