“SPEAKING OF SPEAKING”

El-o-quence: The Power of Expressing Thoughts in Words, Skilful way with words, Persuasive speaking, Articulation, Expression.

Excellent communication skills are often the single characteristic that set successful leaders apart and nowhere is this more prevalent than when they stand on the platform and present.

The actual amount of time that Executives spend on a platform delivering speeches is minimal; however, this is the time when they are judged the most. The success or failure of a presentation, to a large degree, determines the credibility of an Executive in the eyes of his stakeholders. There are many challenges that leaders need to overcome, they are expected to be great communicators who deliver clear, concise content in a structured format, that get audiences on the edge of their seats with excitement, with no assistance or training at all.

Few people are naturally skilled at Public Speaking and companies around the world now engage the services of a professional Speaking Coach to ensure that Executives maximise their time on the platform to raise their profile, enhance their image, gain credibility and improve client and employee relationships. A powerful communicator commands the attention and respect of an audience and by improving public speaking and presentation skills, an Executive can impress clients, woo investors, motivate staff and increase performance.

Eloquence Executive Speaker Coaching, recently formed by Lynn Baker and Alan Ralston, both of whom studied the World Class Speaker Coaching Course based in the USA and passed with flying colours. Lynn Baker has a long history in the speaking industry, having started Conference Speakers International in 1991, a professional speaker agency based in Johannesburg, selling it 12 years later. Since then, she has completed an intensive one-on-one coaching course with Professor Ron Arden, the world renowned guru of professional speaker coaching and has subsequently qualified as a ‘Certified World Class Speaker Coach’.

Contact : Lynn Baker  (cell) + 27 82 457 5752 : ( e mail) lynn@eloquencegroup.co.za

Alan Ralston  (cell)  + 27 83 601 1190 : ( e mail ) alan@eloquencegroup.co.za