BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:14@itiscotland.org.uk DTSTART:20200314T093000Z DTEND:20200314T150000Z DTSTAMP:20200909T194511Z URL:https://itiscotland.org.uk/events/scotnet-spring-workshop-2020-public- speaking/ SUMMARY:Spring Workshop 2020 - Public Speaking DESCRIPTION:Public speaking workshop for translators and interpreters\nJoin us at the Quaker Meeting House on Victoria Street in Edinburgh on Saturda y 14 March 2020 for our spring workshop. The morning workshop will be foll owed by a networking lunch as usual.\n\nWe have gone for a new topic this time\, one which we are sure is of relevance to all of us\, whether for wo rk or perhaps in our private lives: public speaking. We obviously hope thi s will be of interest to our interpreters! But for those of us who don’t talk professionally\, how often do we have to stand up in front of a numb er of people to say something and feel at a bit of a loss? Or try and find our words don’t really hit the mark? Or feel so apprehensive that we ar e scarcely able to get anything comprehensible out?\nPRESENCE &\; POSIT IVITY - adding personality to presentations and public speaking \nIn this practical and interactive sessions\, communications and media specialist Mairi Damer of WORD UP Communications (https://www.wordupscot.co.uk/) will share some top tips to help polish our public speaking and presentation s kills. Mairi will emphasise the need for P&\;P (preparation and perform ance)\, and encourage us to be brave. During the session she will demonstr ate that public speaking of any kind needs an injection of dynamism\, pers onality and positivity if we want to make ourselves\, or our work\, memora ble.\n\nShe will adapt her one day Get Up\, Stand Up public speaking and p resentation workshop\, covering many useful tips and tricks that we can br ing into play when doing a bit of self or group promotion.\n\nShe will cov er all the essential elements of effective public speaking during the morn ing including:-\n\n P&\;P (preparation and performance)\n why powerfu l public speaking matters\n coping with nerves\, terror and stage fright\ n positive posture and body language\n voice projection and intonation\n adding the WOW factor\n platforms\, stages and podiums\n notes and scr ipts\n PowerPoint - an unnecessary evil?\n beginning\, middle and end\n Q&\;A\n\nThe workshop will include interactive elements so that everyo ne can join in one way or another. Mairi always aims to deliver some good learning\, along with plenty of laughs\, and she will also bring some prop s on the day for a bit of fun.\n\nThe call notice is available here and re gistration form can be downloaded below:\n\nSpring Workshop 2020 registrat ion form ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://itiscotland.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/20 19/10/architecture-road-street-town-building-alley-572936-pxhere.com_-scal ed-e1580914757880.jpg CATEGORIES:Business skills,Public speaking,Spring workshop LOCATION:Quaker Meeting House\, 7 Victoria St\, Edinburgh\, EH1 2JL\, Unite d Kingdom GEO:55.948927;-3.193791 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=7 Victoria St\, Edinburgh\, EH1 2JL\, United Kingdom;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Quaker Meeting House: geo:55.948927,-3.193791 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR