"Nothing is too much trouble for John and Judy, they work with everyone to help them grow and develop." A.H.

'Voice of Influence'

Comprehensive Communication Mastery

Find your voice for public speaking, meetings, interviews,
sales and all ‘leadership moments’

Go beyond presentation skills to presence, influence,
energy and connection

6-7 October 2008
London
with Judy Apps

"Speech is power"
 Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Whenever I train with Judy I learn something new about presenting. She brings such energy and presence to her ability to move and captivate an audience. And now she brings some of those secrets to this exciting new training. Don't miss it!" John Field Trainer and Coach

Learn how to authentically create a connection with presence, influence and energy. This innovative, stimulating and highly enjoyable course presented by leading trainer Judy Apps will transform your ability to connect with an audience.

"Judy presents this course at an easy-to-follow pace and in a captivating manner. The course has given me a great deal of insight into the elements that both physically and mentally shape my voice and the tools to help me craft it. Thanks Judy!

"I learned more about the voice from Judy in 2 days than in the last 8 years from countless sources."

"I have learned that I should just trust, that if I just go with the flow and not get caught in my mind it is easy."

Can you think of some public speaking scenario in which you don’t feel entirely effective or comfortable? Would you like to be more interesting as a communicator? Would you like to speak with more impact and have more control over your voice?  Perhaps for you getting up and speaking in front of any group can be a complete nightmare?

Learn how to tackle these situations with confidence in this fun-filled and highly practical course that takes the pressure off learning how to be your authentic self.

Some people light the room up when they speak...
   They catch people’s interest and inspire them...
   They influence people’s opinions, their mood, their motivation...
   They seem at ease in a public forum...

Your voice has more effect on other people than you might think.

When you communicate with other people, how you use your voice makes a massive difference to how you come across and how much influence you have in a given situation.

As soon as you open your mouth your voice says much about you. Your accent tells where you come from and where you have spent periods of your life.  And beneath that your tone of voice speaks of your confidence, attitude, energy, your state of mind and your sense of self.  Your personality sounds in your voice. When your voice is free, your personality shines out as you speak.

Successful people know this, and use their voices to catch attention, capture interest, and have people hanging on their every word.  When certain speakers open their mouth, the room seems to light up.

"Judy gave us so much insight into audience connection, pace, breathing, voice utilisation, presence, controlling state- my first big event since the training was an incredible experience. I was able to be more with the audience, field questions by matching in with the individuals, and maintain confidence and easy, relaxed posture-----I was able to be me!"

What about you?

Do you just reckon to continue with the voice you were given, or would you like to explore the possibilities of something more?

You can learn to develop your own voice to be more effective in your communication. You can also learn to ‘read’ voices, and understand other people better. 

What would you like to be able to do with your voice?

	Are you looking to have more influence and impact?
	Do you want to get people to listen to you more?
	Would you like to come across with more authority and gravitas?
	Would you like to be more spontaneous – quicker on your feet?
	Would you like to know how to inspire and motivate?
	Do you want to win people over so that they choose what you have to offer?
	Do you want to build empathy and connection?
	Do you want to stop being held back by nerves or self-consciousness when you speak in public?
	Do you want to have the confidence to speak up with assurance on any occasion?

Does your voice hold you back?

	Do you wish you could speak louder?
	Do you find that people don’t listen to your contributions in meetings?
	Do people not take you seriously?
	Does your voice get strained and tired when you speak in public?
	Does your voice sound monotonous?
	Do you feel your voice is ‘lightweight’ and fails to influence others?
	Do people sometimes mishear you?
	Does your voice lack confidence?
	Does your voice sometimes sound unsteady?  Do you stutter at times?

The secrets of voice

The greatest speakers through history have found the way to move their listeners.  They have used all parts of themselves - mind, heart and spirit - to reach all parts of their audience. Their power comes from a voice that is in contact with emotion and intellect, so that inner intention is transformed instantly into sound. The voice is vitally alive, and connects directly with the life in us, the listeners.

You can learn their secrets, and like them acquire the power to influence others through your voice.  And as you become more sensitive to the sounds that people make, you have at your disposal an accurate instrument for understanding others better as well.

In this course you will acquire 'in the muscle' three powerful secrets for both speaking and listening:  

	How to express the whole of yourself, so that your ideas, thoughts and emotions on the inside are expressed congruently and powerfully on the outside.
	How to build more flexibility into your voice so that you have more options in communicating with other people, and are more able to influence others positively.
	How to be more discerning in your listening, so you hear more accurately what the other person’s voice is really saying and not saying, underneath the words and accent.

Two methods to develop your voice

There are two methods to develop your voice, and both are useful:

	One is to learn various techniques that will build your vocal fitness and then practise them.
	The other is to find the way to connect  voice and body, by getting more in touch with yourself.  Most vocal problems arise because your voice has been cut off in some way from your body, so ‘finding your voice’ becomes a process of reconnecting.

Your voice is also greatly affected by your level of confidence, so you will learn how to take your energy beyond performance anxiety to powerful performance.

"There is no index of character so sure as the voice"
Benjamin Disraeli

Whatever your starting point, in this course, you’ll acquire the means to be an engaging communicator. Not outside–in, with tips and tricks, but inside-out, building in your voice, body and mind the presence, energy and focus to speak with engagement and passion. You’ll learn how to create a connection with your audience, - any audience – and how to influence others more powerfully. You’ll learn the art of being authentic – the very best of yourself.

That’s going to be useful in many contexts – not only formal presentations and seminars, but meetings, networking, one-to-ones with significant people, negotiating, interviews, private occasions, all those encounters where it’s important to you to come across really well, to be listened to and believed.

In these 2 days, you will learn about clarity of purpose and focus, turn performance anxiety into energy, use your voice to motivate and inspire, connect with your audience and speak with authority and passion.

… and much much more.

Many a successful leader has shown that communicating is the key to their success.

And you will find that it's a surprising pleasure:

"What a wonderful two days! Judy had a wonderful way of unpacking the critical elements of artful presenting. She provided tools and techniques to improve our own performance in working with, and in front of, a group and allowed us space to experiment with what works best for our individual styles."
Anissa Toscano

"There are a few things in life that I believe we should all experience. The list has just got a bit longer.  Thank you Judy."
Davo Ruthven-Stuart

"The voice of influence course seems to operate at several levels.  At the superficial; you learn how to do better presentations. If you wish you can learn how to better express your true self.  At another level entirely there is the possibility that you will gain access to parts of yourself that only show up in your speaking voice.  How far could the truly open-minded explorer go with some of these insights? Not bad for a two day introduction, eh?"
Dean Halfacre

"I found this course to be a gentle approach to a potentially intimidating area of life and work. I think we all walked taller at the end of our two days..."

"Lots of subtle little changes together make up a big change!"

What specifically will I learn?

This innovative and highly practical course will show you how to:

	Get your message across with impact
	Use your voice both with power and subtlety
	Maintain a powerful state of presence
	Truly connect and engage with your audience
	Come across with more weight and influence
	Find your own authentic way to communicate
	Speak so that others listen and heed your message
	Be more spontaneous and quick on your feet
	Build rapport and connect successfully with any  audience
	Understand the gentle art of persuasion
	Speak with more life and interest
	Get heard, wherever you are
	Communicate with empathy and connection
	Greatly increase your confidence whenever you need to use your voice to influence

Who is your trainer?

Judy Apps

Combining the skills of a performing arts and business management background, Judy has spent many years unravelling the secrets of how great leaders inspire others, and now teaches these skills to leaders in major corporations. With 15 years’ experience in developing creative training programmes and in coaching, her programmes emphasise the reconnection of mind/body processes, and ways of awakening the state of being that moves, energises and influences others.

Here's what other people say about Judy and this transformational course:

“My presentation in Munich one week after our training went very well indeed! Thank you again!”
Executive at the European Parliament 

Judy is an inspiring teacher who really knows how to bring out the best in people and create a positive group dynamic.  The course was well organised and very professionally run, but also great fun.  Individual fears and difficulties were handled in a sensitive manner, and everyone was encouraged to be himself or herself and find their own true voice.  Despite the underlying serious intent, there was lots of fun and laughter and a great atmosphere amongst the delegates as we shared the learning experience.
Celia Morris

“May I commend you on your choice of consultants for this session. It was excellent and I think you would be hard pushed to find better.”
County Councillor on Member training

“It was everything I had wanted and more both for me personally and for the team. … people have  really felt very energised and positively affected by the training, often in ways that are not so easy to describe. We have already used the training to good use in our meeting in Stockholm and I am sure the whole group will now benefit from everyone's more professional and engaged approach to the 'presenting'  part of their work."
Secretary General, NGO Lobby to the European Parliament  

"A beautifully balanced course, moving easily in logical steps to form a cohesive whole"
Lecturer, Trinity College of Music 

"Great speaker and facilitator. Very enjoyable."
Senior Manager, Public Service

“Your course was extremely well received and very successful.”
Training Manager, Tetrapak, Sweden

“Very refreshing perspective, which I believe will provide long term sustained benefits, rather than the normal ‘quick-fix’ approach to presentations.”
Senior Project Manager, Black & Veatch Consultants

“Run it again for those that missed out!”
Manager: Cabinet Office Leadership Initiative  

“A very powerful day and made me realise how important our speaking manner is when we communicate.  Actually knowing the effect of 'fear' on how the muscles in the neck tighten has been really useful as now I can focus on relaxing those and feeling and hearing the difference…You were in the flow and very natural and you came across as a very dynamic leader.”
Anne Smith – Executive Coach

“I know from giving pressurised presentations at the Irish Land Registry in Dublin the other week in support of two multi-million £ proposals that the differences I feel and the improvements I perceive are real. I would have no hesitation in recommending your services to any (or all) our personnel to improve both presentation and voice delivery skills."
Technical Director, International Environmental Engineering Company

“It was great! I had fun and  felt in the zone when I  talked and gave my self the permission to just move so I did  naturally. I really felt my energy flowing  letting go of the "fear stuff" and remembered all I could be was  me, I felt open, trusting, it was like, there was no one else I could be except me (sounds strange I know)... so many compliments, people wanting to talk to me...  I walked tall when I  left the building!"
Director, Consulting & Development Partnership

Where is it and how much does it cost?

The course will be held in Hammersmith, London. Final venue details will be sent a few weeks before the course.

The cost is £495 (+VAT).

For all our courses the following discounts apply:

   10% discount for 2 people
   15% discount for more than 2 people
   20% discount for more than 5 people

Delegate numbers are strictly limited. Book early to avoid disappointment. We won't be taking any more than 12 delegates on this course!

Looking for support with funding or discounts for UK Charities then check here.

A fantastic investment in you! 100% Money-Back Guarantee

We are so convinced that you will find this course an inspiring and valuable learning experience that we are happy to guarantee it.

If you're not completely satisfied with this course then we will refund 100% of the course fee. Simple as that.

What to do next?

When you are ready to take your influencing skills to the next level then there are two basic ways to book:

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for 6-7 October 2008

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