Students from University Campus Suffolk organised a Social Entrepreneurship and Enterprise conference inviting Lee McQueen, 2008 The Apprentice Winner, as their keynote speaker. The conference was aimed at giving an insight into social enterprise, and covered areas such as entrepreneurship, social media, sustainability and effective communication.
Dukes Consultancy was asked to come along and deliver a workshop specifically around finding your confidence to speak in public. Many of us find it difficult to speak in front of people we know so when we have to speak infront of those we don't know this can be very unnerving. "Strictly Speaking with Teresa" is all about finding your confidence based around six elements which will help you in everyday situations to appear more confident. These 6 elements are:
Body language
Eye Contact
Language
Instinct
Enthusiasm
Fearlessness
Everyone wants to be improve their performance and one way to do this is through positive evaluation. Teresa had the chance to speak with Lee McQueen and gave him feedback on his keynote presentation at the conference. Lee's reponse was "Thank you for your note - it was good to meet you too! Your feedback is great and I will deffo take it on board!"
Take every chance you get to speak to new people, jump out of your comfort zone and discover how easy it is to make that first step -SMILE! A smile will ensure that you are welcoming and willing to connect with those you come into contact with.