Getting Your Message Across

Clarifying and getting your business message across


In a high-pressured world you often have only one chance to get your message across in situations such as

  • persuading others in your organisation
  • convincing potential clients
  • selling your company or invention

You are an expert in your own field. But you may have to convince others who are not as technical or financially aware, or are persuaded in different ways than you. This may be for personal, professional or cultural reasons – or a mixture.

Traditional presentations training focuses on the language and/or the method of presenting that the trainer or his organisation has decided in advance.

We do not have a pre-set agenda. We are there to support you in clarifying and framing your message based on the

  • objectives you wish to achieve
  • people you need to convince
  • unique skills you already have

As long as you believe in it yourself, you will leave our sessions feeling motivated to do your message justice.

Our facilitators have strong business and presenting backgrounds themselves: they are not purely trainers. If required, we can also provide an unrivalled breadth and depth of cross-cultural advice – including personal assessment – to highlight how you might modify your message for different cultures.

All our programmes are based on an in-depth discussion with you, and this description is just an indication. If you would like to talk to us about your needs and get a detailed draft synopsis, please click here.

News and Events

Presentation Skills

January 2012 sees the launch of our new Presentation Skills programmes at Riversdown House. Available as 2, 3, 4 or 5 day programmes - to fit in with your schedule - these are high-impact sessions, designed to add...

30/01/2012

Riversdown House brochure in various languages

Our new brochure has now been translated into the following languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish. All the translations are available to download at

05/12/2011



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