BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//Columba Systems Ltd//NONSGML CPNG/SpringViewer/ICal Output/3.3- M3//EN VERSION:2.0 CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260721T080037Z DTSTART:20261007T080000Z DTEND:20261007T153000Z SUMMARY:Communicate with Confidence\, delivered by VOX Coaching UID:{http://www.columbasystems.com/customers/uom/gpp/eventid/}c19-mrt53nz 5-qdqi3h DESCRIPTION: Join VOX Coaching for Communicate with Confidence\, a practi cal and engaging full-day development event designed to help researchers strengthen their communication skills across interviews\, presentations \, meetings and networking situations. \n\nThe event is open to FBMH res earchers across all disciplines and career stages. Join us for the full session\, or for the specific parts of the day that are of interest to y ou. \n\nThrough four focused sessions—Excellence at Interviews Mastercla ss\, In the Spotlight: Excellence at Presentations\, Personal Presence: Authority and Authenticity\, and Confident Networking—participants will explore how to communicate with clarity\, authority and authenticity\, m anage nerves under pressure\, build rapport with different audiences\, a nd make a stronger impression in academic and professional settings. \n\ nDelivered in a supportive environment by VOX Coaching\, the day will eq uip researchers with practical techniques to present ideas with confiden ce\, engage listeners effectively and develop a compelling personal comm unication style.\n\nAgenda\n• 9:00am-9:30am: Arrival (Registration/Refre shments)\n• 9:30am-9:45am: Welcome and Introduction – Andy Trafford (Vic e Dean for Research and Innovation)\n• 9:45am-11:00am: Session 1 (Excell ence at Interviews Masterclass)\n• 11:00am-11:20am: Break\n• 11:20am-12: 45pm: Session 2 (In the Spotlight: Excellence at Presentations)\n• 12:45 pm-13:30pm: Lunch\n• 13:30pm-14:50pm: Session 3 (Personal Presence: Auth ority and Authenticity)\n• 14:50pm-15:10pm: Break\n• 15:10pm-16:30pm: Se ssion 4 (Confident Networking)\n• 16:30pm: Event Close\n\nOutline of ses sions\n\nExcellence at Interviews Masterclass \nA major interview can ha ve a profound effect on an academic’s career\, so thorough preparation i s vital. This means working on style as well as content. The way candida tes conduct themselves\, present ideas and respond to questions has a po werful influence on the way they are perceived. This highly practical se ssion will help you develop a clear\, authoritative interview style that suits your personality and allows your ideas to shine through. It will also bring out the personal leadership qualities that assessment panels are often looking for. You’ll learn how to manage nerves and remain conf ident under interview pressures. You will achieve greater vocal and phys ical presence\, so that what you say carries more weight and makes a str onger impression.\n\nIn the Spotlight: Excellence at Presentations \nEve n if you’ve done so many times before\, it can be daunting to speak in f ront of people— whether in a presentation\, interview\, or meeting—and o pen yourself to scrutiny. Many people worry about their ability to hold an audience’s attention or feel exposed when questioned. As well as the challenge of managing nerves\, there’s the need to make an immediate con nection with the audience\, and to convey your message with clarity and impact. This stimulating and involving course\, run by VOX Coaching\, wi ll help you gain confidence and speak compellingly in front of any audie nce. It will equip you with practical techniques for engaging\, informin g and influencing. You’ll explore your presentation style in a supportiv e atmosphere and discover ways of enhancing it. The course will stand yo u in good stead now and in your future career. \n\nPersonal Presence: Au thority and Authenticity\nHow can we speak so that others want to listen ? Maybe it is a formal or more familiar meeting - either in person or on screen\, external or internal to the University - how can we be relevan t and accessible to different audiences in a range of different contexts ? How can we build rapport\, engagement and influence\, particularly whe n we don’t have positional authority? What you say matters\, of course\, but so does how you say it. If your communication style isn’t up to scr atch\, your message may be lost. Communication that is clear and compell ing has a positive impact on the way audiences perceive both you and the institution. This lively session\, delivered by VOX Coaching\, will ena ble you to communicate confidently\, authentically and compellingly to a ny listener or audience.\n\nConfident Networking\nMost of us feel our co nfidence slip as we move beyond the familiar. We may be relaxed and outg oing when we’re in the company of people we know but put us among strang ers and we’re much less comfortable. That’s why live networking occasion s can feel more like nightmares than opportunities to find interesting a nd useful connections. Luckily there are ways of learning to thrive outs ide our comfort zone – to engage constructively with people whose backgr ound\, status and world view may be very different from our own. We will equip researchers with skills that will be of value to them whether the y remain in academia or make the transition to business or industry.\n STATUS:TENTATIVE TRANSP:TRANSPARENT CLASS:PUBLIC LOCATION:Dalton Room\, Core Technology Facility\, Manchester END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR