Another wonderful workshop session ending Feburary 2024. This Signature workshop touched on the important pointers of making great speeches, communicate effectively and building self-confidence. We aim to grow our participant's social wellbeing and with each session of the workshop, each participant grew from strength to strength. It was indeed an exciting month for all involved.
‘Thank you for an amazing session. I learnt a lot’ - QX, Jun 2023
‘It has helped me a lot. I notice the pace and tone engaged my customer better’ – CT, Feb 2024
‘Effective communication workshop with you was really good. Sometimes I have to record lines and it was easy to do without a script after the workshop. Practice really make perfect’ – KC, Feb 2024
‘Thanks for running a great course for us, Amy! I learnt alot and will definitely be using the tips you gave us. Also grateful for your effort in arranging a makeup session to help with our absence. Have a good week ahead, take care 🤍’ – MU, Jun 2023
Thanks Amy for the workshop and the enthusiasm you gave. Glad to be part of the process and having to meet new ppl along the way too 🥰’ – SP, Jan 2022
The School of Speaking successfully completed an Effective Communication workshop in December 2020. These are some abstracts from our December 2020 participants:
1. ‘Thank you very much Amy for today’s session. I learned a lot from the various presenters and it got my brain exercising well too. I shared with my friends that sometimes in midst of impromptu presentations or in spite of preparations, sometime I forget the word or expression to be used. I think today’s session helps to reactivate some brain cells’ - Sue
2. Thank you very much Amy :) I have learned much from the workshop and I’m happy to hear that I’ve improved in structuring my thoughts and delivering the message. Thank you for the affirmation :) - Shan
3. Hi Amy, thank you for the great session today! :) It was really insightful for me & I learnt a lot more about my own speaking style today especially the little mistakes that I never noticed in my speech like the ‘Er/Um’s, Hope I’ll be able to improve on it in the next few sessions. - Chris
4. Learnt quite a lot today. Thank you and see you next week - Lee
Roll of Recognition - Effective Communication Workshop
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(Customised for NTU CReW)
August 2020
The School of Speaking has successfully conducted the 'Mind Your body Language' Webinar late August this year, in collaboration with the NTU Campus Recreation and Wellness (CReW) team. The webinar was conducted to the staff (academic & non-academic) of NTU to bring awareness on the importance of body language and the various body language cues that most people need to be aware of. Overall the webinar was well attended and well received.
August 2020
In August 2020, The School of Speaking (SOS) delivered a webinar on how to 'A.C.E. your Body Language'. Everyone knows some form of Body Language cues, the webinar helps to identify the common cues and show participants how to effectively use them to build good rapport with others and 'win' more friends. Below are some feedbacks provided by our participants:
‘I feel that the host was extremely engaging, with many videos and examples which aided in the process of learning about body language’ - Li J
‘It’s engaging, in that it is interactive and encourages class participation.’ - AD
‘I’ve learnt a few useful skills, and now I know not just how to act, but why others act the way they do.’ - M.Tan
‘I feel that I have really grasped the ‘tells’ of a person.’ - JC
‘Thank you so much for the course! It was really worth my time! Very informative. I always wanted to know more on the body language and this has fulfilled some of my questions! Thanks once again!’ - LM
‘easy comprehension of the examples that amy had listed, even though i do not have kids’ - JT
‘I feel that the host was extremely engaging, with many videos and examples which aided in the process of learning about body language’ - Li J
‘It’s engaging, in that it is interactive and encourages class participation.’ - AD
‘I’ve learnt a few useful skills, and now I know not just how to act, but why others act the way they do.’ - M.Tan
‘I feel that I have really grasped the ‘tells’ of a person.’ - JC
‘Thank you so much for the course! It was really worth my time! Very informative. I always wanted to know more on the body language and this has fulfilled some of my questions! Thanks once again!’ - LM
‘easy comprehension of the examples that amy had listed, even though i do not have kids’ - JT
Body Language for mental health therapists
July 2020
July 2020
On a wonderful Saturday in July 2020 The School of Speaking (SOS) collaborated with the School of Clinical Hypnosis (SCH) to deliver a lesson on non-verbal cues, as part of a Skills Award in Counselling Techniques. I presented on the importance of understanding body language of both the therapist and the client, during the interviewing and subsequent phases of the therapy sessions. Non verbal cues emphasises the depth of the conversation during every session. Hence picking up small gestures, movements and even eye contacts can give the therapist a fuller picture of the emotional state of the client and possibly the 'movement of moments' during the interaction.
Building a healthy relationship during COVID period
June 2020
Last Saturday (27 Jun 2020) The School of Speaking (SOS) & The Psychology Clinic (TPC) jointly presented a webinar organized by Re:Mind for youths on building a healthy relationship during COVID period. I presented on a subject close to my heart, that is, the importance of having good social health as the foundation for long lasting relationships. Strong social health can be established if we have AWARENESS, PREPAREDNESS and MINDFULNESS.
The webinar attendance was great (~20 plus participants) despite circuit breaker has ended and everyone is not confined to their homes.
Several interesting questions were posted at the end of my presentation and here’s the Q & A:
1. Our social health is determined more by how others treat us right? (Because we could be really aware and nice but people can still treat us badly) how does that impact our social health?
Having a good social health means having the ability to adapt comfortably and act/react appropriately with others in different settings and situations. However it doesn’t mean when we are nice to people, people will be nice back to us. People don’t always reciprocate in kind. And having a good social health helps us to be more aware of others’ behaviour and so prepare us to better deal with such behaviours. For example, you tried to speak nicely to someone but the person persisted to be rude. You can either nicely highlight the person’s behaviour to his/her awareness or if he/she becomes aggressive to know when to ignore and walk away before the situation escalate to a damaging level.
2. What role does social media play in social health now that everyone is using technology and it’s hard to observe awareness, preparedness, body language etc.??
With the prevalent use of social media, we cannot dismiss or down play its importance even when comes to building social health. As the social media engages much of our sense of sight, from the way a post is written, and the words and language use, we can detect the underlying tone of the message, the intent and sometimes the mood of the writer. Regardless of the widespread usage of social media, we should be mindful that for a relationship to be meaningful we cannot just rely on social media as a means of communication. Other means such as face to face meetings (of course keeping some social distancing), phone calls etc are just as important for social health and hence relationship building.
3. Given that there are social distancing measures, how can we be more aware when we cannot meet our friends?
Social distancing prevents us from getting physically close to people. However we have other means of communication such as phone calls and messaging. Again our sense of hearing or even sight (video calls) can help us detect and be aware of the tone and message of our friends, know the state of their mind and mood at that moment.
The webinar attendance was great (~20 plus participants) despite circuit breaker has ended and everyone is not confined to their homes.
Several interesting questions were posted at the end of my presentation and here’s the Q & A:
1. Our social health is determined more by how others treat us right? (Because we could be really aware and nice but people can still treat us badly) how does that impact our social health?
Having a good social health means having the ability to adapt comfortably and act/react appropriately with others in different settings and situations. However it doesn’t mean when we are nice to people, people will be nice back to us. People don’t always reciprocate in kind. And having a good social health helps us to be more aware of others’ behaviour and so prepare us to better deal with such behaviours. For example, you tried to speak nicely to someone but the person persisted to be rude. You can either nicely highlight the person’s behaviour to his/her awareness or if he/she becomes aggressive to know when to ignore and walk away before the situation escalate to a damaging level.
2. What role does social media play in social health now that everyone is using technology and it’s hard to observe awareness, preparedness, body language etc.??
With the prevalent use of social media, we cannot dismiss or down play its importance even when comes to building social health. As the social media engages much of our sense of sight, from the way a post is written, and the words and language use, we can detect the underlying tone of the message, the intent and sometimes the mood of the writer. Regardless of the widespread usage of social media, we should be mindful that for a relationship to be meaningful we cannot just rely on social media as a means of communication. Other means such as face to face meetings (of course keeping some social distancing), phone calls etc are just as important for social health and hence relationship building.
3. Given that there are social distancing measures, how can we be more aware when we cannot meet our friends?
Social distancing prevents us from getting physically close to people. However we have other means of communication such as phone calls and messaging. Again our sense of hearing or even sight (video calls) can help us detect and be aware of the tone and message of our friends, know the state of their mind and mood at that moment.
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