As we continue to adapt to a ‘new normal’ in our daily home lives and work lives, video calls via Zoom, Skype, Teams and other services have become central to team meetings, job interviews, networking, social events and so much more.

Recently, our co-founder Paul Toms started discussions amongst his connections to find ways of how EMEA Recruitment could really help people during this crisis.

A common theme during these discussions was that many people had a desire to up-skill not just generally, but particularly in the area of how they can present themselves in a better way online, in order to communicate more effectively and have a greater online presence.

Therefore, on Friday, 8th May, 2020, EMEA Recruitment invited Dr. Laura Penn to host her fantastic ‘Leadership Speaking Online: Elevate Your Virtual Conversations’ workshop via Zoom, attended by a number of our partners from both the Netherlands and Switzerland.

Laura started her career in environmental conservation communication before reinventing herself as the founder of a public speaking coaching business based in Switzerland. Since then, she has won multiple high-level awards, published her book and hosted three TEDX talks.

Following this success, she renamed her business to The Leadership Speaking School, with the aim of empowering people with the skills necessary in order to make their public speaking matter.

In the workshop on Friday, Laura shared tips and strategies from her extensive breadth of knowledge, with ideas such as using your own presence to make your message clear, ensuring your set up is congruent with your presence. 

She also included interactive exercises with the attendees, all with the goal to ‘disrupt their status quo’, become more self-aware in virtual meeting rooms and set them on their way to changing their mindset and becoming empowered, meaningful online communicators.

EMEA Recruitment would like to place on record our thanks to Dr. Laura Penn for hosting such an insightful and inspiring workshop.

If you’re interested in developing your own online leadership speaking skills, we highly encourage you to visit The Leadership Speaking School here for in-depth advice and strategies to help you become a talented public speaker, both online and in person.

We hope all of our partners, readers and their families are all keeping safe during the current period. If you have any ideas of further virtual workshops or events you’d like to see us run, don’t hesitate to contact Paul Toms or any of our consultants through our Meet The Team page.

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