College of Public Speaking Olympiad 2010 London
College of Public Speaking Olympiad 2010 London

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Location

Based in London, the College of Public Speaking offers its courses and workshops throughout central London, in Bromley, Croydon, Islington, Victoria, Bristol and St Albans. We cater for staff at all levels, whether it be for supervisors, managers, busy executives and right up to Board level. We also offer instruction for the effective delivery of technical material.

Trainers

Our lead trainers Michael Ronayne, Vince Stevenson, Richard Johnson and Alistair Divall have years of experience in the world of speaking and training across some of largest companies in the UK and abroad. We understand the issues involved in influencing people, whether it be senior management or the promotion board in accepting that you are ready for that next major challenge. We all belong to prestigious speakers clubs and regulary deliver speeches. We also participate in National Competitions and therefore ensure that we keep our skills up to date. We work as a cohesive team and support each other in delivering top quality courses and workshops.

Community

The College of Public Speaking also has strong links with the Community having run free workshops at Oxfam, Breast Cancer Care, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Cancer Research UK, The Rainbow Trust, Skoll Emerge Social Entrepreneurship - Oxford, Oxford Hub, Bromley Field Study Centre and Gordon House, a residential home for people with a gambling addiction.

Vince Stevenson - Speaker - Trainer - Communicator

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Vince Stevenson's 20 year freelance career has seen him work in some of the largest and most prestigious companies in the country:

North West Gas, Cooperative Insurance Services, Cooperative Wholesale Society, British Gas Headquarters, Bankers Automated Clearing Systems, Transco Headquarters, Barclays, Liffe, Chase Manhattan, JP Morgan, QA-IQ, Thales ATM, Sun Microsystems, Bank of America, British Army Bicester, NHS Bridgend, British Telecom, Ministry of Justice, BSkyB, Metropolitan Police, Accenture Learning, Oxfam, Oxford Hub, Breast Cancer Care, Marie Curie Cancer Care, Cancer Research UK, European Bank of Reconstruction and Development, NHS Winchester, Oracle University, 2Care, Medicins sans Frontieres.

Vince has trained hundreds of students in Solaris Administration, 2.6 - 10, Unix shell scripting, Perl scripting and Java. By using humour, anecdotes and case studies, he has the ability to turn abstract technical material into engaging and accessible learning. He also has a background in quality and change management and his excellent communication skills have been used to convey major structural changes across business sectors.

Vince is a qualified teacher/trainer and over the last five years, his enthusiastic membership of several voluntary organisations has helped to raise the awareness and standards of effective communication in many arenas.

In 2005, his Communications Skills Workshop for vulnerable groups was nominated for an award by the European Social Fund.

Vince was nominated for an individual award in the Directory of Social Change Awards 2009 for his work involving several charities.

Vince is also a specialist in vocal development techniques and runs regular workshops, he loves helping people overcome their fear of public speaking and he also coaches groups and individuals in achieving excellent interview results.

Commited to excellence, all senior trainers at the College of Public Speaking are undergoing a programme of attaining the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development Certified Trainer Practitioner qualification from September 2009.

Read an interview with Vince Stevenson, Education Director at the College of Public Speaking.

If you need help with technical presentations or the role out of a communications strategy across your organisation, why not give Vince a call on 07731-876304 or email him at vince@collegeofpublicspeaking.co.uk

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