Service Overview

Since 2006 we have delivered coaching via webinar to clients all over the world. Following the onset of Covid, approximately 70% of our coaching is now delivered via webinar – a medium which has proven to be highly effective and flexible for senior executives.

The webinar is a great way to bring teams together for communication and leadership development programs.

We also provide blended programs which combine face-to-face group workshops with 1-1 webinar follow up sessions.

Both 1-1 and group learning is tailored to suit the client’s requirement.

While 1-1 is the most effective way to work on voice and communication, group learning is also very beneficial. It is important to have small groups, so we typically recommend a group size of 4-6 participants for our programs. Numbers and format can be flexed if larger teams are involved.

For both 1-1 and group webinar programs, we recommend a staged approach:

Coaching session
Interval for practice work
Coaching session
And so on

1-1 sessions are typically 1.5 – 2 hours in length.
Group webinar sessions are typically 2.5 – 3 hours in lengths

Face to face workshops are 1 to 2 days in length. We regularly combine group workshops with 1-1 follow ups.

All sessions are arranged to suit client availability.

Leadership Communication

Effective communication is at the core of business leadership. In a constantly changing environment, leaders cannot rely solely on formal authority derived from their position. They must be able to engage a variety of audiences, shape opinion, overcome resistance, and motivate action. 

Speaking as a Leader enables today’s executive to develop a relevant voice and communication skill set to carry out his/her role effectively and achieve organisational goals.

The Speaking as a Leader program covers all aspects of leadership communication: formal speaking and presenting and impromptu speaking. 

It will enable you to:

• Understand how to develop your leadership brand and use it to increase your sphere of influence
• Project a credible and confident image
• Command attention
• Create clear, well-structured and persuasive messages
• Harness the power of words to win both hearts and minds
• Develop strong vocal skills to engage and get buy-in
• Handle challenging questions and conversations effectively
• Turn round negative perceptions and build shared understanding
• Motivate action and drive results

Please contact us to receive a description of the Speaking as a Leader program.

Presenting

Effective presentation skills are key for getting buy-in to proposals, creating compelling business cases, delivering strong operational updates, and communicating complex ideas in situations where decisions will be made. 

Presenting with Impact enables today’s executive to develop a relevant voice and communication skill for all forms of formal business presenting.

The program covers all aspects of formal speaking and presenting.

It will enable you to:

• Audit your audience’s needs
• Structure a persuasive business case/proposal/update
• Frame and land messages effectively
• Build compelling stories around data
• Convey information clearly using slides, charts, or visuals (optional)
• Optimise physical impact 
• Speak more confidently and authoritatively
• Use a range of vocal techniques to engage the listeners and hold their attention
• Get the result you want

Please contact us to receive a description of the Presenting with Impact program.

Unprepared Speaking

Unexpected questions can come at any time: at the end of a presentation, by the coffee machine, in the lobby while waiting to join a webinar. It might be a sudden request for an introduction, or a project update, or a response to a challenging question – situations which require the executive to think quickly.

Thinking on Your Feet enables the executive to handle difficult questions effectively, turn around negative perceptions, and steer the conversation.

The program equips the executive with a toolkit to tackle different types of unprepared speaking. 

It will enable you to:

• Listen actively and develop an awareness of potential unspoken messages
• Diffuse tense situations
• Promote dialogue
• Use simple frameworks to organise thoughts.
• Express messages clearly and succinctly.
• Use language which resonates with the listener and gets the point across
• Make important messages memorable 
• Respond rather than react

Please contact us to receive a description of the Thinking on your Feet  program.

Storytelling Techniques

Communications that are only focussed on operating goals, budgets and policies are not enough in today’s business world. Audiences expect to be engaged, educated and motivated. Stories and story-telling techniques help us to understand and make sense of the world we live in. To exclude stories from our business communications results in messages which are black and white – devoid of emotional content.

Internally, storytelling helps the executive to engage their listeners – to show the bigger picture and create shortcuts to understanding. Illustrating how individual decisions relate to real-life outcomes can help improve productivity, motivation, and decision-making.

Externally, stories attract clients and help them to understand quickly – and recollect – what the company has to offer. Stories add value!  

And a personal story enables the executive to connect quickly to a new audience, build credibility and strengthen their brand.

Storytelling Techniques for Business will build on your strengths and equip you with skills and techniques to take your communication to the next level.

The program will enable you to:

• Understand why storytelling techniques work
• Build and deliver a story with purpose
• Connect people and ideas
• Use figurative language to make the message memorable
• Making complex concepts meaningful
• Understand where (and why) to embellish with detail
• Develop shared understanding
• Trigger decision-making and motivate action

Storytelling Techniques for Business will build on your strengths and equip you with storytelling skills to take your communication to the next level.

Please contact us to receive a PDF brochure with full program descriptions.

Unleash Your TED Talk

TED-style talks have been a phenomenon. Simon Sinek’s talk on “How great leaders inspire action” has been viewed over 70 million times! What does this mean for business speaking? TED-style talks have raised the bar for business speakers. It’s no longer enough to stand at the front of the room talking to a data-laden PowerPoint slide. Audiences expect to be entertained, educated and inspired. This creates new pressures on the average business speaker.

Unleash Your TED Talk is for the experienced business communicator who wants to add a new dimension to their performance and speaking. 

The program will enable you to:

• Bring your Big Idea to life
• Develop a talk with a TED-style structure
• Harness the power of words 
• Connect with a large audience
• Use the space and move with the message
• Manage eye contact and gesture
• Engage and inspire the audience using a variety of vocal techniques

We also provide coaching for Leadership Conferences and TED style team events to:

• Promoting company values
• Ensuring consistency of message across speakers
• Dealing with performance mechanics such as handovers
• Ensure commonality of theme and style

Vocal Edge has coached executives for leadership events, TED Talks, industry forums, and leadership conferences –  in venues such as London’s ExCeL and the Royal Albert Hall, with talks delivered live and simultaneously streamed globally.

Please contact us to receive a description of the Unleash Your TED Talk program.

Interview Skills

An interview is the ultimate exercise in impromptu speaking: an opportunity to impress, showcase and sell yourself.

The interview gives you the opportunity to persuade your interviewer/interview panel that YOU are the right person for the role. 

You have to think on your feet.
Be agile of thought.
Think outside the box.

Our Interview Skills program is for all levels of business executive and professionals who want to sharpen their interview techniques, make a favourable impression and stand out from the crowd.

The program will enable you to:

• Prepare for interviews
• Present your best self
• Listen actively and respond to the question asked
• Use simple frameworks to help you to organise your thoughts.
• Communicate clearly and succinctly
• Make important messages memorable
• Use your voice to engage and maintain interest
• Promote dialogue and navigate tough questions confidently and effectively

Please contact us to receive a description of the Interview Skills program and give yourself a competitive edge.

Since 2006 we have delivered coaching via webinar to clients all over the world. Following the onset of Covid, approximately 70% of our coaching is now delivered via webinar – a medium which has proven to be highly effective and flexible for senior executives.

The webinar is a great way to bring teams together for communication and leadership development programs.

We also provide blended programs which combine face-to-face group workshops with 1-1 webinar follow up sessions.

Both 1-1 and group learning is tailored to suit the client’s requirement.

While 1-1 is the most effective way to work on voice and communication, group learning is also very beneficial. It is important to have small groups, so we typically recommend a group size of 4-6 participants for our programs. Numbers and format can be flexed if larger teams are involved.

For both 1-1 and group webinar programs, we recommend a staged approach:

Coaching session
Interval for practice work
Coaching session
And so on

1-1 sessions are typically 1.5 – 2 hours in length.
Group webinar sessions are typically 2.5 – 3 hours in lengths

Face to face workshops are 1 to 2 days in length. We regularly combine group workshops with 1-1 follow ups.

All sessions are arranged to suit client availability.

Leadership Communication

Effective communication is at the core of business leadership. In a constantly changing environment, leaders cannot rely solely on formal authority derived from their position. They must be able to engage a variety of audiences, shape opinion, overcome resistance, and motivate action. 

Speaking as a Leader enables today’s executive to develop a relevant voice and communication skill set to carry out his/her role effectively and achieve organisational goals.

The Speaking as a Leader program covers all aspects of leadership communication: formal speaking and presenting and impromptu speaking. 

It will enable you to:

• Understand how to develop your leadership brand and use it to increase your sphere of influence
• Project a credible and confident image
• Command attention
• Create clear, well-structured and persuasive messages
• Harness the power of words to win both hearts and minds
• Develop strong vocal skills to engage and get buy-in
• Handle challenging questions and conversations effectively
• Turn round negative perceptions and build shared understanding
• Motivate action and drive results

Please contact us to receive a description of the Speaking as a Leader program.

Presenting

Effective presentation skills are key for getting buy-in to proposals, creating compelling business cases, delivering strong operational updates, and communicating complex ideas in situations where decisions will be made. 

Presenting with Impact enables today’s executive to develop a relevant voice and communication skill for all forms of formal business presenting.

The program covers all aspects of formal speaking and presenting.

It will enable you to:

• Audit your audience’s needs
• Structure a persuasive business case/proposal/update
• Frame and land messages effectively
• Build compelling stories around data
• Convey information clearly using slides, charts, or visuals (optional)
• Optimise physical impact 
• Speak more confidently and authoritatively
• Use a range of vocal techniques to engage the listeners and hold their attention
• Get the result you want

Please contact us to receive a description of the Presenting with Impact program.

Unprepared Speaking

Unexpected questions can come at any time: at the end of a presentation, by the coffee machine, in the lobby while waiting to join a webinar. It might be a sudden request for an introduction, or a project update, or a response to a challenging question – situations which require the executive to think quickly.

Thinking on Your Feet enables the executive to handle difficult questions effectively, turn around negative perceptions, and steer the conversation.

The program equips the executive with a toolkit to tackle different types of unprepared speaking. 

It will enable you to:

• Listen actively and develop an awareness of potential unspoken messages
• Diffuse tense situations
• Promote dialogue
• Use simple frameworks to organise thoughts.
• Express messages clearly and succinctly.
• Use language which resonates with the listener and gets the point across
• Make important messages memorable 
• Respond rather than react

Please contact us to receive a description of the Thinking on your Feet  program.

Storytelling Techniques

Communications that are only focussed on operating goals, budgets and policies are not enough in today’s business world. Audiences expect to be engaged, educated and motivated. Stories and story-telling techniques help us to understand and make sense of the world we live in. To exclude stories from our business communications results in messages which are black and white – devoid of emotional content.

Internally, storytelling helps the executive to engage their listeners – to show the bigger picture and create shortcuts to understanding. Illustrating how individual decisions relate to real-life outcomes can help improve productivity, motivation, and decision-making.

Externally, stories attract clients and help them to understand quickly – and recollect – what the company has to offer. Stories add value!  

And a personal story enables the executive to connect quickly to a new audience, build credibility and strengthen their brand.

Storytelling Techniques for Business will build on your strengths and equip you with skills and techniques to take your communication to the next level.

The program will enable you to:

• Understand why storytelling techniques work
• Build and deliver a story with purpose
• Connect people and ideas
• Use figurative language to make the message memorable
• Making complex concepts meaningful
• Understand where (and why) to embellish with detail
• Develop shared understanding
• Trigger decision-making and motivate action

Storytelling Techniques for Business will build on your strengths and equip you with storytelling skills to take your communication to the next level.

Please contact us to receive a PDF brochure with full program descriptions.

Unleash Your TED Talk

TED-style talks have been a phenomenon. Simon Sinek’s talk on “How great leaders inspire action” has been viewed over 70 million times! What does this mean for business speaking? TED-style talks have raised the bar for business speakers. It’s no longer enough to stand at the front of the room talking to a data-laden PowerPoint slide. Audiences expect to be entertained, educated and inspired. This creates new pressures on the average business speaker.

Unleash Your TED Talk is for the experienced business communicator who wants to add a new dimension to their performance and speaking. 

The program will enable you to:

• Bring your Big Idea to life
• Develop a talk with a TED-style structure
• Harness the power of words 
• Connect with a large audience
• Use the space and move with the message
• Manage eye contact and gesture
• Engage and inspire the audience using a variety of vocal techniques

We also provide coaching for Leadership Conferences and TED style team events to:

• Promoting company values
• Ensuring consistency of message across speakers
• Dealing with performance mechanics such as handovers
• Ensure commonality of theme and style

Vocal Edge has coached executives for leadership events, TED Talks, industry forums, and leadership conferences –  in venues such as London’s ExCeL and the Royal Albert Hall, with talks delivered live and simultaneously streamed globally.

Please contact us to receive a description of the Unleash Your TED Talk program.

Interview Skills

An interview is the ultimate exercise in impromptu speaking: an opportunity to impress, showcase and sell yourself.

The interview gives you the opportunity to persuade your interviewer/interview panel that YOU are the right person for the role. 

You have to think on your feet.
Be agile of thought.
Think outside the box.

Our Interview Skills program is for all levels of business executive and professionals who want to sharpen their interview techniques, make a favourable impression and stand out from the crowd.

The program will enable you to:

• Prepare for interviews
• Present your best self
• Listen actively and respond to the question asked
• Use simple frameworks to help you to organise your thoughts.
• Communicate clearly and succinctly
• Make important messages memorable
• Use your voice to engage and maintain interest
• Promote dialogue and navigate tough questions confidently and effectively

Please contact us to receive a description of the Interview Skills program and give yourself a competitive edge.

Since 2006 we have delivered coaching via webinar to clients all over the world. Following the onset of Covid, approximately 70% of our coaching is now delivered via webinar – a medium which has proven to be highly effective and flexible for senior executives.

The webinar is a great way to bring teams together for communication and leadership development programs.

We also provide blended programs which combine face-to-face group workshops with 1-1 webinar follow up sessions.

Both 1-1 and group learning is tailored to suit the client’s requirement.

While 1-1 is the most effective way to work on voice and communication, group learning is also very beneficial. It is important to have small groups, so we typically recommend a group size of 4-6 participants for our programs. Numbers and format can be flexed if larger teams are involved.

For both 1-1 and group webinar programs, we recommend a staged approach:

Coaching session
Interval for practice work
Coaching session
And so on

1-1 sessions are typically 1.5 – 2 hours in length.
Group webinar sessions are typically 2.5 – 3 hours in lengths

Face to face workshops are 1 to 2 days in length. We regularly combine group workshops with 1-1 follow ups.

All sessions are arranged to suit client availability.

Leadership Communication

Effective communication is at the core of business leadership. In a constantly changing environment, leaders cannot rely solely on formal authority derived from their position. They must be able to engage a variety of audiences, shape opinion, overcome resistance, and motivate action. 

Speaking as a Leader enables today’s executive to develop a relevant voice and communication skill set to carry out his/her role effectively and achieve organisational goals.

The Speaking as a Leader program covers all aspects of leadership communication: formal speaking and presenting and impromptu speaking. 

It will enable you to:

• Understand how to develop your leadership brand and use it to increase your sphere of influence
• Project a credible and confident image
• Command attention
• Create clear, well-structured and persuasive messages
• Harness the power of words to win both hearts and minds
• Develop strong vocal skills to engage and get buy-in
• Handle challenging questions and conversations effectively
• Turn round negative perceptions and build shared understanding
• Motivate action and drive results

Please contact us to receive a description of the Speaking as a Leader program.

Presenting

Effective presentation skills are key for getting buy-in to proposals, creating compelling business cases, delivering strong operational updates, and communicating complex ideas in situations where decisions will be made. 

Presenting with Impact enables today’s executive to develop a relevant voice and communication skill for all forms of formal business presenting.

The program covers all aspects of formal speaking and presenting.

It will enable you to:

• Audit your audience’s needs
• Structure a persuasive business case/proposal/update
• Frame and land messages effectively
• Build compelling stories around data
• Convey information clearly using slides, charts, or visuals (optional)
• Optimise physical impact 
• Speak more confidently and authoritatively
• Use a range of vocal techniques to engage the listeners and hold their attention
• Get the result you want

Please contact us to receive a description of the Presenting with Impact program.

Unprepared Speaking

Unexpected questions can come at any time: at the end of a presentation, by the coffee machine, in the lobby while waiting to join a webinar. It might be a sudden request for an introduction, or a project update, or a response to a challenging question – situations which require the executive to think quickly.

Thinking on Your Feet enables the executive to handle difficult questions effectively, turn around negative perceptions, and steer the conversation.

The program equips the executive with a toolkit to tackle different types of unprepared speaking. 

It will enable you to:

• Listen actively and develop an awareness of potential unspoken messages
• Diffuse tense situations
• Promote dialogue
• Use simple frameworks to organise thoughts.
• Express messages clearly and succinctly.
• Use language which resonates with the listener and gets the point across
• Make important messages memorable 
• Respond rather than react

Please contact us to receive a description of the Thinking on your Feet  program.

Storytelling Techniques

Communications that are only focussed on operating goals, budgets and policies are not enough in today’s business world. Audiences expect to be engaged, educated and motivated. Stories and story-telling techniques help us to understand and make sense of the world we live in. To exclude stories from our business communications results in messages which are black and white – devoid of emotional content.

Internally, storytelling helps the executive to engage their listeners – to show the bigger picture and create shortcuts to understanding. Illustrating how individual decisions relate to real-life outcomes can help improve productivity, motivation, and decision-making.

Externally, stories attract clients and help them to understand quickly – and recollect – what the company has to offer. Stories add value!  

And a personal story enables the executive to connect quickly to a new audience, build credibility and strengthen their brand.

Storytelling Techniques for Business will build on your strengths and equip you with skills and techniques to take your communication to the next level.

The program will enable you to:

• Understand why storytelling techniques work
• Build and deliver a story with purpose
• Connect people and ideas
• Use figurative language to make the message memorable
• Making complex concepts meaningful
• Understand where (and why) to embellish with detail
• Develop shared understanding
• Trigger decision-making and motivate action

Storytelling Techniques for Business will build on your strengths and equip you with storytelling skills to take your communication to the next level.

Please contact us to receive a PDF brochure with full program descriptions.

Unleash Your TED Talk

TED-style talks have been a phenomenon. Simon Sinek’s talk on “How great leaders inspire action” has been viewed over 70 million times! What does this mean for business speaking? TED-style talks have raised the bar for business speakers. It’s no longer enough to stand at the front of the room talking to a data-laden PowerPoint slide. Audiences expect to be entertained, educated and inspired. This creates new pressures on the average business speaker.

Unleash Your TED Talk is for the experienced business communicator who wants to add a new dimension to their performance and speaking. 

The program will enable you to:

• Bring your Big Idea to life
• Develop a talk with a TED-style structure
• Harness the power of words 
• Connect with a large audience
• Use the space and move with the message
• Manage eye contact and gesture
• Engage and inspire the audience using a variety of vocal techniques

We also provide coaching for Leadership Conferences and TED style team events to:

• Promoting company values
• Ensuring consistency of message across speakers
• Dealing with performance mechanics such as handovers
• Ensure commonality of theme and style

Vocal Edge has coached executives for leadership events, TED Talks, industry forums, and leadership conferences –  in venues such as London’s ExCeL and the Royal Albert Hall, with talks delivered live and simultaneously streamed globally.

Please contact us to receive a description of the Unleash Your TED Talk program.

Interview Skills

An interview is the ultimate exercise in impromptu speaking: an opportunity to impress, showcase and sell yourself.

The interview gives you the opportunity to persuade your interviewer/interview panel that YOU are the right person for the role. 

You have to think on your feet.
Be agile of thought.
Think outside the box.

Our Interview Skills program is for all levels of business executive and professionals who want to sharpen their interview techniques, make a favourable impression and stand out from the crowd.

The program will enable you to:

• Prepare for interviews
• Present your best self
• Listen actively and respond to the question asked
• Use simple frameworks to help you to organise your thoughts.
• Communicate clearly and succinctly
• Make important messages memorable
• Use your voice to engage and maintain interest
• Promote dialogue and navigate tough questions confidently and effectively

Please contact us to receive a description of the Interview Skills program and give yourself a competitive edge.

Since 2006 we have delivered coaching via webinar to clients all over the world. Following the onset of Covid, approximately 70% of our coaching is now delivered via webinar – a medium which has proven to be highly effective and flexible for senior executives.

The webinar is a great way to bring teams together for communication and leadership development programs.

We also provide blended programs which combine face-to-face group workshops with 1-1 webinar follow up sessions.

Both 1-1 and group learning is tailored to suit the client’s requirement.

While 1-1 is the most effective way to work on voice and communication, group learning is also very beneficial. It is important to have small groups, so we typically recommend a group size of 4-6 participants for our programs. Numbers and format can be flexed if larger teams are involved.

For both 1-1 and group webinar programs, we recommend a staged approach:

Coaching session
Interval for practice work
Coaching session
And so on

1-1 sessions are typically 1.5 – 2 hours in length.
Group webinar sessions are typically 2.5 – 3 hours in lengths

Face to face workshops are 1 to 2 days in length. We regularly combine group workshops with 1-1 follow ups.

All sessions are arranged to suit client availability.

Leadership Communication

Effective communication is at the core of business leadership. In a constantly changing environment, leaders cannot rely solely on formal authority derived from their position. They must be able to engage a variety of audiences, shape opinion, overcome resistance, and motivate action. 

Speaking as a Leader enables today’s executive to develop a relevant voice and communication skill set to carry out his/her role effectively and achieve organisational goals.

The Speaking as a Leader program covers all aspects of leadership communication: formal speaking and presenting and impromptu speaking. 

It will enable you to:

• Understand how to develop your leadership brand and use it to increase your sphere of influence
• Project a credible and confident image
• Command attention
• Create clear, well-structured and persuasive messages
• Harness the power of words to win both hearts and minds
• Develop strong vocal skills to engage and get buy-in
• Handle challenging questions and conversations effectively
• Turn round negative perceptions and build shared understanding
• Motivate action and drive results

Please contact us to receive a description of the Speaking as a Leader program.

Presenting

Effective presentation skills are key for getting buy-in to proposals, creating compelling business cases, delivering strong operational updates, and communicating complex ideas in situations where decisions will be made. 

Presenting with Impact enables today’s executive to develop a relevant voice and communication skill for all forms of formal business presenting.

The program covers all aspects of formal speaking and presenting.

It will enable you to:

• Audit your audience’s needs
• Structure a persuasive business case/proposal/update
• Frame and land messages effectively
• Build compelling stories around data
• Convey information clearly using slides, charts, or visuals (optional)
• Optimise physical impact 
• Speak more confidently and authoritatively
• Use a range of vocal techniques to engage the listeners and hold their attention
• Get the result you want

Please contact us to receive a description of the Presenting with Impact program.

Unprepared Speaking

Unexpected questions can come at any time: at the end of a presentation, by the coffee machine, in the lobby while waiting to join a webinar. It might be a sudden request for an introduction, or a project update, or a response to a challenging question – situations which require the executive to think quickly.

Thinking on Your Feet enables the executive to handle difficult questions effectively, turn around negative perceptions, and steer the conversation.

The program equips the executive with a toolkit to tackle different types of unprepared speaking. 

It will enable you to:

• Listen actively and develop an awareness of potential unspoken messages
• Diffuse tense situations
• Promote dialogue
• Use simple frameworks to organise thoughts.
• Express messages clearly and succinctly.
• Use language which resonates with the listener and gets the point across
• Make important messages memorable 
• Respond rather than react

Please contact us to receive a description of the Thinking on your Feet  program.

Storytelling Techniques

Communications that are only focussed on operating goals, budgets and policies are not enough in today’s business world. Audiences expect to be engaged, educated and motivated. Stories and story-telling techniques help us to understand and make sense of the world we live in. To exclude stories from our business communications results in messages which are black and white – devoid of emotional content.

Internally, storytelling helps the executive to engage their listeners – to show the bigger picture and create shortcuts to understanding. Illustrating how individual decisions relate to real-life outcomes can help improve productivity, motivation, and decision-making.

Externally, stories attract clients and help them to understand quickly – and recollect – what the company has to offer. Stories add value!  

And a personal story enables the executive to connect quickly to a new audience, build credibility and strengthen their brand.

Storytelling Techniques for Business will build on your strengths and equip you with skills and techniques to take your communication to the next level.

The program will enable you to:

• Understand why storytelling techniques work
• Build and deliver a story with purpose
• Connect people and ideas
• Use figurative language to make the message memorable
• Making complex concepts meaningful
• Understand where (and why) to embellish with detail
• Develop shared understanding
• Trigger decision-making and motivate action

Storytelling Techniques for Business will build on your strengths and equip you with storytelling skills to take your communication to the next level.

Please contact us to receive a PDF brochure with full program descriptions.

Unleash Your TED Talk

TED-style talks have been a phenomenon. Simon Sinek’s talk on “How great leaders inspire action” has been viewed over 70 million times! What does this mean for business speaking? TED-style talks have raised the bar for business speakers. It’s no longer enough to stand at the front of the room talking to a data-laden PowerPoint slide. Audiences expect to be entertained, educated and inspired. This creates new pressures on the average business speaker.

Unleash Your TED Talk is for the experienced business communicator who wants to add a new dimension to their performance and speaking. 

The program will enable you to:

• Bring your Big Idea to life
• Develop a talk with a TED-style structure
• Harness the power of words 
• Connect with a large audience
• Use the space and move with the message
• Manage eye contact and gesture
• Engage and inspire the audience using a variety of vocal techniques

We also provide coaching for Leadership Conferences and TED style team events to:

• Promoting company values
• Ensuring consistency of message across speakers
• Dealing with performance mechanics such as handovers
• Ensure commonality of theme and style

Vocal Edge has coached executives for leadership events, TED Talks, industry forums, and leadership conferences –  in venues such as London’s ExCeL and the Royal Albert Hall, with talks delivered live and simultaneously streamed globally.

Please contact us to receive a description of the Unleash Your TED Talk program.

Interview Skills

An interview is the ultimate exercise in impromptu speaking: an opportunity to impress, showcase and sell yourself.

The interview gives you the opportunity to persuade your interviewer/interview panel that YOU are the right person for the role. 

You have to think on your feet.
Be agile of thought.
Think outside the box.

Our Interview Skills program is for all levels of business executive and professionals who want to sharpen their interview techniques, make a favourable impression and stand out from the crowd.

The program will enable you to:

• Prepare for interviews
• Present your best self
• Listen actively and respond to the question asked
• Use simple frameworks to help you to organise your thoughts.
• Communicate clearly and succinctly
• Make important messages memorable
• Use your voice to engage and maintain interest
• Promote dialogue and navigate tough questions confidently and effectively

Please contact us to receive a description of the Interview Skills program and give yourself a competitive edge.

Since 2006 we have delivered coaching via webinar to clients all over the world. Following the onset of Covid, approximately 70% of our coaching is now delivered via webinar – a medium which has proven to be highly effective and flexible for senior executives.

The webinar is a great way to bring teams together for communication and leadership development programs.

We also provide blended programs which combine face-to-face group workshops with 1-1 webinar follow up sessions.

Both 1-1 and group learning is tailored to suit the client’s requirement.

While 1-1 is the most effective way to work on voice and communication, group learning is also very beneficial. It is important to have small groups, so we typically recommend a group size of 4-6 participants for our programs. Numbers and format can be flexed if larger teams are involved.

For both 1-1 and group webinar programs, we recommend a staged approach:

Coaching session
Interval for practice work
Coaching session
And so on

1-1 sessions are typically 1.5 – 2 hours in length.
Group webinar sessions are typically 2.5 – 3 hours in lengths

Face to face workshops are 1 to 2 days in length. We regularly combine group workshops with 1-1 follow ups.

All sessions are arranged to suit client availability.

Leadership Communication

Effective communication is at the core of business leadership. In a constantly changing environment, leaders cannot rely solely on formal authority derived from their position. They must be able to engage a variety of audiences, shape opinion, overcome resistance, and motivate action. 

Speaking as a Leader enables today’s executive to develop a relevant voice and communication skill set to carry out his/her role effectively and achieve organisational goals.

The Speaking as a Leader program covers all aspects of leadership communication: formal speaking and presenting and impromptu speaking. 

It will enable you to:

• Understand how to develop your leadership brand and use it to increase your sphere of influence
• Project a credible and confident image
• Command attention
• Create clear, well-structured and persuasive messages
• Harness the power of words to win both hearts and minds
• Develop strong vocal skills to engage and get buy-in
• Handle challenging questions and conversations effectively
• Turn round negative perceptions and build shared understanding
• Motivate action and drive results

Please contact us to receive a description of the Speaking as a Leader program.

Presenting

Effective presentation skills are key for getting buy-in to proposals, creating compelling business cases, delivering strong operational updates, and communicating complex ideas in situations where decisions will be made. 

Presenting with Impact enables today’s executive to develop a relevant voice and communication skill for all forms of formal business presenting.

The program covers all aspects of formal speaking and presenting.

It will enable you to:

• Audit your audience’s needs
• Structure a persuasive business case/proposal/update
• Frame and land messages effectively
• Build compelling stories around data
• Convey information clearly using slides, charts, or visuals (optional)
• Optimise physical impact 
• Speak more confidently and authoritatively
• Use a range of vocal techniques to engage the listeners and hold their attention
• Get the result you want

Please contact us to receive a description of the Presenting with Impact program.

Unprepared Speaking

Unexpected questions can come at any time: at the end of a presentation, by the coffee machine, in the lobby while waiting to join a webinar. It might be a sudden request for an introduction, or a project update, or a response to a challenging question – situations which require the executive to think quickly.

Thinking on Your Feet enables the executive to handle difficult questions effectively, turn around negative perceptions, and steer the conversation.

The program equips the executive with a toolkit to tackle different types of unprepared speaking. 

It will enable you to:

• Listen actively and develop an awareness of potential unspoken messages
• Diffuse tense situations
• Promote dialogue
• Use simple frameworks to organise thoughts.
• Express messages clearly and succinctly.
• Use language which resonates with the listener and gets the point across
• Make important messages memorable 
• Respond rather than react

Please contact us to receive a description of the Thinking on your Feet  program.

Storytelling Techniques

Communications that are only focussed on operating goals, budgets and policies are not enough in today’s business world. Audiences expect to be engaged, educated and motivated. Stories and story-telling techniques help us to understand and make sense of the world we live in. To exclude stories from our business communications results in messages which are black and white – devoid of emotional content.

Internally, storytelling helps the executive to engage their listeners – to show the bigger picture and create shortcuts to understanding. Illustrating how individual decisions relate to real-life outcomes can help improve productivity, motivation, and decision-making.

Externally, stories attract clients and help them to understand quickly – and recollect – what the company has to offer. Stories add value!  

And a personal story enables the executive to connect quickly to a new audience, build credibility and strengthen their brand.

Storytelling Techniques for Business will build on your strengths and equip you with skills and techniques to take your communication to the next level.

The program will enable you to:

• Understand why storytelling techniques work
• Build and deliver a story with purpose
• Connect people and ideas
• Use figurative language to make the message memorable
• Making complex concepts meaningful
• Understand where (and why) to embellish with detail
• Develop shared understanding
• Trigger decision-making and motivate action

Storytelling Techniques for Business will build on your strengths and equip you with storytelling skills to take your communication to the next level.

Please contact us to receive a PDF brochure with full program descriptions.

Unleash Your TED Talk

TED-style talks have been a phenomenon. Simon Sinek’s talk on “How great leaders inspire action” has been viewed over 70 million times! What does this mean for business speaking? TED-style talks have raised the bar for business speakers. It’s no longer enough to stand at the front of the room talking to a data-laden PowerPoint slide. Audiences expect to be entertained, educated and inspired. This creates new pressures on the average business speaker.

Unleash Your TED Talk is for the experienced business communicator who wants to add a new dimension to their performance and speaking. 

The program will enable you to:

• Bring your Big Idea to life
• Develop a talk with a TED-style structure
• Harness the power of words 
• Connect with a large audience
• Use the space and move with the message
• Manage eye contact and gesture
• Engage and inspire the audience using a variety of vocal techniques

We also provide coaching for Leadership Conferences and TED style team events to:

• Promoting company values
• Ensuring consistency of message across speakers
• Dealing with performance mechanics such as handovers
• Ensure commonality of theme and style

Vocal Edge has coached executives for leadership events, TED Talks, industry forums, and leadership conferences –  in venues such as London’s ExCeL and the Royal Albert Hall, with talks delivered live and simultaneously streamed globally.

Please contact us to receive a description of the Unleash Your TED Talk program.

Interview Skills

An interview is the ultimate exercise in impromptu speaking: an opportunity to impress, showcase and sell yourself.

The interview gives you the opportunity to persuade your interviewer/interview panel that YOU are the right person for the role. 

You have to think on your feet.
Be agile of thought.
Think outside the box.

Our Interview Skills program is for all levels of business executive and professionals who want to sharpen their interview techniques, make a favourable impression and stand out from the crowd.

The program will enable you to:

• Prepare for interviews
• Present your best self
• Listen actively and respond to the question asked
• Use simple frameworks to help you to organise your thoughts.
• Communicate clearly and succinctly
• Make important messages memorable
• Use your voice to engage and maintain interest
• Promote dialogue and navigate tough questions confidently and effectively

Please contact us to receive a description of the Interview Skills program and give yourself a competitive edge.

Since 2006 we have delivered coaching via webinar to clients all over the world. Following the onset of Covid, approximately 70% of our coaching is now delivered via webinar – a medium which has proven to be highly effective and flexible for senior executives.

The webinar is a great way to bring teams together for communication and leadership development programs.

We also provide blended programs which combine face-to-face group workshops with 1-1 webinar follow up sessions.

Both 1-1 and group learning is tailored to suit the client’s requirement.

While 1-1 is the most effective way to work on voice and communication, group learning is also very beneficial. It is important to have small groups, so we typically recommend a group size of 4-6 participants for our programs. Numbers and format can be flexed if larger teams are involved.

For both 1-1 and group webinar programs, we recommend a staged approach:

Coaching session
Interval for practice work
Coaching session
And so on

1-1 sessions are typically 1.5 – 2 hours in length.
Group webinar sessions are typically 2.5 – 3 hours in lengths

Face to face workshops are 1 to 2 days in length. We regularly combine group workshops with 1-1 follow ups.

All sessions are arranged to suit client availability.

Leadership Communication

Effective communication is at the core of business leadership. In a constantly changing environment, leaders cannot rely solely on formal authority derived from their position. They must be able to engage a variety of audiences, shape opinion, overcome resistance, and motivate action. 

Speaking as a Leader enables today’s executive to develop a relevant voice and communication skill set to carry out his/her role effectively and achieve organisational goals.

The Speaking as a Leader program covers all aspects of leadership communication: formal speaking and presenting and impromptu speaking. 

It will enable you to:

• Understand how to develop your leadership brand and use it to increase your sphere of influence
• Project a credible and confident image
• Command attention
• Create clear, well-structured and persuasive messages
• Harness the power of words to win both hearts and minds
• Develop strong vocal skills to engage and get buy-in
• Handle challenging questions and conversations effectively
• Turn round negative perceptions and build shared understanding
• Motivate action and drive results

Please contact us to receive a description of the Speaking as a Leader program.

Presenting

Effective presentation skills are key for getting buy-in to proposals, creating compelling business cases, delivering strong operational updates, and communicating complex ideas in situations where decisions will be made. 

Presenting with Impact enables today’s executive to develop a relevant voice and communication skill for all forms of formal business presenting.

The program covers all aspects of formal speaking and presenting.

It will enable you to:

• Audit your audience’s needs
• Structure a persuasive business case/proposal/update
• Frame and land messages effectively
• Build compelling stories around data
• Convey information clearly using slides, charts, or visuals (optional)
• Optimise physical impact 
• Speak more confidently and authoritatively
• Use a range of vocal techniques to engage the listeners and hold their attention
• Get the result you want

Please contact us to receive a description of the Presenting with Impact program.

Unprepared Speaking

Unexpected questions can come at any time: at the end of a presentation, by the coffee machine, in the lobby while waiting to join a webinar. It might be a sudden request for an introduction, or a project update, or a response to a challenging question – situations which require the executive to think quickly.

Thinking on Your Feet enables the executive to handle difficult questions effectively, turn around negative perceptions, and steer the conversation.

The program equips the executive with a toolkit to tackle different types of unprepared speaking. 

It will enable you to:

• Listen actively and develop an awareness of potential unspoken messages
• Diffuse tense situations
• Promote dialogue
• Use simple frameworks to organise thoughts.
• Express messages clearly and succinctly.
• Use language which resonates with the listener and gets the point across
• Make important messages memorable 
• Respond rather than react

Please contact us to receive a description of the Thinking on your Feet  program.

Storytelling Techniques

Communications that are only focussed on operating goals, budgets and policies are not enough in today’s business world. Audiences expect to be engaged, educated and motivated. Stories and story-telling techniques help us to understand and make sense of the world we live in. To exclude stories from our business communications results in messages which are black and white – devoid of emotional content.

Internally, storytelling helps the executive to engage their listeners – to show the bigger picture and create shortcuts to understanding. Illustrating how individual decisions relate to real-life outcomes can help improve productivity, motivation, and decision-making.

Externally, stories attract clients and help them to understand quickly – and recollect – what the company has to offer. Stories add value!  

And a personal story enables the executive to connect quickly to a new audience, build credibility and strengthen their brand.

Storytelling Techniques for Business will build on your strengths and equip you with skills and techniques to take your communication to the next level.

The program will enable you to:

• Understand why storytelling techniques work
• Build and deliver a story with purpose
• Connect people and ideas
• Use figurative language to make the message memorable
• Making complex concepts meaningful
• Understand where (and why) to embellish with detail
• Develop shared understanding
• Trigger decision-making and motivate action

Storytelling Techniques for Business will build on your strengths and equip you with storytelling skills to take your communication to the next level.

Please contact us to receive a PDF brochure with full program descriptions.

Unleash Your TED Talk

TED-style talks have been a phenomenon. Simon Sinek’s talk on “How great leaders inspire action” has been viewed over 70 million times! What does this mean for business speaking? TED-style talks have raised the bar for business speakers. It’s no longer enough to stand at the front of the room talking to a data-laden PowerPoint slide. Audiences expect to be entertained, educated and inspired. This creates new pressures on the average business speaker.

Unleash Your TED Talk is for the experienced business communicator who wants to add a new dimension to their performance and speaking. 

The program will enable you to:

• Bring your Big Idea to life
• Develop a talk with a TED-style structure
• Harness the power of words 
• Connect with a large audience
• Use the space and move with the message
• Manage eye contact and gesture
• Engage and inspire the audience using a variety of vocal techniques

We also provide coaching for Leadership Conferences and TED style team events to:

• Promoting company values
• Ensuring consistency of message across speakers
• Dealing with performance mechanics such as handovers
• Ensure commonality of theme and style

Vocal Edge has coached executives for leadership events, TED Talks, industry forums, and leadership conferences –  in venues such as London’s ExCeL and the Royal Albert Hall, with talks delivered live and simultaneously streamed globally.

Please contact us to receive a description of the Unleash Your TED Talk program.

Interview Skills

An interview is the ultimate exercise in impromptu speaking: an opportunity to impress, showcase and sell yourself.

The interview gives you the opportunity to persuade your interviewer/interview panel that YOU are the right person for the role. 

You have to think on your feet.
Be agile of thought.
Think outside the box.

Our Interview Skills program is for all levels of business executive and professionals who want to sharpen their interview techniques, make a favourable impression and stand out from the crowd.

The program will enable you to:

• Prepare for interviews
• Present your best self
• Listen actively and respond to the question asked
• Use simple frameworks to help you to organise your thoughts.
• Communicate clearly and succinctly
• Make important messages memorable
• Use your voice to engage and maintain interest
• Promote dialogue and navigate tough questions confidently and effectively

Please contact us to receive a description of the Interview Skills program and give yourself a competitive edge.

Since 2006 we have delivered coaching via webinar to clients all over the world. Following the onset of Covid, approximately 70% of our coaching is now delivered via webinar – a medium which has proven to be highly effective and flexible for senior executives.

The webinar is a great way to bring teams together for communication and leadership development programs.

We also provide blended programs which combine face-to-face group workshops with 1-1 webinar follow up sessions.

Both 1-1 and group learning is tailored to suit the client’s requirement.

While 1-1 is the most effective way to work on voice and communication, group learning is also very beneficial. It is important to have small groups, so we typically recommend a group size of 4-6 participants for our programs. Numbers and format can be flexed if larger teams are involved.

For both 1-1 and group webinar programs, we recommend a staged approach:

Coaching session
Interval for practice work
Coaching session
And so on

1-1 sessions are typically 1.5 – 2 hours in length.
Group webinar sessions are typically 2.5 – 3 hours in lengths

Face to face workshops are 1 to 2 days in length. We regularly combine group workshops with 1-1 follow ups.

All sessions are arranged to suit client availability.

Leadership Communication

Effective communication is at the core of business leadership. In a constantly changing environment, leaders cannot rely solely on formal authority derived from their position. They must be able to engage a variety of audiences, shape opinion, overcome resistance, and motivate action. 

Speaking as a Leader enables today’s executive to develop a relevant voice and communication skill set to carry out his/her role effectively and achieve organisational goals.

The Speaking as a Leader program covers all aspects of leadership communication: formal speaking and presenting and impromptu speaking. 

It will enable you to:

• Understand how to develop your leadership brand and use it to increase your sphere of influence
• Project a credible and confident image
• Command attention
• Create clear, well-structured and persuasive messages
• Harness the power of words to win both hearts and minds
• Develop strong vocal skills to engage and get buy-in
• Handle challenging questions and conversations effectively
• Turn round negative perceptions and build shared understanding
• Motivate action and drive results

Please contact us to receive a description of the Speaking as a Leader program.

Presenting

Effective presentation skills are key for getting buy-in to proposals, creating compelling business cases, delivering strong operational updates, and communicating complex ideas in situations where decisions will be made. 

Presenting with Impact enables today’s executive to develop a relevant voice and communication skill for all forms of formal business presenting.

The program covers all aspects of formal speaking and presenting.

It will enable you to:

• Audit your audience’s needs
• Structure a persuasive business case/proposal/update
• Frame and land messages effectively
• Build compelling stories around data
• Convey information clearly using slides, charts, or visuals (optional)
• Optimise physical impact 
• Speak more confidently and authoritatively
• Use a range of vocal techniques to engage the listeners and hold their attention
• Get the result you want

Please contact us to receive a description of the Presenting with Impact program.

Unprepared Speaking

Unexpected questions can come at any time: at the end of a presentation, by the coffee machine, in the lobby while waiting to join a webinar. It might be a sudden request for an introduction, or a project update, or a response to a challenging question – situations which require the executive to think quickly.

Thinking on Your Feet enables the executive to handle difficult questions effectively, turn around negative perceptions, and steer the conversation.

The program equips the executive with a toolkit to tackle different types of unprepared speaking. 

It will enable you to:

• Listen actively and develop an awareness of potential unspoken messages
• Diffuse tense situations
• Promote dialogue
• Use simple frameworks to organise thoughts.
• Express messages clearly and succinctly.
• Use language which resonates with the listener and gets the point across
• Make important messages memorable 
• Respond rather than react

Please contact us to receive a description of the Thinking on your Feet  program.

Storytelling Techniques

Communications that are only focussed on operating goals, budgets and policies are not enough in today’s business world. Audiences expect to be engaged, educated and motivated. Stories and story-telling techniques help us to understand and make sense of the world we live in. To exclude stories from our business communications results in messages which are black and white – devoid of emotional content.

Internally, storytelling helps the executive to engage their listeners – to show the bigger picture and create shortcuts to understanding. Illustrating how individual decisions relate to real-life outcomes can help improve productivity, motivation, and decision-making.

Externally, stories attract clients and help them to understand quickly – and recollect – what the company has to offer. Stories add value!  

And a personal story enables the executive to connect quickly to a new audience, build credibility and strengthen their brand.

Storytelling Techniques for Business will build on your strengths and equip you with skills and techniques to take your communication to the next level.

The program will enable you to:

• Understand why storytelling techniques work
• Build and deliver a story with purpose
• Connect people and ideas
• Use figurative language to make the message memorable
• Making complex concepts meaningful
• Understand where (and why) to embellish with detail
• Develop shared understanding
• Trigger decision-making and motivate action

Storytelling Techniques for Business will build on your strengths and equip you with storytelling skills to take your communication to the next level.

Please contact us to receive a PDF brochure with full program descriptions.

Unleash Your TED Talk

TED-style talks have been a phenomenon. Simon Sinek’s talk on “How great leaders inspire action” has been viewed over 70 million times! What does this mean for business speaking? TED-style talks have raised the bar for business speakers. It’s no longer enough to stand at the front of the room talking to a data-laden PowerPoint slide. Audiences expect to be entertained, educated and inspired. This creates new pressures on the average business speaker.

Unleash Your TED Talk is for the experienced business communicator who wants to add a new dimension to their performance and speaking. 

The program will enable you to:

• Bring your Big Idea to life
• Develop a talk with a TED-style structure
• Harness the power of words 
• Connect with a large audience
• Use the space and move with the message
• Manage eye contact and gesture
• Engage and inspire the audience using a variety of vocal techniques

We also provide coaching for Leadership Conferences and TED style team events to:

• Promoting company values
• Ensuring consistency of message across speakers
• Dealing with performance mechanics such as handovers
• Ensure commonality of theme and style

Vocal Edge has coached executives for leadership events, TED Talks, industry forums, and leadership conferences –  in venues such as London’s ExCeL and the Royal Albert Hall, with talks delivered live and simultaneously streamed globally.

Please contact us to receive a description of the Unleash Your TED Talk program.

Interview Skills

An interview is the ultimate exercise in impromptu speaking: an opportunity to impress, showcase and sell yourself.

The interview gives you the opportunity to persuade your interviewer/interview panel that YOU are the right person for the role. 

You have to think on your feet.
Be agile of thought.
Think outside the box.

Our Interview Skills program is for all levels of business executive and professionals who want to sharpen their interview techniques, make a favourable impression and stand out from the crowd.

The program will enable you to:

• Prepare for interviews
• Present your best self
• Listen actively and respond to the question asked
• Use simple frameworks to help you to organise your thoughts.
• Communicate clearly and succinctly
• Make important messages memorable
• Use your voice to engage and maintain interest
• Promote dialogue and navigate tough questions confidently and effectively

Please contact us to receive a description of the Interview Skills program and give yourself a competitive edge.

Since 2006 we have delivered coaching via webinar to clients all over the world. Following the onset of Covid, approximately 70% of our coaching is now delivered via webinar – a medium which has proven to be highly effective and flexible for senior executives.

The webinar is a great way to bring teams together for communication and leadership development programs.

We also provide blended programs which combine face-to-face group workshops with 1-1 webinar follow up sessions.

Both 1-1 and group learning is tailored to suit the client’s requirement.

While 1-1 is the most effective way to work on voice and communication, group learning is also very beneficial. It is important to have small groups, so we typically recommend a group size of 4-6 participants for our programs. Numbers and format can be flexed if larger teams are involved.

For both 1-1 and group webinar programs, we recommend a staged approach:

Coaching session
Interval for practice work
Coaching session
And so on

1-1 sessions are typically 1.5 – 2 hours in length.
Group webinar sessions are typically 2.5 – 3 hours in lengths

Face to face workshops are 1 to 2 days in length. We regularly combine group workshops with 1-1 follow ups.

All sessions are arranged to suit client availability.

Leadership Communication

Effective communication is at the core of business leadership. In a constantly changing environment, leaders cannot rely solely on formal authority derived from their position. They must be able to engage a variety of audiences, shape opinion, overcome resistance, and motivate action. 

Speaking as a Leader enables today’s executive to develop a relevant voice and communication skill set to carry out his/her role effectively and achieve organisational goals.

The Speaking as a Leader program covers all aspects of leadership communication: formal speaking and presenting and impromptu speaking. 

It will enable you to:

• Understand how to develop your leadership brand and use it to increase your sphere of influence
• Project a credible and confident image
• Command attention
• Create clear, well-structured and persuasive messages
• Harness the power of words to win both hearts and minds
• Develop strong vocal skills to engage and get buy-in
• Handle challenging questions and conversations effectively
• Turn round negative perceptions and build shared understanding
• Motivate action and drive results

Please contact us to receive a description of the Speaking as a Leader program.

Presenting

Effective presentation skills are key for getting buy-in to proposals, creating compelling business cases, delivering strong operational updates, and communicating complex ideas in situations where decisions will be made. 

Presenting with Impact enables today’s executive to develop a relevant voice and communication skill for all forms of formal business presenting.

The program covers all aspects of formal speaking and presenting.

It will enable you to:

• Audit your audience’s needs
• Structure a persuasive business case/proposal/update
• Frame and land messages effectively
• Build compelling stories around data
• Convey information clearly using slides, charts, or visuals (optional)
• Optimise physical impact 
• Speak more confidently and authoritatively
• Use a range of vocal techniques to engage the listeners and hold their attention
• Get the result you want

Please contact us to receive a description of the Presenting with Impact program.

Unprepared Speaking

Unexpected questions can come at any time: at the end of a presentation, by the coffee machine, in the lobby while waiting to join a webinar. It might be a sudden request for an introduction, or a project update, or a response to a challenging question – situations which require the executive to think quickly.

Thinking on Your Feet enables the executive to handle difficult questions effectively, turn around negative perceptions, and steer the conversation.

The program equips the executive with a toolkit to tackle different types of unprepared speaking. 

It will enable you to:

• Listen actively and develop an awareness of potential unspoken messages
• Diffuse tense situations
• Promote dialogue
• Use simple frameworks to organise thoughts.
• Express messages clearly and succinctly.
• Use language which resonates with the listener and gets the point across
• Make important messages memorable 
• Respond rather than react

Please contact us to receive a description of the Thinking on your Feet  program.

Storytelling Techniques

Communications that are only focussed on operating goals, budgets and policies are not enough in today’s business world. Audiences expect to be engaged, educated and motivated. Stories and story-telling techniques help us to understand and make sense of the world we live in. To exclude stories from our business communications results in messages which are black and white – devoid of emotional content.

Internally, storytelling helps the executive to engage their listeners – to show the bigger picture and create shortcuts to understanding. Illustrating how individual decisions relate to real-life outcomes can help improve productivity, motivation, and decision-making.

Externally, stories attract clients and help them to understand quickly – and recollect – what the company has to offer. Stories add value!  

And a personal story enables the executive to connect quickly to a new audience, build credibility and strengthen their brand.

Storytelling Techniques for Business will build on your strengths and equip you with skills and techniques to take your communication to the next level.

The program will enable you to:

• Understand why storytelling techniques work
• Build and deliver a story with purpose
• Connect people and ideas
• Use figurative language to make the message memorable
• Making complex concepts meaningful
• Understand where (and why) to embellish with detail
• Develop shared understanding
• Trigger decision-making and motivate action

Storytelling Techniques for Business will build on your strengths and equip you with storytelling skills to take your communication to the next level.

Please contact us to receive a PDF brochure with full program descriptions.

Unleash Your TED Talk

TED-style talks have been a phenomenon. Simon Sinek’s talk on “How great leaders inspire action” has been viewed over 70 million times! What does this mean for business speaking? TED-style talks have raised the bar for business speakers. It’s no longer enough to stand at the front of the room talking to a data-laden PowerPoint slide. Audiences expect to be entertained, educated and inspired. This creates new pressures on the average business speaker.

Unleash Your TED Talk is for the experienced business communicator who wants to add a new dimension to their performance and speaking. 

The program will enable you to:

• Bring your Big Idea to life
• Develop a talk with a TED-style structure
• Harness the power of words 
• Connect with a large audience
• Use the space and move with the message
• Manage eye contact and gesture
• Engage and inspire the audience using a variety of vocal techniques

We also provide coaching for Leadership Conferences and TED style team events to:

• Promoting company values
• Ensuring consistency of message across speakers
• Dealing with performance mechanics such as handovers
• Ensure commonality of theme and style

Vocal Edge has coached executives for leadership events, TED Talks, industry forums, and leadership conferences –  in venues such as London’s ExCeL and the Royal Albert Hall, with talks delivered live and simultaneously streamed globally.

Please contact us to receive a description of the Unleash Your TED Talk program.

Interview Skills

An interview is the ultimate exercise in impromptu speaking: an opportunity to impress, showcase and sell yourself.

The interview gives you the opportunity to persuade your interviewer/interview panel that YOU are the right person for the role. 

You have to think on your feet.
Be agile of thought.
Think outside the box.

Our Interview Skills program is for all levels of business executive and professionals who want to sharpen their interview techniques, make a favourable impression and stand out from the crowd.

The program will enable you to:

• Prepare for interviews
• Present your best self
• Listen actively and respond to the question asked
• Use simple frameworks to help you to organise your thoughts.
• Communicate clearly and succinctly
• Make important messages memorable
• Use your voice to engage and maintain interest
• Promote dialogue and navigate tough questions confidently and effectively

Please contact us to receive a description of the Interview Skills program and give yourself a competitive edge.

Since 2006 we have delivered coaching via webinar to clients all over the world. Following the onset of Covid, approximately 70% of our coaching is now delivered via webinar – a medium which has proven to be highly effective and flexible for senior executives.

The webinar is a great way to bring teams together for communication and leadership development programs.

We also provide blended programs which combine face-to-face group workshops with 1-1 webinar follow up sessions.

Both 1-1 and group learning is tailored to suit the client’s requirement.

While 1-1 is the most effective way to work on voice and communication, group learning is also very beneficial. It is important to have small groups, so we typically recommend a group size of 4-6 participants for our programs. Numbers and format can be flexed if larger teams are involved.

For both 1-1 and group webinar programs, we recommend a staged approach:

Coaching session
Interval for practice work
Coaching session
And so on

1-1 sessions are typically 1.5 – 2 hours in length.
Group webinar sessions are typically 2.5 – 3 hours in lengths

Face to face workshops are 1 to 2 days in length. We regularly combine group workshops with 1-1 follow ups.

All sessions are arranged to suit client availability.

Leadership Communication

Effective communication is at the core of business leadership. In a constantly changing environment, leaders cannot rely solely on formal authority derived from their position. They must be able to engage a variety of audiences, shape opinion, overcome resistance, and motivate action. 

Speaking as a Leader enables today’s executive to develop a relevant voice and communication skill set to carry out his/her role effectively and achieve organisational goals.

The Speaking as a Leader program covers all aspects of leadership communication: formal speaking and presenting and impromptu speaking. 

It will enable you to:

• Understand how to develop your leadership brand and use it to increase your sphere of influence
• Project a credible and confident image
• Command attention
• Create clear, well-structured and persuasive messages
• Harness the power of words to win both hearts and minds
• Develop strong vocal skills to engage and get buy-in
• Handle challenging questions and conversations effectively
• Turn round negative perceptions and build shared understanding
• Motivate action and drive results

Please contact us to receive a description of the Speaking as a Leader program.

Presenting

Effective presentation skills are key for getting buy-in to proposals, creating compelling business cases, delivering strong operational updates, and communicating complex ideas in situations where decisions will be made. 

Presenting with Impact enables today’s executive to develop a relevant voice and communication skill for all forms of formal business presenting.

The program covers all aspects of formal speaking and presenting.

It will enable you to:

• Audit your audience’s needs
• Structure a persuasive business case/proposal/update
• Frame and land messages effectively
• Build compelling stories around data
• Convey information clearly using slides, charts, or visuals (optional)
• Optimise physical impact 
• Speak more confidently and authoritatively
• Use a range of vocal techniques to engage the listeners and hold their attention
• Get the result you want

Please contact us to receive a description of the Presenting with Impact program.

Unprepared Speaking

Unexpected questions can come at any time: at the end of a presentation, by the coffee machine, in the lobby while waiting to join a webinar. It might be a sudden request for an introduction, or a project update, or a response to a challenging question – situations which require the executive to think quickly.

Thinking on Your Feet enables the executive to handle difficult questions effectively, turn around negative perceptions, and steer the conversation.

The program equips the executive with a toolkit to tackle different types of unprepared speaking. 

It will enable you to:

• Listen actively and develop an awareness of potential unspoken messages
• Diffuse tense situations
• Promote dialogue
• Use simple frameworks to organise thoughts.
• Express messages clearly and succinctly.
• Use language which resonates with the listener and gets the point across
• Make important messages memorable 
• Respond rather than react

Please contact us to receive a description of the Thinking on your Feet  program.

Storytelling Techniques

Communications that are only focussed on operating goals, budgets and policies are not enough in today’s business world. Audiences expect to be engaged, educated and motivated. Stories and story-telling techniques help us to understand and make sense of the world we live in. To exclude stories from our business communications results in messages which are black and white – devoid of emotional content.

Internally, storytelling helps the executive to engage their listeners – to show the bigger picture and create shortcuts to understanding. Illustrating how individual decisions relate to real-life outcomes can help improve productivity, motivation, and decision-making.

Externally, stories attract clients and help them to understand quickly – and recollect – what the company has to offer. Stories add value!  

And a personal story enables the executive to connect quickly to a new audience, build credibility and strengthen their brand.

Storytelling Techniques for Business will build on your strengths and equip you with skills and techniques to take your communication to the next level.

The program will enable you to:

• Understand why storytelling techniques work
• Build and deliver a story with purpose
• Connect people and ideas
• Use figurative language to make the message memorable
• Making complex concepts meaningful
• Understand where (and why) to embellish with detail
• Develop shared understanding
• Trigger decision-making and motivate action

Storytelling Techniques for Business will build on your strengths and equip you with storytelling skills to take your communication to the next level.

Please contact us to receive a PDF brochure with full program descriptions.

Unleash Your TED Talk

TED-style talks have been a phenomenon. Simon Sinek’s talk on “How great leaders inspire action” has been viewed over 70 million times! What does this mean for business speaking? TED-style talks have raised the bar for business speakers. It’s no longer enough to stand at the front of the room talking to a data-laden PowerPoint slide. Audiences expect to be entertained, educated and inspired. This creates new pressures on the average business speaker.

Unleash Your TED Talk is for the experienced business communicator who wants to add a new dimension to their performance and speaking. 

The program will enable you to:

• Bring your Big Idea to life
• Develop a talk with a TED-style structure
• Harness the power of words 
• Connect with a large audience
• Use the space and move with the message
• Manage eye contact and gesture
• Engage and inspire the audience using a variety of vocal techniques

We also provide coaching for Leadership Conferences and TED style team events to:

• Promoting company values
• Ensuring consistency of message across speakers
• Dealing with performance mechanics such as handovers
• Ensure commonality of theme and style

Vocal Edge has coached executives for leadership events, TED Talks, industry forums, and leadership conferences –  in venues such as London’s ExCeL and the Royal Albert Hall, with talks delivered live and simultaneously streamed globally.

Please contact us to receive a description of the Unleash Your TED Talk program.

Interview Skills

An interview is the ultimate exercise in impromptu speaking: an opportunity to impress, showcase and sell yourself.

The interview gives you the opportunity to persuade your interviewer/interview panel that YOU are the right person for the role. 

You have to think on your feet.
Be agile of thought.
Think outside the box.

Our Interview Skills program is for all levels of business executive and professionals who want to sharpen their interview techniques, make a favourable impression and stand out from the crowd.

The program will enable you to:

• Prepare for interviews
• Present your best self
• Listen actively and respond to the question asked
• Use simple frameworks to help you to organise your thoughts.
• Communicate clearly and succinctly
• Make important messages memorable
• Use your voice to engage and maintain interest
• Promote dialogue and navigate tough questions confidently and effectively

Please contact us to receive a description of the Interview Skills program and give yourself a competitive edge.

Since 2006 we have delivered coaching via webinar to clients all over the world. Following the onset of Covid, approximately 70% of our coaching is now delivered via webinar – a medium which has proven to be highly effective and flexible for senior executives.

The webinar is a great way to bring teams together for communication and leadership development programs.

We also provide blended programs which combine face-to-face group workshops with 1-1 webinar follow up sessions.

Both 1-1 and group learning is tailored to suit the client’s requirement.

While 1-1 is the most effective way to work on voice and communication, group learning is also very beneficial. It is important to have small groups, so we typically recommend a group size of 4-6 participants for our programs. Numbers and format can be flexed if larger teams are involved.

For both 1-1 and group webinar programs, we recommend a staged approach:

Coaching session
Interval for practice work
Coaching session
And so on

1-1 sessions are typically 1.5 – 2 hours in length.
Group webinar sessions are typically 2.5 – 3 hours in lengths

Face to face workshops are 1 to 2 days in length. We regularly combine group workshops with 1-1 follow ups.

All sessions are arranged to suit client availability.

Leadership Communication

Effective communication is at the core of business leadership. In a constantly changing environment, leaders cannot rely solely on formal authority derived from their position. They must be able to engage a variety of audiences, shape opinion, overcome resistance, and motivate action. 

Speaking as a Leader enables today’s executive to develop a relevant voice and communication skill set to carry out his/her role effectively and achieve organisational goals.

The Speaking as a Leader program covers all aspects of leadership communication: formal speaking and presenting and impromptu speaking. 

It will enable you to:

• Understand how to develop your leadership brand and use it to increase your sphere of influence
• Project a credible and confident image
• Command attention
• Create clear, well-structured and persuasive messages
• Harness the power of words to win both hearts and minds
• Develop strong vocal skills to engage and get buy-in
• Handle challenging questions and conversations effectively
• Turn round negative perceptions and build shared understanding
• Motivate action and drive results

Please contact us to receive a description of the Speaking as a Leader program.

Presenting

Effective presentation skills are key for getting buy-in to proposals, creating compelling business cases, delivering strong operational updates, and communicating complex ideas in situations where decisions will be made. 

Presenting with Impact enables today’s executive to develop a relevant voice and communication skill for all forms of formal business presenting.

The program covers all aspects of formal speaking and presenting.

It will enable you to:

• Audit your audience’s needs
• Structure a persuasive business case/proposal/update
• Frame and land messages effectively
• Build compelling stories around data
• Convey information clearly using slides, charts, or visuals (optional)
• Optimise physical impact 
• Speak more confidently and authoritatively
• Use a range of vocal techniques to engage the listeners and hold their attention
• Get the result you want

Please contact us to receive a description of the Presenting with Impact program.

Unprepared Speaking

Unexpected questions can come at any time: at the end of a presentation, by the coffee machine, in the lobby while waiting to join a webinar. It might be a sudden request for an introduction, or a project update, or a response to a challenging question – situations which require the executive to think quickly.

Thinking on Your Feet enables the executive to handle difficult questions effectively, turn around negative perceptions, and steer the conversation.

The program equips the executive with a toolkit to tackle different types of unprepared speaking. 

It will enable you to:

• Listen actively and develop an awareness of potential unspoken messages
• Diffuse tense situations
• Promote dialogue
• Use simple frameworks to organise thoughts.
• Express messages clearly and succinctly.
• Use language which resonates with the listener and gets the point across
• Make important messages memorable 
• Respond rather than react

Please contact us to receive a description of the Thinking on your Feet  program.

Storytelling Techniques

Communications that are only focussed on operating goals, budgets and policies are not enough in today’s business world. Audiences expect to be engaged, educated and motivated. Stories and story-telling techniques help us to understand and make sense of the world we live in. To exclude stories from our business communications results in messages which are black and white – devoid of emotional content.

Internally, storytelling helps the executive to engage their listeners – to show the bigger picture and create shortcuts to understanding. Illustrating how individual decisions relate to real-life outcomes can help improve productivity, motivation, and decision-making.

Externally, stories attract clients and help them to understand quickly – and recollect – what the company has to offer. Stories add value!  

And a personal story enables the executive to connect quickly to a new audience, build credibility and strengthen their brand.

Storytelling Techniques for Business will build on your strengths and equip you with skills and techniques to take your communication to the next level.

The program will enable you to:

• Understand why storytelling techniques work
• Build and deliver a story with purpose
• Connect people and ideas
• Use figurative language to make the message memorable
• Making complex concepts meaningful
• Understand where (and why) to embellish with detail
• Develop shared understanding
• Trigger decision-making and motivate action

Storytelling Techniques for Business will build on your strengths and equip you with storytelling skills to take your communication to the next level.

Please contact us to receive a PDF brochure with full program descriptions.

Unleash Your TED Talk

TED-style talks have been a phenomenon. Simon Sinek’s talk on “How great leaders inspire action” has been viewed over 70 million times! What does this mean for business speaking? TED-style talks have raised the bar for business speakers. It’s no longer enough to stand at the front of the room talking to a data-laden PowerPoint slide. Audiences expect to be entertained, educated and inspired. This creates new pressures on the average business speaker.

Unleash Your TED Talk is for the experienced business communicator who wants to add a new dimension to their performance and speaking. 

The program will enable you to:

• Bring your Big Idea to life
• Develop a talk with a TED-style structure
• Harness the power of words 
• Connect with a large audience
• Use the space and move with the message
• Manage eye contact and gesture
• Engage and inspire the audience using a variety of vocal techniques

We also provide coaching for Leadership Conferences and TED style team events to:

• Promoting company values
• Ensuring consistency of message across speakers
• Dealing with performance mechanics such as handovers
• Ensure commonality of theme and style

Vocal Edge has coached executives for leadership events, TED Talks, industry forums, and leadership conferences –  in venues such as London’s ExCeL and the Royal Albert Hall, with talks delivered live and simultaneously streamed globally.

Please contact us to receive a description of the Unleash Your TED Talk program.

Interview Skills

An interview is the ultimate exercise in impromptu speaking: an opportunity to impress, showcase and sell yourself.

The interview gives you the opportunity to persuade your interviewer/interview panel that YOU are the right person for the role. 

You have to think on your feet.
Be agile of thought.
Think outside the box.

Our Interview Skills program is for all levels of business executive and professionals who want to sharpen their interview techniques, make a favourable impression and stand out from the crowd.

The program will enable you to:

• Prepare for interviews
• Present your best self
• Listen actively and respond to the question asked
• Use simple frameworks to help you to organise your thoughts.
• Communicate clearly and succinctly
• Make important messages memorable
• Use your voice to engage and maintain interest
• Promote dialogue and navigate tough questions confidently and effectively

Please contact us to receive a description of the Interview Skills program and give yourself a competitive edge.