Open Dawes Training Discovery Call

Firstly, I would like to thank you for your insights and coping mechanisms documented in your nerves training programme.

I purchased it, viewed it and your insights just resonated with me. I then presented to an industry-renowned event this week and the feedback that I got was fantastic!! Little did they know that last weekend I was a bag of nerves!!

My story Chris is one in which I ran a successful Consultancy business, presenting was never a problem then out of the blue I had a massive stroke!!

Fortunately, I've recovered but ever since that tragic event, I've had this block about presenting which I've found has hampered me in my professional life, as I try to stay out of any presentation events.

It's early days, but with your help I think I've found a way to manage my nerves, look forward to sharing my knowledge and I'm well on the way to unblocking this part of my life. Thank you!!

"The training I did with Open Dawes really helped my confidence, helped me to organise myself more and to condense my notes. It was also reassuring to understand that I shouldn’t expect the training to stop me feeling nervous, but that the training would help me use my nerves to my advantage."

"I really wanted to be more confident and feel less nervous in one-to-one meetings and knew that training would help,” said Karen.  “Chris is very open and friendly, and easy to get along with. He really put me at ease, especially during the videoing.  I now have good strategies in place to help me deal with my nerves when I meet new clients, which I can use going forward."

"I feel that I have been able to apply a greater sense of self-worth to myself due to simple understandings of how and what was delivered throughout the course.  I look forward to putting my ideas into practice, not just at work, but also during everyday life by applying the knowledge of turning Nerves into Confidence and remembering to simply to Be Myself in a greater mindset."

With previously being an aspiring actress, Abbie assumed that she was confident enough to present in work situations.  However, this crumbled some years ago when a pitch was being made for a charity, but the nerves made her forget not just the content, but even the name of the charity.  This experience has stayed with Abbie ever since, and she was shocked to find that “until then I had never considered myself as a nervous person, but I dried up and I found that the ability to perform in musical theatre did not translate at all to a presentation”.

So, Abbie received our public speaking training for herself, which then went deeper into our “train the trainer” program for her.

“Ever since I had the training with Open Dawes Training, I am totally up for any new opportunities – before I would have said ‘no thank you’!"

"The experience also taught me that there is a difference between simply practising and having an actual process to go through from start to finish.  It made me realise there is so much more to public speaking than simply standing there and speaking.  It’s all about the relationship with the audience, and it’s a two-way process.”

"Recently completed a 1-day course with Chris, he delivered an enlightening presentation with some fantastic takeaway tips to really help with confidence, content and most importantly delivery. Highly recommend."