WANT MORE IMPACT
IN YOUR TEAM?
Becoming a better communicator has always been important.
It’s a life skill that helps amplify your impact, both professionally and personally. It’s not a soft skill, it’s an essential skill.
But if your teams are not connecting as a group or your customers are not understanding your customer experience or sales teams, then you're leaving money on the table.
What if you could change the narrative?
I help teams connect through storytelling & public speaking, so they work together productively or sales or customer experience tell different stories, so the customer understands.
DOES THIS SOUND LIKE YOU?
"My sales team isn't performing like they should be".
"Our service team aren't confident when speaking to customers".
"Our sales pitches lack creativity and connection".
"The customer just doesn't understand how we work".
"My presentation needs more impact".
There are lots of reasons that hold us back from connecting with your team or clients, but the good news is it doesn't have to be this way.
In the Speak Up Workshop, we'll get to the heart of the problem and create a bespoke training program to solve your presentation and business challenges.
IN THE SPEAK UP WORKSHOP
You'll learn how to tell stories that change the narrative for the receiver. So you either connect and bond or clarify the outcome for customers or prospects.
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Understand Your Audience
Accessing how your audience receives and processes information so you connect with them on a deeper level.
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How To Deliver with Clarity
I'll give you exercises to work on your specific requirements so you audience understands your message.
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Telling Your Truth
I'll show your team how to authentically connect on an emotional level to drive connection.
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How To Stand Out
What if you could pick and choose that magic creative moment that would have your audience applaud.
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Positive Body Language
Learn how to use your body language so you show your audience how confident you are in your specialist subject.
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Learning How To Tell Stories
We all connect with stories, having been told them at a young age, and we can use them in our presentations as adults.
YOUR TRAINERS
Where appropriate, I collaborate with expert trainers to deliver on your brief and provide tangible results for your team and business.
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John Maybury
25 years experience as a former radio broadcaster on Newstalk ZB, Hauraki, ZM and The Hits, actor, MC and commercial voice artist.
Aged nine, he developed a stutter. Over the next eight years, he invested in speech, drama and voice lessons, to improve his diction, voice and confidence.
He's a professional speaker and he will publish his first book "Stories From The Heart" in 2024.
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Maggie Eyre
Maggie Eyre is a communications consultant and published author. Her books "Being You" “Speak Easy” and “Speak in Public with Confidence” sell in India, Indonesia, UK, Australia and New Zealand.
A presentation trainer, stylist and media advisor to former Prime Minister Helen Clark, Maggie’s work has been recognized in Time Magazine and in international media in the United Kingdom, China and Dubai.
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RECENT CLIENT WORKSHOP OR CLIENT RESULTS
Challenge:
A mix of under-grad, post-grad and business community students pitched their proposed business to a panel of eight judges in the six-week Velocity program, and they needed help with their presentation.
Deliverables:
A storytelling and presentation workshop for 30 students to help them uncover their "why" or "insight" stories to better connect them and their business idea with the panel and some practical presentation tools to use on the day of their pitch.
Outcome:
The students all had time in front of the room telling their personal insight stories. They did group work to record their stories and we finished with exercises on warming up, gestures, body language, voice, breathing and pausing.
The workshop you did today was eye-opening. It makes me realise the importance of using your voice and body, and telling things as a interesting personal story to make a connection. I hope to not forget the confidence you showed today so I can channel some of it!
Thank you so much John! The workshop was amazing - feeling a lot more inspired about the pitch now.
Thank you, John. You'll be pleased to know we heeded your advice and opted for a story! And we won.
Thank you John! Really appreciate it and your motivation today. Super inspiring and amazing to hear your story. My cousin also has a stutter growing up and reminded me of that. Thank you for your time, love your charisma and capability of your confidence to captivate an audience!
Thanks John. That was an entertaining workshop. Loved it.
Challenge:
Help the Connector community experts better understand each other so they connect with each other on a deeper level.
Deliverables:
A two-hour storytelling workshop where I helped the 14 experts tell personal stories to help them bond.
Outcome:
Team members emotionally connected with each other and the measure of success was delivered due to an uplift in member meetings.
Great session John! Exactly what I needed yesterday! It was refreshing to get to know each other on a deeper, authentic level, and go beyond what we would talk about everyday.
Really good session, John. It was awesome getting to know the team on a more personal level and developing deeper trust. Well done.
Challenge:
Help the policy adviser team at WRC better present their council submissions more impactfully.
Deliverables:
A four-hour presentation workshop with live video presentations, public speaking critique, training games, storytelling and video analysis of each participant and how to improve beyond the workshop.
Outcome:
The 15 participants were challenged and took away valuable tools to apply in the future. All surveyed participants recommended future training throughout WRC team members.
John's passion for public speaking was infectious and his friendly intensity provided a dynamic lesson that covered the fundamentals of public speaking in an interesting and worthwhile way.
While we are all relatively experienced at speaking in front of others, it became clear once we applied suggestions from the training, how much more effective and understandable we were as speakers.!
This public speaking workshop raised an important point about the role of delivery in getting key messages across.
The workshop pushed me out of my comfort zone but helped me realise that it's not that bad in my "uncomfortable" zone.
The training was context specific and helped us upskill for presentation scenarios specific to our role. John did a great job at identifying our key areas for improvement and provided individual feedback that allowed us to make small changes that created a big difference.
I tend to take on a stronger version of myself when presenting. I thought I was a bit mad. It would appear this is actually the right thing to do. Putting on a performance helps to cement my message to an audience through pauses, pitch, connectivity, using my face and hands etc. Learning how to project my voice through breath and using projection on those key words was helpful and how to use a microphone unlocked a fear that I didn't realise was there, but now I can see that the microphone is my friend.
Challenge:
Help the communications team at NZCB better present to an audience when they train their members.
Deliverables:
A three-hour presentation workshop with live video presentations, public speaking critique, training games, storytelling and video analysis of each participant and how to improve beyond the workshop.
Outcome:
The four managers left with valuable tools and exercises in which to better deliver their member presentations.
I wish I had done this training 30 years ago. It was a focussed workshop on what we needed to improve. I took great value from the video presentation and John's analysis of my speaking strengths and weaknesses. But it was storytelling that I will apply in my future presentations with some practical warm-ups and rehearsal. Thank you John, you really know your stuff.
Certified Builders
Auckland 2023
You can tell John knows a think or two about talking. About telling a story. From the depths of a radio voice, to the emotion in his eye when he tells you "HIS" story. His why. You know you've been effected (no, I didn't men affected) when the events of your time together occupy your thoughts and conversations in the hours/days after. And then you open up the post event info, and the learning continues....
Certified Builders
Auckland 2023
John is an excellent trainer in presentations. He has sound knowledge of identifying people's strengths and weaknesses and providing a pathway to strengthen their weaknesses and grow their strengths. My experience from the workshop with John has really opened up a new technique to explore and that is making the content relatable through story telling.
Certified Builders
Auckland 2023
Challenge:
Help the finance team at AUT tell stories for connection and understanding.
Deliverables:
A one-hour workshop with exercises, games and interplay to help communicate the value of storytelling and teach the participants simple frameworks for how to tell stories for better business outcomes.
Outcome:
The 25 in-house finance, CA's and department heads left with a framework to share stories in a complex world of accounting and finance.
Thank you John, I really enjoyed your session, very useful and yet simple to remember.
AUT Participant
Auckland 2023
Loved the use of acronyms to get your message across today - I think I might just be thinking about your session each time I see an ABS Braking sign... 😂
AUT Participant
Auckland 2023
Challenge:
Help Russell Clark, owner at Licenced Rennovations, present confidently at the Auckland Home Show 2023.
Deliverables:
After the initial assessment of his speaking strengths and weaknesses, I suggested four primary speaking and audience structures that he could improve on. Slowing his rate of speech with pauses and audience "check in's", including his "why" story of winning in business and threading that story into the speech, audience engagement so they were included in the conversation and lastly limiting his movement on stage so he had more presence.
Outcome:
Russell and his team received 75 quality leads from the show and his presentation, which has a potential ROI for his business of 4 million dollars.
WHO IS THIS FOR?
My work is for individuals who have a presentation upcoming and want to improve their overall presentation.
Or a storytelling workshop for small teams of up to 15 people delivered over a 1-4 hour workshop, to improve communication and business problems, speaking and presentations.
I have three storytelling workshops designed for beginners or based on a specific brief for your sales or customer experience teams.
Most importantly, you'll want better business results from your teams relating to sales, productivity, customer experience or communication.
OUTCOMES FOR YOUR TEAM
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Better Communication
If you are in a team, how we communicate is important so we produce more results and achieve our business goals.
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Productivity And Sales
If your team is performing at their best, it means more ROI for your business and for your stakeholders.
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Deeper Connection
If you're a leader of a team, you'll have a deeper connection with them and more alignment over time.
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Greater Acceptance
We all want to fit in with our partners, clients, colleagues and the communities in which we participate, to be accepted.
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Speak Up Workshop
Training is in-person at your offices or in a training room space, at mutually agreed times.
Training delivered by John Maybury or collaboratively with other presentation coaches.
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