Stand Up to Stand Out

LEVEL: Introductory

This interactive workshop encourages ‘free thinking’ and creativity with some performance related fun. It is all about listening and the rule of ‘yes, and?’ rather than ‘yes, but…’

Humour is as valuable in business today as it is in our personal lives. This workshop will help you to throw away the corporate rulebook and have fun. You will find ways to present yourself in a more relaxed, authentic style to suit today’s modern business environment.

Workshop structure
This workshop focuses on the process of creating new and original content regardless of experience and knowledge - everybody has something new to talk about or a different way of presenting an old message. It covers the dangers of ‘overthinking’ and nerves. During the workshop you will explore the cultural blocks to women ‘being funny’ and will look at the practice of using humour effectively in a business environment and how it can help to communicate and build confidence.

Workshop facilitator, Lynne Parker, will help you to find strategies for dealing with confrontation, open criticism and inappropriate comments, and you will earn how to ‘put people back in their place’ and how to come out of awkward situations with dignity and self esteem intact. You will work in pairs or groups to create and perform original content, and then provide feedback to each other. It is a facilitated interactive session where new skills are acquired through practical exploration.

Workshop take-aways:
• Improved self-confidence and esteem
• Better communication skills
• Practical advice on how to perform and engage with passion and
humour.

LYNNE PARKER www.funnywomen.com
Lynne is an award-winning producer and self-confessed ‘accidental’ entrepreneur. In 2002 she created Funny Women out of her experience and passion for comedy. Funny Women is now the UK’s leading community for female comedy, helping women to perform, write and do business with humour.

Lynne coaches women and men in business and public life based on her accrued knowledge of stand-up techniques to improve self-confidence and presentation skills.

Lynne works increasingly with businesses and organisations that want to improve their gender balance at senior level.