Celia speaks on speaking skills, sales and persuasion in a way that is amusing, engaging and refreshingly original.
Under her brand, Speaking Success, Celia has developed 4 ‘pillars’ of skills that form the foundation of speaking success – iPrepare, iPresent, iPromote and iPersuade. All of her speeches and workshops draw from The iPersuade Principles.
If you add her trademark humour to that mix, Celia delivers a twist on communication skills that will liven up any conference or event.
Celia’s ability to combine her messages with drama, energy and skill is incredible. Her style is captivating and very powerful, several days after the conference her message is still ringing loud and clear in my head.
– Mike Pagan, Productivity Matters
Celia reveals the ‘terms of engagement’ that come from understanding both the psychology of people and the discipline of performance.
She uses her life as a performer to inform this presentation skills training and claims that ‘anyone can speak’ but that most people simply ‘don’t know what they are doing.
Audience takeaways are:
• Understand how to be more engaging when you speak
• Learn how to structure your content so that audiences listen
• Gain the confidence to be relaxed and informal on stage
iPresent can be run as a 1- or 2-day workshop using elements of iPrepare to increase confidence, or elements of iPromote if people need to practice pitching. Please ask for The iPersuade Principles brochure if you are interested in booking a workshop.
Celia also coaches at a senior level on presentation skills and speech writing. Please ask for more details.
Celia’s ability to combine her messages with drama, energy and skill is incredible. Her style is captivating and very powerful, several days after the conference her message is still ringing loud and clear in my head.
– Mike Pagan, Productivity Matters
If you have to pitch for business or speak to persuade in any way, this talk will show you how. Drawing on her unique 5-step sales conversation system, iPromote, Celia will show you how to guide a conversation to a good outcome for both parties, without giving in or giving away too much. With her trademark humor, Celia is able to unpack what it means to have ‘charisma’, ‘charm’ and ‘the gift of the gab’ to help audiences see how they could be more persuasive.
Audience takeaways are:
• Learn how to create strong relationships more quickly
• Develop trust by using humor from the start
• Increase the number of times people say ‘yes’ to you
iPersuade can be run as a workshop. Please ask for The iPersuade Principles brochure if you are interested in booking a workshop.
I just wanted to say a quick thank you for not only keeping me entertained but also for giving my enthusiasm a huge boost. You reminded me that regardless of the pressures of the job, I can step outside of that a create my own clarity and communicate well and this will still have an impact.
– Simon Todd, Inspector, Gloucestershire Constabulary
Many people want to be more humorous when they speak but few people know how to do it. In this speech, Celia reveals some of her secrets drawn from her trilogy of sold-out solo shows. She will show you how to open, how to close, how to write jokes, what to do when they don’t laugh, when to do callbacks and how to make it all look natural.
• Develop a new skill by trying out comedy techniques
• Expand your confidence in your ability to communicate
• Earn the respect of your audience by showing you can relax!
‘The Funny Thing…’series of speeches can be also run as a workshops. In addition we have other partners in comedy who can run improvisation sessions, and provide pro comedians for entertainment.
Celia Delaney is so much more than a hilarious onstage performer. Offstage, she will make you funnier too. She’ll show you what will land so much better through tweaks of wordings, facial expressions, gestures and being more confident in your whole approach. And like the sheila herself, a Celia coaching session is fun!
– Michael Dodd, Author of Great Answers to Tough Questions at Work
