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Singer, Singing teacher, Sharon Duggan
       Presenting....you!
Singer; Singing & Performance Coach, Choral Director
Email: info@sharonduggan.co.uk; Telephone: 01483 279803
We've all seen people giving presentations who look really uncomfortable doing so, or worse, we've all been to presentations where it's painfully obvious that the presenter has been on a corporate-style presentation skills course!

These people are either boring to listen to - so you find that you soon "zone out" of what they're saying, or they are so nervous that you start to feel uncomfortable for them because you don't want them to look and feel nervous or to embarrass you!  Or they repeat the same rather odd learned "techniques" which are supposed to help them look more professional but end up making them look stiff and unnatural.

It's a vicious cycle and no matter how many so-called "presentation skills" courses you go on, things are generally much the same.

Why me?
+As a professional singer, I am in the business of performing;

+As a professional singing and performance teacher, I am in the business of presenting information to groups of people in a way that they can easily understand and feel stimulated by; 

+As a director and producer, I am in the business of communicating to groups of people how to perform
well;

+I have also done a lot of compering to audiences of 200+ 

For any presentation, it's important to understand:

+how to use your voice safely and how to project it properly (this section of the workshop will include a basic introduction to how the voice is produced and basic good breathing techniques);

+how to speak in a way everyone can understand;

+how to keep people's attention focused on you, rather than finding them drifting off to sleep!

+the psychology of an audience;

+how different tones of voice can mean the difference between your listeners being stimulated by what you're saying or falling asleep;

+what your body language says to an audience and more importantly to you;


+how to understand your own nervous process and manage your nerves more effectively.

Make no mistake, singing in front of an audience is 500% harder than any presentation you'll ever give (and this is echoed by those of my individual and course students who work in the management sector). 

As such, I am able to help those members of your workforce who struggle with presenting, to start to relax and understand how to perform better than they thought possible.

For more information, contact Sharon on info@sharonduggan.co.uk