Author: Philippa Hammond

Reading Your Work to an Audience

Philippa Hammond

An in-person workshop for your writers’ group, with Brighton trainer and actor, Philippa Hammond. The length of the workshop is at your discretion, between 1-3 hours.

The benefits – and the problems

Reading your work aloud to an audience in bookshops, writers groups, literary festivals, is a great way to get yourself and your work known to the world.

But so often things can get in the way!

Mindsets can sabotage confidence

Nerves can overwhelm

And lack of breathing control can make us speed up, speak too quietly and be harder to follow.

This workshop will help you all

🌟Beat nerves and build confidence so you can enjoy the experience

🌟Learn some audiobook readers’ techniques for sounding your best

🌟Captivate and keep your audience’s attention and interest.

My workshop gives quick and actionable tips to help any writer feel, look and sound their best to any audience.

Please bring a short piece of your writing (a couple of minutes or so) and something you’re happy to scribble in (eg a magazine or news article) for practice exercises.

No other prep required.

What they’re saying

‘Your workshop about speaking well at Hove Library was so good, it was what we all needed … everyone was happy, they learned and enjoyed the practice … that paragraph about what the audience wants is like a bible to always have in mind. I also liked to receive the tongue twisters and it was fun to try it … it will be lovely if you can come again and give us some text to practice.’ Julia Martínez

‘Very warm, knowledgeable, great delivery … practical advice … thank you very much’ Sarah Agnew

‘I enjoyed it very much – very useful … she speaks very well … knows her subject well … please could you arrange more of this … very helpful and increased my knowledge’ Marjan

‘Amazing … great … 10/10’ Jane

A fun, helpful event in a safe supportive space.

Discussions and bookings

If you’d like to know more, do contact me to discuss your required length of workshop, numbers, location and the fee

Contact

Philippa Hammond

Reading Your Work to an Audience Power Hour

Philippa Hammond

A one hour online 1-1 personal development session with trainer and actor, Philippa Hammond

For writers of fiction, non fiction, poetry and prose who’d like to polish their personal and professional impact – available as a private 1-1 online Power Hour, or an event for your group

Why learn to read well?

Reading your work aloud to an audience in bookshops, writers’ groups, literary festivals etc – it’s a great way to get yourself and your work known to the world.

But so often things can get in the way!

Mindsets can sabotage confidence

Nerves can overwhelm

And lack of breathing and vocal control can make us speed up, speak too quietly and be harder to follow.

This one hour session will help you

🌟Beat nerves and build confidence so you can enjoy the experience

🌟Learn some actor and audiobook reader techniques for looking and sounding your best

🌟Captivate and keep your audience’s attention and interest

You’ll need a short piece of your writing (a couple of minutes or so) and something you’re happy to scribble in (eg a magazine or news article) for practice exercises.

What they’re saying

‘Your workshop about speaking well at Hove Library was so good, it was what we all needed … everyone was happy, they learned and enjoyed the practice … that paragraph about what the audience wants is like a bible to always have in mind. I also liked to receive the tongue twisters and it was fun to try it … it will be lovely if you can come again and give us some text to practice.’ Julia Martínez

‘Very warm, knowledgeable, great delivery … practical advice … thank you very much’ Sarah Agnew

‘I enjoyed it very much – very useful … she speaks very well … knows her subject well … please could you arrange more of this … very helpful and increased my knowledge’ Marjan

‘Amazing … great … 10/10’ Jane

A fun, helpful session in a safe, supportive online space.

Fees

If you’d like to book a 1-1 session, do let me know.

For discussion and bookings

Contact

Philippa Hammond

Testimonials: Powerful Presentations

Philippa Hammond

Responses to my half-day in person in house workshop for Autism Unlimited

My three hour special event for heads-of departments and members of staff tasked with making presentations to colleagues, parents and the outside world.

Delegates were invited to give their responses to the event, the trainer and how they will use the new knowledge, skills and mindsets.

“Trainer] Enthusiastic and clear speaking … very encouraging … [most useful element] just having a chance to review practice and hear others’ experience.” Kate, Education Lead

“Objectives were achieved as I now feel more confident to deal with public speaking … Philippa was very knowledgeable and personalised everything in her delivery – very interesting … I will use this when I deliver my presentations, whether it’s in teaching sessions or training sessions … I particularly enjoyed this training and found it very useful.” Angie, Education Lead

“[Objectives] fully achieved … [most useful element] feedback on elevator pitch – useful to have tips and pointers … [will use] to support when presenting to a variety of audiences” Nicky, Assistant Head Teacher

“Objectives achieved] Fully … [Trainer] easy to follow and engaging … [most useful element] advice on managing emotions around presenting” Julie, Director of Education

Testimonials: Trainer Essentials 1-day workshop

Philippa Hammond

Responses to my two 1-Day Trainer Essentials in-house in-person training workshops for Autism Unlimited, transforming brilliant subject matter experts into confident, effective new trainers

Delegates are invited to consider how well aim and objectives are achieved, responses to the trainer, what was the most useful part of the workshop and how they will use their new knowledge, skills and mindsets

“Greater understanding of training delivery” Samantha, Registered Manager

“Philippa was very engaging and the practical approach to teaching really supported our learning … talking through the ADDIE cycle to learn about planning and implementing training … Really insightful and helpful training – lots of great tips to take away – thank you” Jess, Speech & Language Therapist

“I am developing a new training at present – this training will be very useful … a huge amount of learning in a relatively short space of time” Lisa, Clinical Music Therapist

“[Trainer] Engaging easy to listen to lots of very helpful practical advice … I’m excited to use what I’ve learnt today – soon we have parent training coming up and today’s workshop will be incredibly helpful! … A really brilliant day thank you! I feel more confident about delivering training, thank you so much!!” Kirsten, Occupational Therapist

“[Trainer] Engaging and very interesting … Will use the process to plan next training – will find more opportunities to increase confidence in presentation … Really useful thank you” Charlotte, Occupational Therapist

“Achieved all expectations … Interactive and engaging … [Most useful part of the workshop] Dealing with nerves and confidence building … Enjoyed lots of group work” Mia, Occupational Therapist

“Great course – objectives achieved … [Trainer] Very professional and experienced personal delivery” Poonam, Speech & Language Therapist

“[Aim and objectives] Achieved and inspiring … [Trainer] Really good expertise and knowledge, she gave me a lot of new important information … Thank you so much It’s really important for confidence” Claudia

“Trainer] Really engaging, high level of knowledge and expertise, happy to answer any questions … [Most useful part of the workshop] Understanding that others feel the same way … [How will you use new knowledge, skills and mindsets] Be mindful when creating / structuring the training of how best to engage learners and hold their attention … Thank you, really engaging and useful information” Megan, Trainee Teacher

“[Aim and objectives Thoroughly explained, all met … [Trainer] very engaging and confidently explained everything … [Most useful part of the workshop] Learning how people learn 702010% / the Addy cycle … prep for training beforehand, structuring training, making training engaging and interactive … Enjoyed group work activities and opportunity to get involved” Libby, Teacher

“[Aim and objectives] Fully achieved … [Trainer] First class … [Will] Share with training team and put in practise immediately … Would like to book for more sessions” Donna

“(Objectives achieved) Extremely well …(Trainer) Very knowledgeable, engaging – great ideas to take away to my training …A great day” AJ, Positive Behaviour Support Assistant

“(Will) Stop using ‘ummmmm’ when thinking before speaking … Joshua, Trainer

“(Trainer) Very confident and engaging … (Most useful) Body language, different techniques for facilitation” Ruth, Class Teacher

“(Most useful) practicing different types of delivery … (Will) use more facilitator techniques” Becs, Training Coordinator

“Day was well structured – great to spend some time thinking about you as a trainer … (Trainer) very knowledgeable … clear concise communication … (Will) review our evaluation process to support business and trainers … Brilliant course” Claire, Training Manager and Senior People Partner

Testimonials: Reading Your Work to an Audience

Philippa Hammond

Responses to my workshop on reading aloud skills for writers

Available as an in person group workshop for your writers’ group, or a 1-1 online Power Hour

For writers of fiction, non fiction, poetry and prose who’d like to polish their personal and professional impact when reading from their work at literary events, book launches and workshops

What they’re saying

‘Your workshop about speaking well at Hove Library was so good, it was what we all needed … everyone was happy, they learned and enjoyed the practice … that paragraph about what the audience wants is like a bible to always have in mind. I also liked to receive the tongue twisters and it was fun to try it … it will be lovely if you can come again and give us some text to practice.’ Julia Martínez

‘Very warm, knowledgeable, great delivery … practical advice … thank you very much’ Sarah Agnew

‘I enjoyed it very much – very useful … she speaks very well … knows her subject well … please could you arrange more of this … very helpful and increased my knowledge’ Marjan

‘Amazing … great … 10/10’ Jane

Hove Writers

Trainer Essentials Power Hour

Philippa Hammond

You’re a subject matter expert …

And you’d love to take your first steps in training – but don’t know where to start?

Or your employer has tasked you with delivering training because you’re great at your job … so of course you’ll be able to train … but they haven’t actually trained you how to train?

It can feel like you’re stuck with no way out, onwards or upwards.

For the SME, building professional training skills unlocks doors of opportunity.

So here’s your very first step into your new world:

A Trainer Essentials online Power Hour with me

🌟A new way to shine

🌟Supporting others to develop and achieve

🌟New personal development and fulfilment

Here’s how it works

Preparation

You’ll consider ‘who are you, what do you do and what makes you the go-to person for learners?’

This will help you focus on why you’re taking this professional step up.

Your session

Our interactive discussion-led one hour online session will feature

🌟Insider essentials:

Why organisations train – the drivers

What gets in the way – the blocks

The point and purpose of training

Why and how adults learn

🌟The ADDIE training cycle – how to:

Analyse your audience and stakeholder needs

Design your Aim, Objectives and Agenda for sign off

Develop your content

Implement your training – facilitation, Q&A and audience management essentials

Evaluate your training at four levels

Post session

I’ll send you a PDF with your session notes and reading for further personal development

It’s an overview to kickstart your new trainer journey.

Other Power Hours you might like

Talking Speaking – deal with nerves and build your confident public speaking skills for leadership, training and business

LinkedIn – polish your product, build your network and engage with your ideal audience

If you’d like to know more or book a private 1-1 online session, contact me here

Philippa Hammond

Video confidence case study

Philippa Hammond

How I helped a client find his video confidence

He’d had a major shift from a public service role to the health and beauty world, including membership organizations, and how needed to boost and polish his public speaking in person, on camera and online.

After much research he found me – and as he wanted to support a local provider, requested a clarity call.

He explained that although he was very confident in conversation and in business situations, on camera was a different matter.

He felt he just didn’t do justice to himself, coming across in an unnatural and disengaging way. And he wanted to do something about that, to be ready to show up on video to speak to his industry.

Nerves, uncertainty, lack of practice and unhappiness with results so far were the main issues.

Together we planned a personal development programme of five online 1-1 sessions, covering

Nerves and confidence building

Personal impact – looking and sounding good on screen

Planning and preparing a video shoot

A Learning to Love Linkedin session

Practical video making assignment

Now video is a major part of his personal and professional presentation skills, helping him to speak to his industry with clarity, confidence and credibility.