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We're not your average training and coaching consultancy. Speak First has been helping organisations like yours to become more successful and more profitable for more than 30 years. We’re one of a handful companies specialising in communication and management training that’s able to deliver consistently around the world – using expert local trainers to adapt the content to the local culture.
How to show that your learning and Development solutions pay for themselves
For those of us working in the Learning and Development field, we know the benefits that come from an organisation running training for its staff: increased employee productivity, engagement and ...
Read more10 Secrets to handling questions well
You have done the research, prepared the slides and rehearsed your presentation. You are in control of everything. Well, almost everything. A question and answer session can be a daunting experience ...
10 Secrets of Successful Networking
Have you been to networking events but just ended up chatting to your colleagues and friends all evening? Do you meet lots of new people but struggle to stay in touch? Then you need our tried and ...
How to make an impact in meetings
Meetings can be a great opportunity to sit down and talk to staff, managers, clients and colleagues that you may not usually have time to. Some meetings might be a group discussion and some might be ...
6 Steps to Developing Personal Effectiveness
Every day, it’s the same old story – everyone has too much to do and not enough time to do it. So how are you supposed to achieve your goals when you can only just stay on top of the urgent tasks? ...
Amanda Vickers, Speak First CEO, visits the cape flats youth programme
Imagine growing up in a house with corrugated iron walls and roof, with no heating and where the electricity is drawn from a nearby street light. In this area there are no public services provided – ...
How to Adopt a Marketing Approach to Increase Staff Engagement with your Training
Picture this: You have lost count of the number of hours you spent typing emails, on the phone and in meetings, but you have finally managed to confirm that the world's greatest business coach is ...
The Cape Flats Youth Development Programme (C.F.Y.D.P.)
On this blog, we recently shared details of The Floating School project in Bangladesh sponsored by the Speak First Foundation. This initiative ensures children have access to quality education ...
The Floating School in Bangladesh
“My life’s mission is to help people” says Amanda Vickers, Speak First CEO. A mission she has been passionate about since an early age and throughout her professional career, Amanda fiercely ...
12 Keys to Delivering Great Virtual Presentations
What comes to mind when your people think about delivering a virtual presentation? Awkward and boring or engaging and time efficient? What would it take to ensure the latter? These 12 keys to ...