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Workshop “Professional Appearance And Authentic Self-Presentation”, 14 March 2014

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We are happy to announce the first workshop on “Professional appearance and authentic self-presentation“.

Date: Friday, 14 March 2014, 9:00-17:00 o’clock

Place: Tagungszentrum an der Sternwarte, Geismar Landstr. 11

Duration: 1 day

Content:

Your personal appearance is crucial for your success in presentations and conversations, in your daily professional life or in job hunting processes. Thus, it contributes to your career development in a critical way. Besides the quality of the content, the key factors are the following: Am I able to create a positive atmosphere for me and my audience? Can I deal confidently with stress situations? How do I react to unforeseen situations?

This hands-on seminar will address those and related topics and support you in using your strengths and expand your self-awareness and your communication skills.

Topics:

  • Reflect one’s own strengths and use them effectively
  • Raise awareness of how you see yourself and how you are seen by others
  • Optimizing breathing, voice, language and body language
  • Lively contact in face-to-face communication and towards larger audiences
  • Flexible handling of difficult situations during presentations, interviews and conversations
  • Mastering stress and stage fright

Methods:

  • Breathing, vocal and body exercises
  • Detailed feedback to personal appearance in presentations and behavior in conversations
  • Exercises for the improvement of personal appearance and presence
  • Communication model based on Marshall Rosenberg
  • Role playing
  • Brief theoretical inputs

Information about the trainer, Sabine Mariß, are available here.

If you would like to take part in the workshop, register here and write an e-mail to the coordinator Katrin Wodzicki (ggnb-career@gwdg.de). The e-mail should include a short motivational statement (Why do you want to take part in the workshop?).

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Author: Katrin Wodzicki

Hi, I am Katrin, the coordinator of the GGNB Career Service Unit.

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