Personal Development Seminars

 

To complete the Student Leaders Programme all participants must attend at least one personal development seminar.

 

Students completing the Bronze level can choose any one of the following sessions to attend. Students on the Silver and Gold level are not required to attend these seminars as they will be participating in specific, specialised seminars for their level.  However, Silver and Gold level students are free to attend any of these seminars which take their fancy!

 

Below is the list of seminars which will be on offer 2008/2009.

 

Managing Your Time:

  • Know what is meant by 'effective time management'
  • Assess your own ability to manage time and identify where you waste time
  • Identify and utilise a variety of time-management techniques and make more effective use of your time
  • Understand the importance of prioritisation and be able to do so more effectively

 

Effective Communication:

  • Analyze the importance of effective communication with your membership
  • Describe what is meant by communication
  • Describe the cycle of communication
  • Discuss the importance of active listening and giving feedback
  • Identify how the use of body language encourages communication
  • Identify different communication methods and discuss their effectiveness

 

Public Speaking (run by external training company, Kissing With Confidence):

  • How to overcome the fear of public speaking
  • Communicating effectively in public
  • Preparing for speaking in public Teams
  • Top public speaking tips

 

Negotiation Skills:                                                                                                                

  • Identify what negotiation is 
  • Getting the best result from a negotiation
  • Tactics of successful negotiatiors

 

Teamwork:

  •  Recognise the difference between groups and teams
  • List the characteristics of an effective team
  • Identify the stages of development of teams
  • Recognise the range of team roles and apply this concept to build an effective team
  • Know seven decision making methods

 

Assertiveness:

  • Identify what assertiveness is
  • How to become more assertive

 

Employability (only open to 3rd and 4th year students, run by Careers Service)

  • How to make yourself more employable
  • How to improve your CV
  • How can I use my skills I have developed through being on the Student Leaders Programme

 

 

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