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 must choose a different session from the one they completed on previous levels.
Sessions this year will be as follows;
| Seminar | Date | Time | Room Number |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Managing Your Time
|
11th Feb |
2pm - 3pm | NH208 |
|
Effective Communications
|
12th Feb | 5.30pm - 7pm | NH208 |
|
Public Speaking
|
14th Feb | 9.30am - 11am | NH208 |
|
Public Speaking
|
14th Feb |
11.30am - 1pm |
NH208 |
|
Public Speaking
|
14th Feb | 2pm - 3.30pm | NH208 |
|
Leadership Skills
|
15th Feb | 11am - 12.30pm | NH208 |
|
Negotiation Skills
|
18th Feb | 12pm - 1.30pm | NH208 |
|
Team Work
|
19th Feb | 2pm - 3.30pm | NH208 |
|
Managing Your Time
|
20th Feb | 12pm - 1pm | NH208 |
|
Assertiveness
|
22nd Feb | 2pm - 3.30pm | NH208 |
|
Leadership Skills
|
25th Feb | 5.30pm - 7pm | NH208 |
|
Employability (3rd & 4th years only)
|
26th Feb | 1pm - 2.30pm | NH208 |
|
Effective Communications
|
27th Feb | 12pm - 1.30pm | NH208 |
|
Negotiation Skills
|
28th Feb | 12pm - 1.30pm | NH208 |
The Objectives for each session are as follows:
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
- Top public speaking tips
Leadership Skills:
- Identify top leaders
- Key strengths of great leaders
- How to develop leadership skills
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
