The workshop will help build your capacity to connect with communities and clients using powerful communication. We'll look at appropriate language, a targeted message and confident delivery, using interactive exercises that can be applied immediately. The workshop is useful to prepare for client interactions, consultant coordination, internal presentations, project pitches, competition juries, design review panels, conference presentations and many other project communication situations in the life of a planning professional.
This half day workshop will include a combination of short, lecture-style information sessions, practical exercises and discussion. The learning environment is interactive, collegiate and fun. We’ll begin by exploring communication issues that can alienate or confuse others, including jargon, abstract terms and unnecessarily complex language. We'll discuss powerful language and how to use it to engage your target audience. Industry-specific examples will be used for reference and inspiration. The course will also explore tips for confident verbal and nonverbal communication including vocal delivery, body language and nerves. Depending on time, participants may volunteer to deliver a short speech to the group and receive individual feedback. Note this speech is not compulsory and details will be confirmed on the day.
Designed For
Planners seeking to increase their personal presence and professional impact at any stage of their career.
Learning Outcomes
- Identify jargon, abstract terms and unnecessarily complex language.
- Describe your work using clear, concise and compelling language.
- Engage with a variety of audiences including technical/non-technical, small groups/large forums, formal/informal, professional/personal.
- Build confidence in your own style of communication.
Presenter
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Saneia Norton, Landscape Architect and design communication specialist.
Public servant turned entrepreneur, Saneia Norton is a registered landscape architect and design communication specialist. At the NSW Government Architect’s Office she delivered public domain projects from Circular Quay to Broken Hill until a series of mid-career speed bumps became the catalyst for reinvention. In 2016 she founded Saneia Norton Design Communication (SNDC) to help design professionals wield words as powerfully as images, build confidence presenting work and move beyond long-held scars of brutal design juries. SNDC’s workshops have benefited over 600 design professionals including directors, project leaders and recent graduates from firms including BVN, AECOM, Aspect Studios, AJC, SJB, Warren and Mahoney, Stockland and HATCH Roberts Day. Saneia is creator of the podcast ‘Dig Beneath Design’ where designers talk openly about their best and worst experiences communicating their ideas. She works part-time at multidisciplinary design office Tyrrell Studio in Manly.
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Terms & Conditions
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