Your business relies on dynamic communication
People who communicate effectively online and in-person with impact and dynamism see improved productivity, output and morale.
Your business relies on dynamic communication
People who communicate effectively online and in-person with impact and dynamism see improved productivity, output and morale.
Capture the virtual crowd
Learn to read the room
Build your confidence
Tell the story you want to tell
The ability to effectively communicate face to face and online has never been more important
97% of employees believe communication has an impact on tasks performed each day. The introduction of more flexible working means that connecting and communicating with colleagues is more critical now than ever before.
The ability to effectively communicate face to face and online has never been more important
97% of employees believe communication has an impact on tasks performed each day. The introduction of more flexible working means that connecting and communicating with colleagues is more critical now than ever before.
Inspire the people around you
Effective and inclusive communication in the workplace is what binds a team together.
Build trust
Clear lines of communication will build trust within your team, and will bring increased productivity, output and morale.
Communicate with clarity
Regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, any disability, you deserve to be confident in what you have to say. Be clear, and tell your story the way you want to tell it.
Find your superpower!
Find and enhance what you already do well to communicate brilliantly and get to where you want to go.
Make an impact
Improved communication skills will improve teamwork, decision-making and inclusivity in the workplace.
Provide direction
With effective communication skills you’ll be able to bring all of your colleagues with you, so that you can work effectively towards a common goal.
“I teach executives the tools they need to use their voice and communicate with confidence, impact and authenticity so they get their message heard.”
With the knowledge I have and my years of teaching experience and training with the top voice practitioners I know how to get the best out of you as an individual and how to help you deal with the challenges you’re facing.
“I teach executives the tools they need to use their voice and communicate with confidence, impact and authenticity so they get their message heard.”
With the knowledge I have and my years of teaching experience and training with the top voice practitioners I know how to get the best out of you as an individual and how to help you deal with the challenges you’re facing.
“Nicki uses varied techniques and wellbeing exercises”
“I’m enjoying my presentation and public speaking sessions greatly with Nicki. She is highly experienced and knowledgeable and introduces varied techniques and wellbeing exercises to help me develop my skills and confidence. The sessions are supportive, relaxed and fun!”
Marion Friend MBE www.marionfriend.co.uk
It’s time to get taken seriously
I will teach you practical and evidence-based solutions and help you to break down the component parts of effective speaking with a set of clear exercises which will transform your voice and bring you the emotional freedom and confidence so you can speak with passion.
It’s time to get taken seriously
I will teach you practical and evidence-based solutions and help you to break down the component parts of effective speaking with a set of clear exercises which will transform your voice and bring you the emotional freedom and confidence so you can speak with passion.
Voice and communication strategies
Use your voice and body language with confidence to tell your story and reach your audience. Communicate with impact in-person and online.
Voice and communication strategies
Use your voice and body language with confidence to tell your story and reach your audience. Communicate with impact in-person and online.
Practical and evidence-based solutions will transform your voice, speaking and confidence…
…so that you can speak with authenticity, passion and commitment. Your body language, gestures and facial expressions all work with your voice to effectively communicate your message and tell the story you want to tell.
Practical and evidence-based solutions will transform your voice, speaking and confidence…
…so that you can speak with authenticity, passion and commitment. Your body language, gestures and facial expressions all work with your voice to effectively communicate your message and tell the story you want to tell.
Individual 1:1 Voiceworks Sessions
Online or in-person sessions
When you understand how to breathe, align your body and deploy successful resonance strategies, you will achieve a more powerful, confident and projected sound.
A more dynamic use of body language and intonation will add variety of tone into your message. I teach you how to communicate with energy and charisma and address any anxieties you may have around performance with strategies proven to convert your adrenaline into a powerful force for good so you can achieve your goals.
‘Enhanced Public Speaking’ Courses
Half Day or Full Day Courses
Online or in-person half day or full day courses tailored to suit your needs or the requirements of your organisation.
These courses cover all the component parts of great speaking. Physical presence and body language, breathing, resonance, projection, pacing, inflection and clarity to help you get your message across with charisma, passion and authenticity.
We cover in detail techniques to help you find ‘the zone’ in performance, avoiding performance anxiety and channeling nerves so that they provide a positive energy rather than a negative one.
Communication and Public Speaking for Women
How to be more you
The techniques for communication are the same as for men but the cultural landscape has historically been a world away. What are the particular challenges facing women in the workplace? We look at the communication strategies of confident and successful role models and analyse how they define their identity through their speaking.
We investigate how to stay ‘you’ when you want to get a strong message across and succeed in grabbing the attention of your audience and becoming and inspirational speaker.
Online Virtual Communications Course
Learn how to read the virtual room
This course includes everything from technical tips to improve your posture, presence and delivery to the psychological help you need to really trust and believe in yourself when you are not getting the feedback from the room that a performer normally needs.
Bespoke Courses
Whatever you need, whoever you are
I am happy to devise courses to help particular individuals who may identify specific challenges. I have used my expertise to help clients such as politicians, recent graduates, older clients, students needing help with interview processes, work with transgender executives, and accent softening.
“Nicki has an extraordinary knack of engaging everyone in the room.”
“She is a superb vocal coach and one of the best ‘readers of a room’ in the business – everyone makes progress. Her sessions are always purposeful, supported by outstanding musicianship and theoretical knowledge, imaginative, and fun. Singers sing much better than they thought they could when she is around!”
Simon Toyne – Director, Rodolfus Foundation Choral Courses and President, Music Teachers’ Association
“Nicki’s expertise has helped me improve my breathing skills and clarity of tone.”
“Working with Nicki has been a great experience. Her enthusiastic style combined with her professional expertise has helped me to improve my breathing techniques and also my clarity of tone.”
Jane Delap – Airline Captain
I can help you tell your story
If you’re like most of the organisations and individuals I work with, you’re committed to communicating your message and want to build deep and meaningful relationships both professionally and personally. But you recognise your voice and anxiety about taking centre stage are holding you back and preventing you from reaching your goals. I can help you overcome these obstacles. Virtual and in-person coaching in Jersey, in your location or online to bring you the results you need.
I can help you tell your story
If you’re like most of the organisations and individuals I work with, you’re committed to communicating your message and want to build deep and meaningful relationships both professionally and personally. But you recognise your voice and anxiety about taking centre stage are holding you back and preventing you from reaching your goals. I can help you overcome these obstacles. Virtual and in-person coaching in Jersey, in your location or online to bring you the results you need.
Still unsure that I can help you?
Here are some of the questions you may have…
Still unsure that I can help you?
Here are some of the questions you may have…
Online and virtual presenting is our problem right now. I can’t see that your voicework can help us with that!
I have been working online with large groups of up to 70 young adults throughout the lockdown and have had to keep them engaged whilst also making sure my own voice remains strong and healthy, and that my message gets across in this difficult environment.
There are some great companies out there who do presentation coaching, why would I need you?
There are lots of great companies, yes, but many, many people are not only held back by the small, simple things like body language, content etc, but also by more significant aspects of their production, such as a voice that lacks authority, or a voice that tightens and feels uncomfortable and lets them down.
Working with the nitty gritty of how to be certain your voice will be there for you to actually deliver your content is highly specialised and offered by very few people, but I have real expertise in this area and understand the physiology and science behind what makes a voice work best and resonate in the room.
We need help with communication skills in my organisation, but we aren’t yet at a point where we need to go down the voice coaching side of things.
Voice coaching will bring so much more than just a clear, resonant, comfortable voice. The work on breathing and performance that goes with it affect every aspect of presentation including how your body owns the space, and how you deal with anxiety or stress in performing.
I can’t imagine you could really do much for our female executive who feels that her voice doesn’t command attention in a predominantly male meeting room?
A voice specialist can alter the whole resonance strategy of an individual, and by teaching good breathing and alignment and adjusting vocal habits in the throat and mouth, you can really gain strength. You can gain not just strength but the self belief that you need in order to convince people of your message.
My voice has become less reliable and weaker as I have got older, and it worries me, but that’s just an age thing isn’t it?
Voices do change as we get older. Male voices often rise in pitch and both male and female voices can become less resilient and less powerful. This can make you feel less authoritative. But with good breathing and support, you can bring that voice back a long way towards its former resonance and efficiency.
I have a problem with anxiety about speaking in public. I can’t see how you can help with this.
I have performed to packed concert halls and opera houses all my career and understand, and have lived through, performance anxiety at every turn, and learned a huge number of strategies to combat the nerves. I can help you learn to deal with nerves and turn them into a useful thing rather than a crippling thing.