gweek: A 1-Day Workshop on Genuine Communication Skills
INTRODUCTION
In our experience, we respond more to skill development interventions when the results are measurable. At gweek,
we’re a little bit different to the average presentation skills training. We can actually measure your communication
skills. That’s objectively, using data science, as opposed to the subjective opinions of any trainer. Your ‘gweek’ i.e.
gweek score is out of 100. The closer to 100 you are, the more attractive you’ll be to listen to gweek evaluations only
take 2 minutes and can be done via personal device at any time of day. Your gweek score tells you how well you
communicate with others, in one number.
We’re also realistic in terms of your communication needs in the real world. You’re not
always looking to be ‘inspirational’ and make ‘great speeches’. Life isn’t like that. Most of
the time you’ll be educating or briefing people, friends and colleagues. Normal stuff. And
yes, some of the time you’ll want to influence others, or even persuade them. Despite
the scenario or context, there is every need to: 1) speak with substance; 2) communicate
with authenticity; and 3) be yourself, consistently.
We believe that if you can achieve the above three criteria, your competitive edge will
shine through.
We’ll teach you the difference between changing your style (which we don’t advise) and tuning your unique
personality to the listener (which we do). Relax. It’s a lot of fun. And it’s realistic.
OBJECTIVES
Whether speaking in your first or second language, gweek will help you:
- understand the building blocks of communication skills
- reach out to different personalities, cultures in a natural, consistent way
- achieve your communication aim, whether at presentation, meeting, pitch, on the phone, or chatting with friends
- grasp the fundamentals to both communication delivery (how you sound and look to others) and structure
(whether the flow of your argument makes sense)
- make longer term material changes, as opposed to temporary
TECHNIQUES
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go beyond ‘body language’ and appreciate how verbal and non-verbal cues are deeply intertwined
‘pause’ techniques for staying in control and relaxed, whether speaking spontaneously or highly prepared
replace ‘ums’, ‘ers’ and ‘you knows’ and long complex ‘sentences’ with succinct, natural phrases
learn eye movement, not eye contact
let your voice pitch and your hands shift naturally, as opposed to artificial or ‘dramatic’ emphasis
preparation techniques ahead of any event. Go beyond scripts and cue cards
how to read others. Are they actively listening to you or just pretending to?
be yourself, but better
DESIGNED FOR
Anyone who knows they could be a better communicator, and has the desire to improve. But
no matter who you are, or where you happen to be in your career, we’ll help you set realistic
targets and then measure the changes you’ve made.
ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS
Date & Time
Thursday, 7 May 2015
9:00am – 5:00pm
Deadline for Registration
Fees (Inclusive of tea/coffee break)
Language Medium
1 week before course commencement
English for teaching aspects and discussion,
HKMA Member: HK$2,980
any language for your exercising
Non-member:
HK$3,180
Group Discount: HK$200 each
(For companies which send a total of two OR
more participants to this course and enroll at the same time)
Venue
Dr Kennedy Y H Wong Management Development Centre
The Hong Kong Management Association
1/F, First Commercial Building, 33-35 Leighton Road,
Causeway Bay, HONG KONG
METHODOLOGY
Pre and post workshop evaluation via ‘call gweek’; one day workshop, with explanations, discussions, lots of
interactive exercise and feedback. Explanation of gweek scoring and Speech Intelligence Analytics™ - your way of
knowing, objectively, how well you’re communicating.
PROGRAMME ORGANISATION: 4 steps
1. Sign up at HKMA,
join gweek and open
your profile
at gweekspeech.com
2. ‘call gweek’ for
your diagnostic
evaluation score
3. Attend the gweek
workshop at HKMA
4. ‘call gweek’ again
to receive your
latest score/feedback
Steps 1, 2 and 4: How does ‘call gweek’ and gweek scoring work? Get to 97+
There are currently 3 score ‘Si’ levels. The programme will automatically enroll you in Si1, which just analyses and scores
your speech delivery pattern. The highest score achievable is 100. We set 97+ as a benchmark score to aim for. Your
workshop with gweek will explain more about Speech Intelligence Analytics™. Every time you ‘call gweek’, we ask you
to speak for up to 2 minutes on a subject of your choice. You can choose anything to speak about, professional or
social. For instance, it could be 2 minutes on what you plan to do next holiday, or how you intend to live healthily, or
changes you’d like to make at work. How do you ‘call gweek’? Either via gweek speech.com from your desktop/tablet/
smartphone or via our toll-free number. We’ll send you an instruction ahead of your gweek programme!
Step 3, Workshop content, in a nutshell:
Module 1: Delivery - how should I say it?
How to keep any spoken comment understandable and personable
 Verbal and non-verbal skills – which is more important?
How to create a natural ‘interactive’ feeling
Controlling your listeners’ attention
How to discover whether:
 - your listener has understood
 - your listener believes you
How to read others and stay mutually engaged
Module 2: Structure - what to say and when?
How to start/finish and distinguish between your opinions and your evidence
How to get key messages across
Using prompts to organise your thoughts
how SpeechMap can plan any communication
using visual aids at a bare minimum
‘talking on your feet’ and sticking to the story
 The strategy of communication – an intro
PROGRAMME LEAD
James Bryce, CEO gweek
Developer and designer of Speech Intelligence Analytics™, James has 5,000 hours field experience in human
communication methods. James has advised C-suite executives on over $15bn of fund-raising transactions in
European and Asian capital markets. James advises and trains ahead of specific markets events (such as IPO) as much
as for the daily, routine interactions you will have around your company, friends or family.
James’ sector experience is extremely wide-ranging, including financial services, education, healthcare, government,
property, manufacturing and technology. James has been advisor to the UK Conservative Party, 2 global CEO of
HSBC, and former Chief Executives of Hong Kong. James served in the UK Royal Marine Commandos, and speaks
Chinese and French. James has lived and worked in Hong Kong since 2001 and is a graduate of Peoples’ University of
China, Beijing.
REGISTRATION & ENQUIRIES
For course enquiries and reservations, please call Customer Service Department on 2774-8501 or via fax 2774-8503. For
course details, please contact Ms Natalie Ning on 2774-8536; or visit the HKMA website: www.hkma.org.hk/seminar.
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gweek: A 1-Day Workshop on Genuine Communication Skills
SG-A6831-2015-1-FC
7 May 2015
Fee: HKMA Member: HK$2,980
Non-member: HK$3,180
Group Discount: HK$200 each
(For companies which send a total of two OR more participants to this course and enroll at the same time)
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