PHOENIX CONSULTING

220 Benchlands Terrace, Canmore Alberta T1W 1G1, Canada Tel & Fax: (403) 678-6692 E-mail: svieyra@phoenixconsulting.org

INSTRUCTOR TRAINING, PRESENTATION, MEETING & NEGOTIATION SKILLS

Simon Vieyra has been training instructors at the highest level since 1979 in both the United States and Canada. In recent years his work in the area has also taken him to Europe and Russia. He is well known for his courses, seminars and conference sessions on presentation skills and teaching techniques. The programs he has designed have been adopted by numerous associations, companies and training institutions to qualify their faculty. His books, training manuals and courses are widely used and available in English (US and Canadian editions), French, Russian, Hungarian and Polish editions. Simon’s work in this area has also been recognized by a number of prestigious awards.

LEARNING EFFECTIVENESS FACTS

Your audience/students will retain/remember...
20% of what they hear only; 25% of what they read only;
30% of what is repeated; 45% of what they write down;
60% of what they discuss; 75% of what they do; and
80% of what they experience.

You can talk at 170 words per minute...
but your average student can...
listen to 800 words per minute;
read 400 words per minute; yet only
write 40 words per minute.

The attention span of your average student is only about as long as a TV commercial -
20 to 30 seconds.

PUBLICATIONS IN INSTRUCTOR TRAINING & COMMUNICATION SKILLS:
Advanced Instructor Training, Phoenix Publications, 1998
    (also available in Polish edition, 1998) - includes text, instructor's guidelines,
    transparencies and handouts;
Executive Communication & Presentation Techniques, Phoenix Publications, 1998
    (also available in Polish edition, 1998) - includes text, transparencies,
    case studies & guide;
How to Facilitate & Run Effective Meetings & Negotiations, Phoenix Publications, 1998
    (also available in Polish edition, 1998) - includes text, transparencies,
    case studies & guide
Outstanding Teaching, Phoenix Publications (1996 US edition, and
    1997 Russian, Hungarian and Polish editions) - includes text, instructor’s guidelines,
     transparencies and handouts;
Animez votre presentation, L'Association canadienne de l'immeuble, 1996;
You Are What You Present, CREA Press, 1995;
Real Estate Instructor Training (Essential Techniques for Effective Presentations),
    Canadian Real Estate Association Press, 1994 (also available in French, 1996)
     - includes student manual, instructor notes manual, overhead transparencies
    and handouts manual.
 

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