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NIDA Corporate has helped raise the level of public speaking and communication skills from proficient to excellent for the senior leadership team at leading Marketing and Communications services and the world’s largest independent procurer of print, Williams Lea Tag (WLT).

Felix Hauge is starting her final year of the Bachelor of Arts (Technical Theatre and Stage Management) course at NIDA in 2018. As part of an internship program during the summer holidays with Sydney Festival, Felix worked with one of the Festival Production Coordinators on large theatre pieces, including The Wooster Group’s production ofThe Town Hall Affairat the Sydney Opera House, The National’s performance ofThe Barbershop Chronicles at the Seymour Centre and Queensland Theatre’s performance ofThe Wider Earth at the Sydney Opera House. She also worked on the State Theatre and the City Recital Hall programs and the large-scale Australia Day Ferrython event on Sydney Harbour.

Actors and directors can’t do anything on stage without their team and it’s exactly the same in most workplaces. Working as part of a team is an integral part of getting the best outcomes from the project at hand. It’s hard work. Teamwork requires personal awareness, good communication skills and an ability to negotiate and be flexible. While some people in the team may have a higher profile or greater responsibilities than others, all members need to communicate, cooperate and perform their part to provide an effective working environment.

There are a few simple tools that can help us power through to the end of the year, when we’re able to take it easy on that wonderful vacation we’ve been dreaming about.

NIDA Corporate’s Art of Leadership workshop at Future of Work 2017 is designed to introduce you to the practical techniques that actors utilise to influence and engage their audience.

No matter how hi-tech your videoconferencing system is, or how much you’ve honed your content into an information-packed piece, without proper delivery of the webinar and some forethought given to how you present your content online, you may not be maximising results.

Learning how to be charismatic is no different to learning a musical instrument or a sport. Of course there will always be those who have the benefit of an innate ability, but with the right techniques and practiceanyone can learn the skill. Ultimately, charisma is as un-mystical and straightforward as learning how to be the best version of yourself.

Havingopened our doors in one of the most liveable cities, NIDA Melbourne invited two individuals from the community sector into courses which were suited to their professional needs: a senior manager in a leadership position for a globally renowned not-for-profit, and an intern just entering the professional world with a local creative organisation.

To acknowledge the good people from the social enterprisesThankyou AusandTOM Organicfor the many ways in which they contribute to meaningful work and business in the region, we gave away complimentary passes to our one-dayPresenting with Confidence course to two women at mid-management level who are shaping the social economy in Melbourne.

Unfortunately there is no foolproof method for delivering bad news but there are certainly helpful behaviours you can adopt to promote a more positive outcome.