Spanish Chamber of Commerce in the United Kingdom

Etiqueta: Avocets Consulting

SUMMER HAS ENDED, BUT OUR EVENTS HAVE JUST STARTED!

Although the gloomy weather has taken over nothing can stop our busy calendar of events. The first activity will be the XVII edition of the Graduate European Programme, which offers university graduates the opportunity to undertake work experience in London during 6 months. The programme officially starts on 14^th September with the Induction Week, when participants will attend different talks and visit various companies and institutions.

The participants of the XVII Graduate European Programme visiting the Spanish Embassy.

On Wednesday 23^rdSeptember, it is time for a new edition of the popular International Wine and Spirits Tasting networking event. In this case, CODORNIU RAVENTÓS, Patron of the Chamber, will be providing the Spanish wines. The event will be organised in collaboration with another 12 chambers of commerce in London so don’t miss this chance to enjoy a truly international evening and register right now! If you are interested in further details, please click here.

The last International Wine Tasting was a success. Do not miss it this year!

Also, on 7th October another edition of our successful Elevator Pitch will be hosted at LA TASCA, one of our members. For those of you that have never attended, this event provides participants the opportunity to explore synergies among one another, but they only have 2 minutes each to introduce their companies. This is a way of exploring new avenues of collaboration and meet like-minded professionals. Click here for further information.

But if you do not really like to network, a few days after, on the 13^th October, in collaboration with AVOCETS CONSULTING, members of the chamber, we have the right event for you: Networking for people who don’t like networking. This activity will improve your abilities to communicate with confidence when meeting someone new, create a presence, and most importantly it will give you useful tips to convert contacts into referrals. The event will be at THE KENSINGTON HOTEL, part of THE DOYLE COLLECTION also member of the chamber. You can book your places here.

Learn how to be a professional networker on Tuesday 13th October.

If networking gets too tiring and you need a relaxing, but also interesting afternoon, we have the perfect combination. Our Afternoon Tea in the luxurious BENTLEY HOTEL, member of the Spanish Chamber, will be on Monday 19^th October. The event will be led by the expert in protocol Richard Birtchnell, Toastmaster and Past President of the prestigious Society of London Toastmasters, who will talk about the traditions and etiquette of the Afternoon Tea. If you would like to join us, click here.

Richard Birtchnell, Toastmaster and Past President of the Society of London Toastmasters, will be leading our Afternoon Tea event.

Finally, on 22^nd October we will have a seminar led by BLICK ROTHENBERG, member of the chamber. This activity will focus on different aspects of taxes and exemptions for expats living in the UK. Save the date for this event, more information will be soon available on our website.

And it does not finish here. There is still much more to come so if you want to be up to date, do not hesitate to check out our website or sign up for our weekly newsletter totally free of charge.

16/09/2015
Learn to get the hook!

Last Thursday 20th of June, we held at the Chamber the event ”Presenting with Impact”, part of the “Leadership in Focus Forum» series with the collaboration of Avocets Consulting.

As it was said at this inspiring workshop, a big audience is not always needed for a presentation as they happen very often in our daily life. However, how to engage people and grasp their attention? Or, in other words, how to act as a real leader to perform your speech?

Spectators can make a quick judgment on you during the first five seconds and then decide if it is still worthy paying attention to you. For this reason, it is important to know how to be memorable when speaking in public.

Mr. Andrew Weale getting attendees’ attention.

Some abilities and skills may come naturally, such as being charismatic or eloquent, but everybody can also practice presentations and learn how to improve them. To do that, we would need to prepare in advance with regards to our audience and our aims: bear in mind what we want to communicate and to whom.

To build the right conditions and atmosphere with your public, you can use some tips such as providing some kind of personal experiences, anecdotes, asking questions and let others participate.

Some of the first things we should think about when speaking in public are eye contact, body language and clarity. If you want to connect with your target, try to find a link with them and think about your audience and what they want to hear at first instance.

Your aim will have to lead you in approaching the subject with the best communication strategy, so that people around you get the right message. You will succeed if you can highlight the most important aspects for your audience by providing the key ideas clearly.

Further to this, you will make a good impression if you can dominate the connection between voice and body language. If your body is tense, your voice will sound the same. So if you want to speak using a friendly and fluent voice, relax . Stretch your limbs and make yourself at home on the stage.

Attendees were willing to practice the tips learnt during the session.

Tone modulation is also key, so you should try and put the stress in the most interesting parts of the speech. Do not stop highlighting facts or stories and changing your intonation, otherwise people will end being bored of your words.

As we could prove, everything comes to attitude, so if you try to be enthusiastic and energetic, people will remind that, and the feedback will be much more positive. And so was the result we got after this interactive and dynamic session, where all attendees showed themselves enthusiastic and put into practice what they learned while enjoying the networking breakfast.

We would like to thank all the attendees for coming and participating through the session and also to Avocets Consulting who provided such as impacting presentation.

The Leadership in Focus forum will resume in September, so keep posted to find out about the next session.

21/06/2013
THE ART OF LEADERSHIP

We were thrilled to kick off our Leadership in Focus Forum with the launch event on 2nd May. The event was hosted at the International House premises in Covent Garden and was organised by the Spanish Chamber in collaboration with them, as well as with Avocets Consulting and Hill Networks, all of whom are members of our Chamber.

The event provided guests the opportunity to get a good insight on the areas of expertise of the companies working with us for the sessions.

This activity gathered a good number of attendees interested in learning more about our forthcoming series of events on leadership and what they could expect from the sessions. Mr. Igor Urra, Secretary General of the Spanish Chamber, welcomed all participants to the event and introduced the speakers from these three member companies. The first to step on stage was John Waterman, from Avocets Consulting, who proposed a warm-up exercise which made guests think about what a real leader is and showed them how to become a good one.

Next in line was Chris Moore, from International House, who introduced David Solomon, an expert in cross-cultural management also from IH. David went on to explain how managing diversity in teams goes beyond languages skills and highlighted that leaders are made, not born, although this learning process may be a difficult mission when we talk about leadership in teams within a fast-moving environment.

Andrew Weale, from Avocets Consulting, got everyone’s attention when he explained how to create the perfect pitch.

From Matthew Hill, of Hill Networks, we gained confidence in leading international projects thanks to his coaching experience overseas. Leadership is not only about being courageous and addressing actions, but also about empathy and understanding people, and therefore, as he pointed out, we need to know our team before managing it.

Last but not least, Andrew Weale, from Avocets Consulting, explained how it is possible to improve your presentation skills and show confidence when speaking in public. Thanks to him guest were able to discover new ways of expressing themselves in the context of international communication and take advantage of every challenging situation.

Guests had the chance to mingle in a relaxed atmosphere.

The speakers captured the attention of all the participants and succeeded in both creating anticipation for the forthcoming sessions and encouraging guests to engage with each other. Our attendees had a lively chat in the Q&A round with the speakers, followed by a jovial period of networking to conclude this inspiring evening.

We thank all the participants for coming and making this interactive experience a successful way to create better leaders working beyond borders. We take this opportunity to remind you that it is possible to register here for the first session of our leadership forum on Tuesday 21st May about Leading Multicultural Teams.

07/05/2013
Leadership in Focus Forum: Introducing an exciting new series of events

On 2^nd May we will be launching an exciting new series of events in collaboration with three members of the Chamber: International House, Avocets Consulting and Hill Networks, which will bring together business representatives to discuss best practices in leadership.

‘Leadership in Focus Forum‘ is aimed to create an open discussion and to debate skills that professionals should foster in their teams and companies and to encourage and share best practices for today’s leaders.

They will run over 6 months, and the launch event is going to be held at the International House Premises , next 2^nd May, so save the date in your calendar. The evening will kick off with some ice-breaker activities, giving the participants the opportunity to get to know each other in a fun and informal way. This will be followed by an introduction to the members who will be hosting the sessions, so they can share a little information about themselves and what they do. Finally, the attendees will have the opportunity to network before the evening reaches its conclusion.

This series will also explore, among some others, topics such as: the importance of leaders understanding an international audience, managing multinational teams and incorporating key soft-skills into their leadership style. Each session will be chaired by the Chamber’s Secretary General and one of the collaborating members which include:

International House

An established and well-known language school and cross-cultural training centre that provides a wide range of courses from Executive business English courses to bespoke training programmes in 20 languages, delivered by native speaker trainers. Based in a spacious and fully-equipped school building in Covent Garden, they are a founder member and flagship school in the International House World Organisation.

Avocets Consulting

A management training and consulting firm specialising in training business professionals to communicate internationally. They offer training in presenting and pitching to international clients, international leadership skills and international team building.

Hill Networks

A cross- cultural training company who offers courses on leadership and working in an intercultural team, in addition to executive coaching. They also established the New Leader’s CLUB, a mentoring group for new and experienced managers and leaders who wish to enhance their leadership soft skills.

The first two sessions within the Leadership in Focus Forum will take place on May 21st and June 20th at the Spanish Chamber premises and they will focus on international team building and presenting with impact respectively. Further information about the sessions and how to book your place will be posted soon in the UPCOMING EVENTS section on our website, newsletter, LinkedIn group and this blog .

In the meantime, join us for the launch event of this brand new forum and find out more about what good leaders are made of.

16/04/2013

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