From May 15 to 17, 2017, at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, foreign experts Charles Crawford and Faudzalina Ghazali conduct a upgrading qualification seminar on the topic “Speechwriting and Public Speaking”.
Civil Servants of the Presidential Administration, the Senate of the Parliament, the Office of the Prime Minister, the Supreme Judicial Council and other central and local state bodies of the Republic of Kazakhstan participate in the seminar.
The purpose of this seminar is to increase the personal effectiveness of listeners in the field of self-presentation and preparation of reports, mastering the basic skills of public speaking.
Charles Crawford (UK) is an international expert in communications and public speaking, founder partner at The Ambassador Partnership LLP. Ambassador Crawford worked for 28 years at the British Foreign Office, including the British Ambassador in Poland, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Recently, his book on leadership and oratory art “Speechwriting for Leaders” was published. He is the owner of the prestigious Cicero Award in 2016 for the report “Technology. Security. Freedom”.
Faudzalina Ghazali (Malaysia) is a certified trainer-coach of Directive Communication, as well as an expert in creative intelligence and transformational/innovative leadership. She has many years of experience in advertising, design, communications and marketing, as well as a professional trainer and coach in various major corporations, in the private and public sectors: The office of the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Siemens, Panasonic, the Malaysian Center for Global Innovation and Creativity (MaGIC) and many others.
During the seminar, experts will share their experience in using techniques to write vivid speeches and speeches, based on successful examples and problems of public speaking from real life. The focus will be on the specifics of life and the style of communication between Kazakhstan’s civil servants.
A full range of techniques for writing reports will also be presented, namely, the preparation of speeches and public speeches, a clear message in a speech and a strong structure, the organization of the event and communication with the audience.
Experts will apply a variety of interactive teaching methods – presentations, short speeches prepared by seminar participants, video recordings and objective analysis of public speaking issues.
After the seminar listeners will be awarded certificates.