Nerves – and how to manage them

This workshop focusses on nerves – how to manage them, what to do if they hit unexpectedly, and how to channel nervous energy into peak performance. The workshop will be hands-on and experiential, you will learn what feels good (to be practised), from what feels unhelpful (to be avoided). Please dress for comfort expecting to move, and actively engage with the material – you will learn how to best use your: body, breath, voice, words and the way you connect with your audience, in environments of very real time and competitive pressures. Amanda has coached 3MT winners and competed herself – she draws from personal and professional experience to ensure relevant targeted content.

Presenter

Amanda Burrell’s teaching excellence has been recognised by her 8,000+ students and her peers, at both an institutional level and nationally. For her entire academic career, her student satisfaction rating exceeded both the Faculty and University averages. In 2006 Amanda won the Vice Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning. In 2007 she won a Carrick Institute Australian Award for University Teaching.

Amanda’s innovative research attracted international interest, especially the search for campaign solutions to combat novice driver deaths and her groundbreaking exploration of academic stage fright. Amanda’s easygoing, erudite and accessible style has through word of mouth alone led her to teach workshops for thousands of academics, business people and university students in Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the United States. Captivus, Amanda‘s Coaching Consultancy, has blossomed through personal referrals. Amanda coaches groups and individuals for optimal performance in higher education, executive presence, vocal clarity, accent reduction and academic stage fright.

Who is this workshop for?

• Researchers and research students
  

What generic skills will it address?

• Communication