Quick-wittedness: Training for fast and professional communication
Think on your feet
Training for professional quick-wittedness
Group and individual training for more sovereignty and serenity. Funny sayings from a list are not enough. After all, you want to convince and improve your situation.
It increases the courage with the occasion.
William Shakespeare
Training for the quick professional response
… “Mr. Noack, honestly. You can’t learn quick-wittedness!”
– “That’s right! Just as one can’t learn to fold paper boats!”
Quick-wittedness is not a parlor game for the minority but is trainable – even if you do not learn as fast as Churchill and Mark Twain. In my training sessions and particularly this seminar you will learn to stay autonomous and confident instead of forgetting your words and sweating nervously and be able to handle verbal resistance.
… You’ll be so charming and successful that it will remind aggressive resisting people, sarcastic colleagues, and know-it-alls, not to interrupt you again — seminar passed!
Topics
- Fundamentals of repartee
- Dialectical methods and questioning techniques
- Expand your vocabulary
- Word games
- Training of verbal spontaneity
- Perception
- Dealing with a mind block
- Verbal strategies
- Improvisation
- Flexibility and humor
- Expressing your opinion, confidently
- Respond quickly and skillfully
- Great responses to personal attacks and killer phrases
- Practice, practice, practice!
Benefits
Repartee helps you not to be speechless at the crucial moment, but to find the right words. You learn to skillfully counter verbal attacks with appropriate responses and obtain more sovereignty and serenity.
Who is this training for?
Women and men of science, business, and politics who want to expand their communication competence in this way.
Methods
The teaching of theory with demonstrations, group and individual work, role-plays and exercises, simulations, experience, practice, discussion, feedback, ImproRhetoric™.
Training events in Berlin
- Currently, this is offered exclusively as one-on-one training
- Alternatively by arrangement
10 hours of individual training spread over 2 days
Fee: The current fee for 10 hours of personal training applies
Decision aid: Training in a group or as personal training?
For effective training, a maximum of SIX SEATS is available in the group training.
Please contact me regarding questions and registration!
** The deadline for early birds shall be the date of receipt of payment, not the application date.
Note: This training isn’t available as corporate training. Do you want an even more intense, tailor-made program in which you plan the content and session dates individually with me? I recommend that you book this training program as individual training or coaching. Recommended: at least 10 hours.
Why and when with me?
There are several options for communication and presentation training. It is not always easy to decide which one is the best. There are many good alternatives. To help you make an informed decision, I will tell you a lot about myself and what I do on these pages. The numerous articles will give you a first impression of my style. You can learn about the WHAT, the HOW and also the WHY. I like transparency. You can also ask someone who has already worked with me, or - the most convincing and effective way - come and see me for a first 60 or 90-minute session.
Your trainer
Since 1998, I support people in presenting themselves and their message convincingly. In this training, I share my knowledge. We make sure that you improve your position with your quick-wittedness, instead of relying on short-term effects. Benefit from my experience in marketing, psychology, and rhetoric.
By the way, body language plays a very important role here. The best form of repartee makes sure you do not even get attacked.
Find out more about me in my profile.
What clients say
I am not a native English speaker but many of my clients are. Quick witted people are considered good communicators because it is a primary communication skill. The training with Mr. Noack showed me how to be quick-witted also in an international setting.
Thomas Braun
Berlin
The charismatic business leaders are always quick-witted. They have the ability to take control of the situation and make a rapid-fire answer. In German, I am that kind of person. Now I am able to respond in English and German fast and effective as never before. The additional coaching sessions are highly recommended.
Andreas Nisch
Hamburg
Just ask me personally
Please post any questions that may be of interest to other readers in the comments. Looking for professional help?
If you are interested in coaching, training or consulting, if you have organizational questions, or if you want to make an appointment, you can reach me best via this contact form (you can choose whether you want to enter your personal data) or via e-mail (mail@karstennoack.com). The privacy policy can be found here.
Transparency is important. That is why you will find answers to frequently asked questions already here, for example about me (profile), the services, the fees and getting to know me. If you like what you see, I look forward to working with you.
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Articles about quick-wittedness
Being right at all costs. The price we pay for needing to be right.
Persuading without arguments, assertiveness, winning without consideration, knockout by nasty tricks, black magic, manipulating. It is a coveted feeling to be right.
Structure for speeches and presentations: Take your audience from hell to heaven.
Do you offer a way to better conditions? It’s about promoting change? Whether products, processes, etc. Do you want to hold a public office?
I call this easy to use and very effective speech structure the “Hell-Heaven-Way”. If the conditions are untenable and there are solutions available, you can also use it outside the church to convince your audience.
The first rule of rhetoric: Let us start with the basics of speaking.
Does everyone have to say something about everything? In my opinion, the most important rule of rhetoric and good communication style is that those who have nothing to say should shut up.
Keith Johnstone, improvisational theater, 14 rules and ImproRhetoric™
Keith Johnstone is considered to be the founder of modern improvisation theater and thus provided me with numerous ideas for the development of improRhetorics™. Read the 14 “Rules” of improvisation theater. Models and wisdom for coaching and presentation skills. I do not only recommend the books and ideas of Keith Johnstone to participants in my workshops.
The ancient speech structure for your speeches and presentations
The ancient greek speech structure is probably the oldest structuring formula for speeches. It dates back to antiquity. And it still works today for speeches and presentations. Learn how to convince classically.
Ace impromtu speeches with P.R.E.P.
Learn more about P.R.E.P. and how you and your audience will enjoy spontaneous speeches with this speech structure.
Published: March 21, 2001
Author: Karsten Noack
Revision: August 20th, 2023
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German version: https://www.karstennoack.de/praesentationstraining/schlagfertigkeitstraining/
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