The Gungahlin Region On-line!

The Nurturing Nortons Team, L to R: David Grantham, Karen McKerrow, Ted Briggs, Gail Kingston, Kevin Norton and Michele Norton

What Nurturing Nortons customers have said about their courses :

"Very dedicated presenter with lots of information" Gerald (Public Speaking and Presentation Skills)

"I enjoyed the class and felt at ease and comfortable to interact with the group" Source: confidential given the nature of the course. (Self Esteem, Confidence and Assertion)

"Stimulating, thought provoking, and the content was very relevant. I had a very rewarding day" Julie (Motivating Self and Others)

Nurturing Nortons impressive client list:

• Acumen Alliance

• Australian National University Continuing Education and also Professional Development

• ANU university lecturers

• Australian Ethical Investment

• Belconnen High School

• Canberra Institute of Technology Solutions

• Centacare

• Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions

• Community Connections

• community groups

• CSIRO

• Defence

• Department of Communication, Arts and IT

• Department of Health and Ageing

• Department of Immigration and Indigenous Affairs

• Farrer Gesini and Dunn (Family Lawyers)

• GIO

• IP Australia

• Migrant Resource Centre

• real estate

• Southern NSW apprentice jockeys

• Therapeutic Goods Administration

• tourist guides

• two weeks training of visitors from China

• Woden and Weston Brain Gyms

• Young Achievement Australia

Have you ever had to stand up in front of a group of people and give a presentation? or perhaps you have had to give at speech at an important event such as a wedding or graduation?

Chances are, if you have found yourself in this situation you probably wish you were better at it.  You probably sit in awe at conferences and the like, as the 'professionals' are able to deliver powerful speeches with ease, looking totally relaxed and having the audience eating out of the palm of their hands.

If you wish this was you don't worry, you are not alone - most people freeze at the mere thought of getting up in front of a group and talking.  In fact, in a recent survey in America people were asked to list their 10 greatest fears.  The results were startling - more people feared public speaking than death!  Effectively meaning that at a funeral most people would rather be in the casket than giving the eulogy!!

Ok, so this is a bit drastic but the good news is self improvement (such as Public Speaking) is a skill that can be learned by all - enter Nurturing Nortons.

Nurturing Nortons is a blossoming local training and private tuition business.  It was founded in 1998.  Nurturing Nortons is very focused on customer service through satisfying training and private tuition needs.

Courses are for individuals, business and government and include communication skills, basic and intermediate public speaking and presentation skills, motivation, listening, confidence-building, leadership, and managing nervousness and many more.

The Nurturing Nortons training team has excellent diverse skills and qualifications eg; in IT, marketing, administration, management, editing, technical writing, general writing skills, coaching, leadership, psychology, counselling, environment, art, motivation, meetings, minute writing, public speaking and presenting, small business training, accounting, finance and economics.

Contact Nurturing Nortons on 6241 5341 for all your training needs, including:

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSES

• Public Speaking/Presentation Skills — Introductory and Intermediate.

• Important Occasion Speeches

• Self Esteem, Confidence, Assertion

• Managing Nervousness
  (can also be presented as "Managing Nervousness and Shyness")

• Keys to Getting an Interview Then the Job

• Understanding and Overcoming Shyness

• Returning to Study

• Keeping Balance Between Work and Other Parts of Life

• Structuring a Successful Speech or Presentation

• How to Manage My Employers Successfully

• Taking Minutes Without Tears (4 hours)

• How to Perform Well at Job Interviews (4 hours)

• Time Management (4 hours)

• Beginner's Guide to Chairing Meetings

• Conversation and Other Communication Skills

• Managing Perfectionism and Fear Skillfully

• Getting More Out of Life

• Basic Computing

ORGANISATIONAL TRAINING COURSES

• How Good Customer Service/Sales Enhances Business

• Team Leadership and Supervision

• Lively Listening Skills

• Terrific Telephone Techniques

• Motivating Self and Others

• Building a Brilliant Team

• Dealing with Difficult Client Behaviour

• Introduction to Starting a Small Business

• Activating Achievement Through Goals

• Appropriate Flexibility in Leadership

• Conducting Meetings (4 hours)

• Conducting a Successful Panel Interview (4 hours)

• Giving Performance Feedback to Staff (4 hours)

• Communication Skills for Consultants

• Daring to Delegate (4 hours)

• Small Business Marketing (4 hours)

• Obtaining and Retaining Staff in A Skills Shortage/Ageing

• Better Business Writing

REFRESHER COURSES

• returning to the workforce

• returning to study

• time management

• leadership

• workplace communication – oral, written, listening skills, assertion, phone and email use

• public speaking and presentation skills

• motivating self and others

• self-esteem, confidence and assertion

• giving and receiving feedback

• working as part of a team, contributing to the team, how to be a team player

• keeping balance between work and other parts of life.