Build your Presence is a presentation, negotiation, communication and debate training, which uses the techniques of the theatre in the skill development process. The theatre has always created its impact by combining meaning with the actors’ physical presence. Presentations and business communication, however, often focus too much on the meaning and neglect the aspect of presence, thus depriving the message from its powerful impact. The training is primarily based on techniques, strategies and games taken from the professional theatre and redesigned for the needs of business professionals for successful persuasive communication.

The novelty of Build your Presence:

• innovative adaptation of theatre practice to business purposes
• focused improvement of communication skills
• transformation of presentation anxiety into performer energy
• mapping out techniques for maintaining attention with the aid of theatre practice
• a learning process built on games and practical situational exercises

Any senior executive, manager or employee benefits from Build your Presence who wishes to improve in any of the following areas:

• being effective negotiators
• more efficient communication with colleagues, superiors or subordinates
• successful application of persuasion techniques
• negotiation skills
• delivery of effective presentations, reports or motivational speeches
• successful and conflict-free communication with customers and consumers

Balázs Szigeti, PhD is an associate professor, and business presentation and debate trainer.

Professional experience

• university teaching career since 2008 (International Business School, University of Presov, Eötvös Loránd University),
• teaching trainings in eight different countries (United Kingdom, Norway, France, Czech Republic, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Finland, Hungary),
• lecturer of business presentations and academic skills, module leader at International Business School, Budapest.

Theatre related experience

• PhD dissertation and several published articles about the various ways of staging Shakespearean drama,
• directing theatre plays in Hungary and Australia,
• delivering presentations at Hungarian and international conferences about theatre,
• participating as a director and studying performer techniques at dozens of street theatre festivals in eight countries