Robyn Hewetson, who runs Well Spoken (http://www.wellspoken.co.nz) in Hastings is a member of BNI Wine Country, is part of a new award-winning book published internationally on speech.
- Helping Children on their Way is a collection of classroom support essays from an impressive variety of seventeen experienced teachers, therapists, doctors and adult educators, giving teachers ideas, “tools,” to assist children having difficulties in learning in usual ways.
- Her success demonstrates that even those from smaller areas can participate on the international stage.
Robyn Hewetson, owner of Well Spoken and member of BNI Wine Country
I have 44 years’ experience teaching children, adolescents, teachers and adults as well as 18 years’ experience doing curative work – teaching speech to children and adults with disabilities. I trained in State Teaching in New Zealand, in Speech and Drama as well as Steiner Education in the United Kingdom, and then moved to the United States, where I acquired over two decades of sales and management experience.
By weaving these threads together, I have developed an expertise in helping people to tell their story well – whether it be a story for a class in early childhood, or giving a large group presentation for a company sales event. I desire to help my clients increase their speaking and presentation skills and gain confidence, memory and articulation.
Whatever your business is, the number one skill everyone needs is to speak well
Why?
From introducing yourself, to explaining your product or service, your own voice makes the largest impression on your customer. All of us can talk. Learning to speak well, so that our customer easily understands us, and hears clearly what we are talking about is essential. This is what I talk about at BNI.
Learning more about the art of speaking well helps your customers hear what you are saying, grasp the thoughts you are sharing, and encourages them to respond. Learning more about the art of speech formation not only increases your speaking skills, but refines your listening skills, making you more aware of the finer aspects of your customers’ concerns and questions. Learning to speak with the breath and with a greater awareness of the sounds themselves serves your message, whether it is about your client’s health, or their investments.
A wide range of people and ages can benefit from this approach. Children, teachers, nurses and counsellors, parents, salespeople and managers as well as actors, storytellers, ministers and public speakers. Those with specific presentations to make can also benefit. Make sure your audience retains your message and has something to take home and consider. Whether in a business or school setting, learn to speak so that your clients or students are able to clearly receive your message. This is in part what my new book is about.
Each essay in Helping Children on their Way explains a different technique for reaching every child or for carrying a child experiencing problems through to better capacities and comprehension.
https://www.amazon.com/Helping-Children-Their-Way-Educational/dp/1943582025.
