In-Person Training
The iCan Academy offers several training courses that Richard McCann can deliver in person, either at your premises or at a secondary location. Richard brings a wealth of experience as well as bags of charisma to all his sessions, which he delivers with passion and conviction, ensuring that every delegate feels included and fully engaged.
These sessions can also be delivered virtually.
These sessions can also be delivered virtually.
Influence Workshop
Location - On or off-site
Duration - Full day
Number of delegates - 8-10 people
Key features and primary learning
Our most popular course and one for all walks of life and all roles, but particularly useful for those in leadership positions or sales. Participants will learn the various techniques used by confident and engaging speakers. The primary learning is how to be more confident and how to engage and persuade an audience.
Modules:
Stand & deliver
Start with impact
Eye contact
Spice things up
The rule of three
Vocal variety
Involve the audience
In the corporate world, communication underpins success. People who can speak confidently and clearly in an engaging way are more effective business networkers, stronger negotiators, and highly skilled influencers. They make excellent leaders and great business development consultants, and they are superb for client-facing roles.
Our most popular course and one for all walks of life and all roles, but particularly useful for those in leadership positions or sales. Participants will learn the various techniques used by confident and engaging speakers. The primary learning is how to be more confident and how to engage and persuade an audience.
Modules:
Stand & deliver
Start with impact
Eye contact
Spice things up
The rule of three
Vocal variety
Involve the audience
In the corporate world, communication underpins success. People who can speak confidently and clearly in an engaging way are more effective business networkers, stronger negotiators, and highly skilled influencers. They make excellent leaders and great business development consultants, and they are superb for client-facing roles.
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Influence Storytelling Retreat
Location - On or off-site
Duration - Two days
Number of delegates - 8-10 people
Key features and primary learning
The Science of Storytelling
What is so special about stories? They have been used since the dawn of civilisation to pass on useful information from one generation to the next. Our attitudes, beliefs, fears and aspirations are often shaped by the stories we have heard, seen, and created for ourselves. This section looks at the science behind storytelling and why it is such a powerful and profound tool for changing mindsets.
Powerful Openings
Where does the story start – an unusual fact, the most exciting part, or ‘in the beginning’? How you start a story is crucial to its effectiveness. Learn how to start with impact because, if you don’t, it is much harder to grab your audience’s attention later on. Richard explains the different ways you can begin your story.
Structure Types
All stories have a start, a middle, and an end, but there are many ways to structure a story. We don’t have to start ‘in the beginning’, and the story doesn’t have to be unfolded chronologically. Stories are more powerful when they take the audience on a journey.
Richard explores some of the main types of structure, such as ‘the hero’s/heroine’s journey’ and ‘problem-solution-outcome’.
Emotional Content
Stories become much more memorable and powerful when they are injected with emotion. By injecting emotion into a story, we make it more intense and relatable.
Relatable Content
The best stories are those that your audience can relate to. When others can relate to the characters in the story, they are more likely to empathise, which is one of the keys to changing hearts and minds. By putting your audience in the centre of the story, and taking them on a journey where they face and overcome adversity, you are priming them for success in real-world scenarios.
The Element of Surprise
Surprises are always good, not just at the start of a story. They can occur anywhere along the way to ensure your audience is kept on its toes, even at the end of the story when things don’t go in the way they were expecting them to.
And much much more.
The Science of Storytelling
What is so special about stories? They have been used since the dawn of civilisation to pass on useful information from one generation to the next. Our attitudes, beliefs, fears and aspirations are often shaped by the stories we have heard, seen, and created for ourselves. This section looks at the science behind storytelling and why it is such a powerful and profound tool for changing mindsets.
Powerful Openings
Where does the story start – an unusual fact, the most exciting part, or ‘in the beginning’? How you start a story is crucial to its effectiveness. Learn how to start with impact because, if you don’t, it is much harder to grab your audience’s attention later on. Richard explains the different ways you can begin your story.
Structure Types
All stories have a start, a middle, and an end, but there are many ways to structure a story. We don’t have to start ‘in the beginning’, and the story doesn’t have to be unfolded chronologically. Stories are more powerful when they take the audience on a journey.
Richard explores some of the main types of structure, such as ‘the hero’s/heroine’s journey’ and ‘problem-solution-outcome’.
Emotional Content
Stories become much more memorable and powerful when they are injected with emotion. By injecting emotion into a story, we make it more intense and relatable.
Relatable Content
The best stories are those that your audience can relate to. When others can relate to the characters in the story, they are more likely to empathise, which is one of the keys to changing hearts and minds. By putting your audience in the centre of the story, and taking them on a journey where they face and overcome adversity, you are priming them for success in real-world scenarios.
The Element of Surprise
Surprises are always good, not just at the start of a story. They can occur anywhere along the way to ensure your audience is kept on its toes, even at the end of the story when things don’t go in the way they were expecting them to.
And much much more.
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Influence Storytelling Retreat
Location - Off-site and open to the public
Duration - Three full days
Number of delegates - 6- 8 people
Key features and primary learning
Very similar to Gravitas the key difference being that a full day is spent working on their individual story. It includes all the bootcamp training plus the storytelling coaching.
Modules:
Stand & deliver
Start with impact
Eye contact
Spice things up
The rule of three
Vocal variety
Involve the audience
Storytelling modules:
Speaking from the heart
Have a conversation
Specificity adds credibility
Drama lesson
Me too
So what?
Structure types
And much more…
It takes more than basic presentation skills to make an impact when speaking to C-suite executives and other high-level decision-makers. You need the tools, training, and experience to share your message with power. What you need is influence.
Influence is the latest offering from the iCan Academy and is designed to take teams and individuals far beyond speaking well, presenting competently, and feeling confident. This two-day course covers presentation skills in more detail and includes the essential elements of storytelling while explaining the science behind it.
Delegates will not only understand why this aspect is so crucial to delivering presentations with influence, but they will also get the required training and experience to use this skill effectively.
We recommend Influence as a two-day experience, but some clients prefer to book separate days with an interval of a few weeks between. If you only have one member of staff who you think would benefit from Influence, you might like to consider sending them on the Influence Storytelling Retreat instead.
Very similar to Gravitas the key difference being that a full day is spent working on their individual story. It includes all the bootcamp training plus the storytelling coaching.
Modules:
Stand & deliver
Start with impact
Eye contact
Spice things up
The rule of three
Vocal variety
Involve the audience
Storytelling modules:
Speaking from the heart
Have a conversation
Specificity adds credibility
Drama lesson
Me too
So what?
Structure types
And much more…
It takes more than basic presentation skills to make an impact when speaking to C-suite executives and other high-level decision-makers. You need the tools, training, and experience to share your message with power. What you need is influence.
Influence is the latest offering from the iCan Academy and is designed to take teams and individuals far beyond speaking well, presenting competently, and feeling confident. This two-day course covers presentation skills in more detail and includes the essential elements of storytelling while explaining the science behind it.
Delegates will not only understand why this aspect is so crucial to delivering presentations with influence, but they will also get the required training and experience to use this skill effectively.
We recommend Influence as a two-day experience, but some clients prefer to book separate days with an interval of a few weeks between. If you only have one member of staff who you think would benefit from Influence, you might like to consider sending them on the Influence Storytelling Retreat instead.
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iCan Be Resilient Workshop
Location - Online
Duration - Half day
Number of delegates - Any size
Key features and primary learning
An interactive session full of inspiration and various science backed resilience tools. This can be complimented by a suite of pre-recorded resilience tools.
The impact of the pandemic and the restrictions put in place to fight it have left many people feeling slightly unsteady, anxious, and uncertain about the future. If ever there were a time when your staff could benefit from resilience training, it is now, as offices reopen, and the world tentatively starts to turn again.
In the iCan Be Resilient session, Richard goes beyond his story of childhood trauma and the setbacks he encountered and bounced back from throughout his life, and he draws upon scientific research to share the strategies that helped him not only to survive but thrive despite his challenges.
iCan Be Resilient is usually delivered as a half-day session, which can take place online or in person. It is highly interactive and comes with a suite of pre-recorded resilience tools for delegates to work with.
An interactive session full of inspiration and various science backed resilience tools. This can be complimented by a suite of pre-recorded resilience tools.
The impact of the pandemic and the restrictions put in place to fight it have left many people feeling slightly unsteady, anxious, and uncertain about the future. If ever there were a time when your staff could benefit from resilience training, it is now, as offices reopen, and the world tentatively starts to turn again.
In the iCan Be Resilient session, Richard goes beyond his story of childhood trauma and the setbacks he encountered and bounced back from throughout his life, and he draws upon scientific research to share the strategies that helped him not only to survive but thrive despite his challenges.
iCan Be Resilient is usually delivered as a half-day session, which can take place online or in person. It is highly interactive and comes with a suite of pre-recorded resilience tools for delegates to work with.
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iCan Grow Workshop
Location - Online
Duration - Half day
Number of delegates - Any size
Key features and primary learning
An interactive session full of inspiration and various science backed resilience tools. This can be complimented by a suite of pre-recorded resilience tools.
The way to grow your organisation is to grow your team – mentally and emotionally. Imagine if every member of your team believed they could do the things tomorrow that seem impossible today. Imagine if every member of your team recognised failures as valuable lessons and strived to learn from their mistakes. Imagine if you could boost the productivity of your team without having to hire extra people.
iCan Grow will show your team how to develop a growth mindset, providing them with the tools to find solutions where others see dead ends. Your organisation will benefit from a stronger, more capable team that produces more, creates more, and performs better.
Learning takes place through a process of reflection, discussion, and considering the findings of experts on the topic such as the author and psychologist Carol Dweck, who coined the term ‘Growth Mindset’.
This is typically delivered as a half-day session with a break in the middle.
An interactive session full of inspiration and various science backed resilience tools. This can be complimented by a suite of pre-recorded resilience tools.
The way to grow your organisation is to grow your team – mentally and emotionally. Imagine if every member of your team believed they could do the things tomorrow that seem impossible today. Imagine if every member of your team recognised failures as valuable lessons and strived to learn from their mistakes. Imagine if you could boost the productivity of your team without having to hire extra people.
iCan Grow will show your team how to develop a growth mindset, providing them with the tools to find solutions where others see dead ends. Your organisation will benefit from a stronger, more capable team that produces more, creates more, and performs better.
Learning takes place through a process of reflection, discussion, and considering the findings of experts on the topic such as the author and psychologist Carol Dweck, who coined the term ‘Growth Mindset’.
This is typically delivered as a half-day session with a break in the middle.
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