Persuasion and Influence: Speak Up and Convince!

Reach your audience - even in international settings

Training in English
This Training in English is held in English.
How convincing are your ideas? When you want to persuade, can you successfully adapt to your audience? Do you know how to back-up your ideas with reasons that others find convincing, using effective rhetorical devices? Effective persuasion is the ability to influence the behavior of others. It is a skill that is extremely important in business and personal relationships. In this hands-on training you will sustainably optimize your personal linguistic style and gain in persuasiveness and influence.

Content

Learn from native speaker and expert!

Persuasion

  • Building credibility.
  • Creating rapport.
  • Understanding different personalities and persuasion styles.
  • Persuasion triggers.
  • Non verbal persuasive techniques.
  • The role of emotion in decision making.

Influence

  • Framing your argument to influence outcome.
  • Influence through information.
  • Types of questioning and influence.
  • Increasing your sphere of influence.
  • Overcoming resistance.

Language and comprehensibility

  • Communicating information sustainably and sensibly.
  • Improving verbal expression.
  • Rhetorical devices.
  • Using the language of persuasion.

Knockout presentations

  • Knockout openings and closings.
  • Signposting and structure.
  • Rhetorical devices.
  • The power of voice and performance.

Online Learning Platform

Once you have registered, you will be able to access your online learning platform, including extra materials for consolidating what you have learned.

Your benefits

You will

  • learn the essentials of persuasion and influence,
  • develop your ability to persuade and convince,
  • become more effective when speaking and presenting,
  • learn how to adapt your message to different communication styles,
  • become more calm, confident and poised,
  • win your audience over with non-verbal communication,
  • learn important English vocabulary needed to persuade effectively.

Instructor

Methods

Short presentations, discussions, pair and group work, language input, short case studies and role plays. The emphasis in this training is on knowledge transfer and as much practice as possible in the two days. This is an interactive training.

Recommended for

Anyone who would like to learn how to effectively persuade and influence colleagues and clients to achieve business goals. It is also for managers and experts who want to represent their international firm confidently in English.

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Questions about the course content

This training helps you present your ideas with clarity, confidence, and credibility. In everyday business situations, simply being right is often not enough. You also need to communicate in a way that others can understand, trust, and support. You’ll learn how to build rapport, adapt your message to different communication styles, and make your arguments sound both professional and persuasive.

Resistance is a natural part of persuasion, especially when decisions affect budgets, priorities, or work processes. This training helps you address objections without becoming defensive. You’ll learn how to listen more strategically, ask insightful questions, and respond in a way that shows you understand the other person’s concerns. This makes it easier to keep the conversation constructive and steer it toward a shared business goal.

International communication can be challenging because you have to navigate language, cultural expectations, and different communication styles all at once. This training enhances your ability to persuade and influence others confidently in English. You’ll practice using clearer structures, more precise vocabulary, and persuasive language so that your message remains powerful, even when speaking to an international audience.

Influence does not depend solely on job title or hierarchy. It also depends on how clearly you contribute, how well you read the room, and how effectively you connect your ideas to the needs of others. In this training, you’ll practice ways to expand your sphere of influence through better questioning, stronger arguments, and more confident verbal expression. This will help you make your contributions more visible and more impactful in meetings.

This training helps you design presentations that do more than just share information. You’ll learn how to create stronger openings, clearer transitions, and more powerful closings. You’ll also practice using your voice, structure, and rhetorical techniques to hold your audience’s attention and make your key message easier to remember. This is especially useful when you need to persuade clients, colleagues, or stakeholders in English.

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5657
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2 days
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I especially liked that I got really detailed feedback on my presentation work. The whole training was really good because it was a nice balance between theory and practise. Also work in groups was really good where we give each other feedback.
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Thoughtful mix of theoretical and practical exercises. Excellent trainer with long term experience in communications!
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Vattenfall Energy Trading GmbH
Lots of great, practical ideas that can be applied quickly. Jillian's personality, experience and knowledge combined with active participation, theoretical discussions and practical application made for a real value-added session. Highly recommended!
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03.09.2026
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Transfer coaching bookable
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