Week 1 - Professional Presence & Confidence

What you’ll learn

• Presence that lands: posture, stance, eye contact, and voice control that read as credible rather than forced.
• Impactful intros: a 20–30 second introduction that avoids waffle, signals value, and opens doors.
• Professional communication: how to sound confident (not arrogant), when to pause, and how to handle cold starts and awkward moments.
• Body-language fluency: manage nerves, align facial expression with message, and stop the “um/like” spiral.

Employers are blunt: if your presence is off, your content never gets a fair hearing.

Week 1 gives you a repeatable playbook for first impressions, lectures, careers fairs, interviews, networking, and presentations.

• A scripted + rehearsed personal intro (two versions: networking & interview).
• A presence checklist (voice, pace, posture, gesture, eye contact).
• A micro-drills pack (lots of two-minute exercises to keep the skills “live”).
• Coach notes with priority upgrade for the week.

• University students who feel “fine” one-to-one but fade in groups or under time pressure.
• Speakers who want polish and precision - clear structure, fewer fillers, stronger delivery.
• International students seeking UK-norm professional cues (greetings, tone, pacing, small talk).
• Career-seekers and interns preparing for careers fairs, assessment centres, and interviews.
• STEM and technical profiles who need to translate expertise into plain-English impact.
• Early career professionals returning to study and wanting a quick confidence reset.
• Students with strong content who struggle to start - awkward intros, weak eye contact, rushed pace.
• Anyone who wants a repeatable 30-second introduction that opens doors in real contexts.

Know what’s Happening Next — before everyone else does.

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