Breakfast Briefing - Public Speaking & Goal Setting

What do you want to be better at in 2019? Whether it’s public speaking, leadership or networking we want to hear your thoughts. 

This event will be an interactive workshop, where Ilona will help you to understand what motivates you and what you need to be successful. There will be also be an opportunity to share your goals for the year and to feed into JCI Manchester's training programme to ensure you have everything you need to achieve them.  Having spoken to many JCI members and delegates, we know that improving public speaking is high on the agenda. Ilona will share some top tips during this session and also share details of the 2019 JCI Manchester Public Speaking Academy. Last year's academy delegates went on to co-host the Manchester Young Talent Awards and North West Charity Awards, and represented the chamber in three national competitions.

About the speaker, Ilona Alcock: 

Ilona is the Sector Group Manager at pro-manchester, the largest business development organisation in the North West. Having held a diverse range of roles in the past – everything from Commercial Litigation Solicitor in DLA Piper UK LLP to running a bespoke software development company with her husband – Ilona has gained a real insight into what makes different businesses work. Outside of her day jobs, Ilona has been an active JCI member since 2011 and was awarded a JCI Senatorship in 2018. Highlights of her JCI career include making the European finals of both debating and public speaking, launching the JCI UK Ten Outstanding Young Persons Awards and winning European awards for two local projects (one of which was also shortlisted globally). She utilises her experience to run training courses on public speaking and networking for a range of audiences, including the JCI UK Public Speaking Academy.