Accented Workshops on Communication

The accented workshops are aimed at enhancing communication abilities at all age-
group levels; these are intended, primarily, as interactive sessions that endeavor to
create awareness, promote understanding of and encourage participants to look more
closely at the dynamics of communications. More specifically, the workshops address
the following topics:

Interpersonal Skills;

Presentation Skills;

Interview Skills;

Selling Skills;

Understanding Conflict and its Resolution;

Verbal/Non-verbal Communications, and

Intercultural Communications.

By attending these workshops, the participants gain

focused understanding of

The underpinnings of communication;

Simplifying the art and science of communication;

The various facets of communication at all levels;

Enhancing the value of interpersonal communication;

Honing the quality of sales-talk with proven and time-tested techniques and
role-playing;

Presenting to negotiators the subtleties of the art of negotiation and deal
fulfillment;

Real-life situations and learning how to negotiate through them;

The key concepts of interfacing with culturally different customers/affiliates;

Advantages of fostering a sense of behavioral propriety and encourage keen
understanding of the unwritten rules of communication, and

Encourage participants to graduate to new levels of excellence in
communication.

and learn how to

Better relationships at all levels;

Listen better;

Recognize and remove communication barriers;

Be a better negotiator, trainer, communications professional, speaker, sales
person, purchaser, interviewer, and parent;

Use your voice effectively;

Observe and interpret body language;

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Motivate others and create a climate of understanding and support at work and
at home;

Establish rapport and encourage open communication, and

Handle emotional discussions with confidence.

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Analyze familiar communication situations;

Learn to observe body language;

Give and receive on-the-spot feedback;

Check self-perception vis-à-vis others’ perception of you as a communicator;

Identify communication blocks and learn how to deal with them;

Get insights into personal attitudes and behavior, and

Integrate knowledge about words, language, voice, and gesture with new
insights into the process of communication.

Workshop Leader – Smarth Bali

E smarthology@gmail.com C +91 987 809 9777

Smarth Bali is a global communications specialist with an advanced degree in

communications and demonstrated record of success in marketing and corporate
communications in diverse cultural, geographical, and corporate environments. He
has worked in India and the USA across corporations including ADT Security, Bank of
America, Grey Worldwide, Gulf Oil, HSBC Bank, L’Oreal, MoneyGram, Primus Telecom,
Reliance Telecom, Thomas Cook, and Western Union, among others.

His career spans journalism, media, communications and marketing strategy, and
emerging markets communications. He has lectured and shared the stage in industry
seminars frequently at various forums of marketing and communications, more
notably at the international marketing seminars - MoneyGram, Marcus Evans, and
International Quality and Productivity Council (IQPC).

Out of India and the USA, his work has extended itself to working with a slew of
federal governments (Australia, France, and Malta) while other corporate
engagements have allowed him the opportunity of working with diverse group of
professionals from Bangladesh, Canada, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and the UK.

He has a passion for classical Indian music, Indological literature, world cinema and
is an avid hiker. His first (script for the) film Inside You (2004) was the official
nomination at the prestigious Tiburon International Film Festival (TIFF), San
Francisco and the South Asian International Film Festival (SAIFF), New York,
USA.

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