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Catherine Aygen
Consultante Formatrice & Coach en Prise de Parole en Anglais | Dirigeante d’A Star Formation (Qualiopi) | Top 3 européen de discours improvisé | Appli IA d’analyse de discours
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October 29, 2024
Si vous m'aviez demandé à l'âge de 18 ans si je me sentais à l'aise pour parler devant un public, j'aurais répondu « no way » 😧    Aujourd'hui, cependant, 𝗰'𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘂 𝗽𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝗶 𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘁é 𝗮𝗴𝗿é𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲, que j'ai pratiquée des centaines de fois - en anglais, en français et même en japonais ! Comment me suis-je senti à l'aise pour prendre la parole en public❓ Pendant mes études, j'ai eu l'occasion de travailler en Autriche pendant un an. Je me retrouve dans une école de formation des instituteurs à Salzbourg. Le premier jour, ma patronne me dit : « Je veux que vous enseigniez une comptine à la classe » Je la regarde avec horreur 😱 « 𝘝𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘻-𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘦 𝘫𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳 ? » « Oui, bien sûr », me dit-elle. Cette année-là, chaque semaine, je me tiens devant une classe de 20 personnes, toutes de mon âge, et je chante. Pas de musique d'accompagnement, pas d'instruments, juste ma (pas si belle) voix. Après cela, le simple fait de parler, et de ne pas chanter, devant un public me semble extrêmement facile 😅 Sortir de sa zone de confort est un facteur très important pour se sentir à l'aise dans des situations effrayantes comme parler en public dans une langue étrangère. Au cours de mon programme " 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 ", les participants sont poussés à sortir de leur zone de confort, de manière à ce que prendre la parole avec préparation en anglais devienne confortable.  (𝘕𝘦 𝘷𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘲𝘶𝘪é𝘵𝘦𝘻 𝘱𝘢𝘴, 𝘪𝘭 𝘯'𝘺 𝘢 𝘱𝘢𝘴 𝘥𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘵 😁 ) Cette formation pourrait-elle être intéressante pour votre entreprise ? Prenez contact avec moi et discutons-en ! #prisedeparoleenpublic #zonedeconfort #presentationskills
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October 29, 2024
Last week I had one of the scariest experiences of my life. I was flying back from Amsterdam to Nice after the Toastmasters international conference. Everything was as usual, until the pilot announced, “We’re going back to Amsterdam.” Everyone in the plane groaned. But then he added, “There’s an electrical fault which has affected the brakes and we don’t know if the back up braking system has been affected or not. We need to go back to Amsterdam to land on the longest runway possible. The crew will now prepare you for an emergency landing in 30 minutes.” The worst thing was that I could hear in the pilot’s voice that he was stressed. I looked at the crew’s faces and although they were calm, their faces showed that they were scared. The next 30 minutes were spent practising the brace position, removing all jewellery, glasses, tightening our seatbelts, learning how to open the emergency doors. We were told to study the safety card, which everyone did more intently than ever before! And like most of the other people on the plane, I was quietly worrying that we’d crash at the end of the runway and perhaps this was how I was going to die. We landed in brace position, with the crew shouting “brace for landing”. Luckily the emergency brakes worked 😅 If you’re expecting me to tell you that I have now changed my life for the better and I’m giving everything up to become a life coach… …I’m not 😆 I did say to myself, “Only trains from now on”, but I still had to get home and that involved two flights the next day. What I did realise was sometimes you have to give up control and put yourself in the hands of people who are trained for this. Also that after we landed, all the passengers were talking to each other, everyone was friendly and helpful. And when I saw some of my fellow passengers the next day, it’s like we were friends, bonded by this experience. And that made me think, why can’t we always create these human connections, even when we’re not in such an emotionally charged situation? So that is my resolution from this experience: make more human connections with everyone around me. (Photo taken from my flight home the next day: I’ve never been so happy to see the Îles Lerins 😁)
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