Gerben Tuin is a CRKBO registered teacher.
Educational institutes in the Netherlands will not be charged with BTW.
Customized Workshop or Training
A training or workshop in which you decide what will be worked on, with how many people and for how long.
Be inspired by the following 3 hour training modules:
- Nerves, focus, eye-contact and asking questions to the audience (no slides)
- Punctual speaking, pausing and hand usage (no slides)
- Slide, hand and mind visualisations and how to switch between them (with or without slides)
- Managing activity of the audience and dealing with questions (with or without slides)
- Software settings, "eye-contact", increasing interactivity, using 4Focus (with or without slides)
- Increasing the volume of your speech with the help of resonance (no slides)
- Smooth and/or powerful sound, articulation, pace and rhythm (no slides)
Complemented by the following ±3 hour online homework modules:
- Creating a logic information structure and building a storyline from it, with the help of informative and interactive video's
- A step by step guidance in how to build a slide-deck from scratch and an inspiring online video about ethos, pathos and logos in slide design
Costs: €150,- per hour, excl. BTW, room rental and preparation time.
Travel fee: €50,- per hour of travel from Amsterdam, excl. BTW, incl. travel costs.
Fantastic Pitching Workshop Available online
In one hour you will learn how to write an effective and personal pitch, by applying logic, analogies and storytelling.
Through interactive exercises you will improve your delivery and audience interaction, after which you will eventually
pitch your pitch to the group and receive feedback.
Costs: €300,- excl. BTW and room rental.
Travel fee: €50,- per hour of travel from Amsterdam, excl. BTW, including travel costs.
Number of participants: unlimited
Duration: 1 hour
Colourful Pitching Workshop Available online
In three hours you will learn how to pitch your story to a certain type of audience. The behaviour and
interest of the audience can be divided into 4 categories which together form the DISC model. Using all 4 in your pitch is best
and knowing which category is most dominant in your audience helps you to tune for the optimal effect of your pitch.
Through interactive exercises you will learn how to look through "the DISC lens" and improve your story, delivery and
audience interaction. You will pitch parts of your pitch several times, receive feedback and eventually experience the result
in a final pitch in front of an audience, with or without using slides.
Costs: €600,- excl. BTW and room rental.
Travel fee: €50,- per hour of travel from Amsterdam, excl. BTW, including travel costs.
Number of participants: unlimited
Duration: 3 hours
Voice Discovery Workshop Available online
When you speak, your words can be so much more than just information. You could create a certain atmosphere with your tone of voice,
could press your message with rhythm and intonation, and could even play around with the letters that form the word.
A one hour workshop that let's you have fun with your voice. Explore and be surprised about what you can do with it.
Costs: €300,- excl. BTW and room rental.
Travel fee: €50,- per hour of travel from Amsterdam, excl. BTW, including travel costs.
Number of participants: unlimited
Duration: 1 hour (more also possible)
Public Speaking Training Available online
A complete training course designed for beginners and advanced public speakers.
You will learn how to use the connection between your body and your mind, between your thoughts and feelings and your behaviour, in order to get a good feeling when you present and to become a better public speaker.
For the advanced speakers the next level of using eye contact, pauses, body placement and audience interaction will help you to reach for a skill level like Barack Obama or Brené Brown or, more importantly, to speak like the best version of yourself.
We work in group sessions, in which you will learn how to:
- Improve your focus and/or reduce your nerves
- Use ethos, pathos and logos to persuade your audience
- Interact effectively with an audience using body placement and body posture
- (Re)activate and controle your audience with the Active Speech framework
- Visualise in 3 different ways using the slide, your hands or the mind’s eye
- Present with the support of your slides, using them like a springboard for the information, a visualisation or an audience interaction
Through 4-7 hours of homework you will learn how to:
- Select what information could motivate your audience to listen
- Channel your story into 4 focus points: Audience, Slide, Hands, the Mind’s eye
- Design your slides to support presenting with the 4 focus points and with ethos, pathos and logos in mind
- Use the Pyramid Principle to structure and prioritise the information, to eventually form a compelling story
The training uses the following formats:
- Group discussions, presentations and exercises
- Trainer and peer feedback
- Take-home assignments, including informative and interactive video’s
Costs: €3750,- excl. BTW and room rental.
Travel fee: €50,- per hour of travel from Amsterdam, excl. BTW, including travel costs.
Number of participants: max. 20
Duration: 5 sessions of 3 hours and 4-7 hours of interactive videos and homework
Online version: I wil refer to how certain techniques are applied in an offline presentation.
Unfortunately we cannot practise body placement and eye-contact in the same way as we would in the offline version.
Costs: €3300,- excl. BTW.
Duration: 4 sessions of 3 hours and 4-7 hours of interactive videos and homework
Voice training:
Volume, articulation, resonance and mood control
Sound has a big influence on our being; It can calm us down, make us stressed, happy or sad and even bring back memories.
If this is true, then have you ever considered how much the sound of your voice influences your communication? You could use
it for exactly the same purposes as listed above, use it to enthral the listening party and maybe even heighten the probability of them saying ‘yes’ to what you’re saying or what you’re asking of them. But how can you obtain this soothing sound, even in front of a large audience?
This training will very specifically focus on training your voice. The aim is to learn to speak in a way which is not alike but very close to singing, making it possible to reach out to the furthest row, without becoming harsh. This factor, combined with a clear articulation and good intonation, will empower you to become a persuasive speaker.
Costs: €1880,- excl. BTW and room rental.
Travel fee: €50,- per hour of travel from Amsterdam, excl. BTW, including travel costs.
Number of participants: 4-8
Duration: 3 sessions of 3 hours
Important presentation coming up? Try coaching. Available online
I can personally coach you. On an individual basis you will work on your specific problems. The exercises will be adjusted to your needs and your personal cognitions and motivation will be addressed.
Through coaching I can help you with:
- Focus improvement
- Structured delivery through use of voice and silence
- Mood control through use of body and voice
- Visualising and structuring with hands
- Pitch or storyline structure
- Slide design
I could even coach you before, during and after the presentation
Coaching is also very useful in preparation to a job interview, since it gives the possibility to train through role playing.
Costs: €150,- per hour, excl. BTW, room rental and travel fee/costs.
