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Communication skills training during COVID-19: same, but different
Last year, and into 2021, of course the face-to-face communication skills training we offer has taken a hit. But stop training altogether? No way! Where there is a will there is a way. We re-worked our sessions to offer them to groups large and small, across the UK and much further afield. -
Let’s do it again – communications skills training 2021
It’s the gift that keeps on giving. The legacy from two great East Anglian farmers, John Forrest and Felix Cobbold will again be inspiring and equipping this generation of agri-professionals to show and share their professional messages to good effect. The next course – January 2021 – is open for applicants. -
Spring into communicating better
How many times have you heard it’s important that farmers and researchers communicate better? I haven’t just heard that, I’ve watched it. I’ve felt it – with sadness and frustration – at each and every opportunity missed to show and share. That’s what inspires and drives me to share practical tips in communications skills training […]
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Celebrating clear communications
When was the last time you were on the receiving end of a dull presentation or boring talk? Too many of us will have a recent event in mind. That’s why it was great to be in a room full of people who have had communication skills training. These are professionals who know how to […]
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The ultimate communication skills training
In essence, we take a bunch of agri-professionals and with three days of tips, techniques and tasks in our communication skills training course we help them to bloom.
Communication skills in agriculture have never been more important. But don’t just take our word for it. We hear it from others all the time. It’s why we […]
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Showcasing careers in agriculture in film
Who better to show and share to teenagers and young people what great careers there are in agriculture than young agri-professionals? In Green Shoots’ work in fields, offices food factories – and every stage in between – we have met some great young agriculturalists. So it was a pleasure to turn the cameras on them, […]
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On course for more communication skills success
There has never been a more important time for agri-professionals to build and use better communication skills. It was a great start to 2018 to have another group of eight East Anglians to do just that. We gathered together for three intense days of tips, techniques and tasks – otherwise known as communication skills training.
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Seeing the difference our communications training makes
To see the positive difference our communications training work makes is always a pleasure. In the first three months of this year we have been heartened – well delighted, actually – to see the participants of the latest our top-of-the-range training courses put their strengthened communication skills into practice.
Three days of non-stop communication skills training
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Cheers to the Chair: top tips to be a good chair person
A good chair makes a world of difference. By ‘chair’ we don’t mean the furniture you sit on. We mean the personality that is cleverly and concisely at the helm to steer proceedings. It was Susie Emmett’s pleasure to be invited to be chair again at the FARMA Conference 2016, the annual gathering of the […]
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High five: celebrating five successful years in business
Sometimes an anniversary simply sneaks up on you. We were surprised and delighted when the congratulations came in from LinkedIn to Green Shoots for five successful years in business. Five years: time to reflect.
Time for a count up
A thousand days our office has been open: sounds and feels impressive. So we decided to count up some […]
