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At IRIS, Athar Carolyn Pavis mobilizes her experience to customize a program suited to you or your group. Below are examples of training goals and of individuals and teams who have benefited from this training:


Public speakinG

  • Representing France and working on pleadings before the European Court of Justice
  • Responding to Q & A at press conferences – Ambassadors and others in postings abroad
  • Outlining French positions at various international venues on trade and finance (Delegates to the WTO, Ambassador to the OECD)

Impromptu speaking

  • Pre-conference international task group work (international professionals from all Ministries, consultants)
  • Handling impromptu media contexts (Ambassadors, high officials at the Cour nationale du droit d'asile),
  • Dealing with ad hoc pre-conference contacts and impromptu contacts in an international context


negotiation

  • Representing French positions at Open Skies talks, Doha Round, T-TIP, COP 21 negotiations (trade representatives from Aviation civile, Ministère de l'Agriculture, Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères, Ministère de l'Environnement)
  • Responding to public relations crisis situations (chargés de mission, Elysée)
  • Responding for France to international Global Zero and other international initiatives (Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères)

language level testing & TOEIC

  • Language level testing : Agents from all Ministries ; bank personnel ; personnel of the Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur
  • TOEIC : Gendarmerie nationale


Targeted presentations

  • Communicating complex information in specific fields at international conferences: financial fraud, INDCs & global warming, transportation trends (Ministère de l'Intérieur, Ministère de l'Environnement)
  • Presenting a French candidacy for positions in international organizations (World Bank, EUROPOL, European External Action Service)

effective oral comprehension

  • Military and security personnel in critical venues (Groupe de sécurité de la présidence de la République (GSPR)
  • Delegates to EU negotiations Ministère de l'Europe et des Affaires étrangères)

Interactive training in English is tailored to match your specific needs and, when applicable, will include strategies for managing cross-cultural differences in communication with Anglophones.

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