Using Language for Influence and Engagement

Just as some individuals seem to have an ability to elicit high quality information and reveal hidden structures through incisive questioning, some individuals seem to exhibit a complimentary yet distinctive set of skills that enables them to stimulate agreement and creativity in an elegant and almost effortless manner. They exhibit the capacity to accommodate and value the perspectives of others in an inclusive and respectful manner. They are able to steer discussions in the direction of ethical, mutually beneficial outcomes without alienating or excluding others. Those they interact with feel valued, accepted and empowered to generate new ideas and solutions. Individuals with this set of skills may well be using some of the patterns of the Milton Model. You could become one of them …

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Using Language for Influence and Engagement NLP Training Course (2 Days)

Overview

The Milton Model was one of the earlier concepts developed within NLP and was developed from the work of the legendary psychiatrist and hypnotherapist, Milton H. Erickson MD. Erickson’s language patterns have now been taught to thousands of others for use in influential, everyday conversation as well as within formal hypnosis. Erickson was a passionate fan of language and realised that the words we use are powerful factors in creating our perceptions of reality and what is and is not possible. He delighted in pioneering the use of empowering language patterns that were designed to stimulate and encourage his clients to develop their own solutions to their difficulties or problem issues.

Erickson’s powerful language patterns were analysed and codified by many of his students, including the co-creators of NLP, and were distilled into a set of learnable structures that are called the Milton Model. Milton Model patterns have been taught to a wide variety of diverse audiences who share the common desire to use language in a creative and inclusive manner that elicits cooperation and stimulates problem solving processes. It is the perfect complement to the information-gathering skills of the Meta Model.

Objectives

During this course you will learn:

  • An understanding of the origins and theory of the Milton Model,
  • The importance of using Milton Model patterns in pursuit of ethical, mutually beneficial outcomes,
  • Numerous distinct patterns of the Milton Model,
  • The importance of monitoring your own, everyday language for less than useful patterns,
  • How to incorporate Milton Model patterns into your everyday professional and personal life.

Target audience

The course is ideal for anyone who is in a position that requires them to communicate with others through language, generating co-operation and inclusivity. Those who wish to empower others by eliciting personal resources and solutions from their staff, colleagues, peers, friends and family will benefit. Individuals who appreciate that their inter-personal communications affect the experience of others and who wish to acquire skills to influence ethically and effectively will find great value in this course. Those who might benefit particularly include managers, executives, HR professionals, sales people, interviewers, negotiators, coaches, mentors, counsellors and therapists. Speakers or communicators who tend to address groups of diverse individuals will find the skills taught a powerful way of generating inclusivity in varied groups. Medical professionals and those in the professions ancillary to medicine will also discover profoundly useful approaches to use in their work. Parents, guardians and caregivers who wish to acquire ethical and flexible language skills to enhance their relationships with the children in their care will benefit too.

Course Content

Coure content includes:

  • The origins of the Milton Model,
  • Milton Erickson and his perspectives,
  • Theoretical underpinnings,
  • How language creates reality,
  • Language as a psychoactive vehicle of attention,
  • The implications, shadows, associations and connotations of language,
  • How the Milton Model has applications in multiple environments,
  • Using the Milton Model within rapport based relationships,
  • The power of ‘artful vagueness’,
  • Identifying the presuppositions present in language and generating alternatives

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  • Practical applications of the Milton Model,
  • Distinct language patterns within the Milton Model,
  • Utilising the spirit not just the techniques of the Milton Model,
  • Using the Milton Model in collaboration with the Meta Model – the yin and yang of effective language use.
Cost and Location

Attendance on this 2-day course is available at a cost of £320 + Vat (inc. all materials, lunch and refreshments).

Book ‘Using Language for Influence and Engagement’ and ‘Precision Questioning for Quality Information’ together to receive a 25% discount on your second course!

The course is available at one of our luxurious training premises across the UK …

Booths Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire – An 18th Century manor house set in 220 acres in the heart of the Cheshire countryside – within easy reach of Manchester, Liverpool, Warrington, Preston, Stoke-on-Trent, Stafford, Birmingham, Wrexham and Chester and the counties of Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside Staffordshire, Shropshire, West Midlands and Flintshire. Delegates will be able to enjoy the beautiful parkland, woodland walks along with the extensive sporting facilities available.

Carlton House, Westminster, London – This stylish and comfortable venue has been extensively modernised whilst retaining its period character and boasts high quality, comprehensively equipped training rooms ideally suited for the delivery of the company’s growing range of business and personal development focused training courses. Although situated in a desirable, easily accessed location close to Pall Mall, traffic noise is minimal and delegates can experience a sense of comparative tranquility whilst engaging in their learning.

NLP Milton Model: Milton Erickson Techniques

NLP Milton Model: Milton Erickson Techniques

Inspired by Milton H. Erickson and created by linguists John Grinder and Richard Bandler, the NLP Milton Model is a reverse set of the Meta Model approach, which focused on specifying generalisations, distortions and deletions in a person's language.

The NLP Milton Model, for indirect interpersonal communications, instead utilises the patterns the Meta Model specifies. It lists the key speech patterns and part of speech that can direct someone's train of thought, and is based on the idea that general use of language can lead to more rapport in a conversation, whilst more specific language presents more limits and is more likely to exclude those partaking in a conversation.

It is most commonly employed to help distract the conscious mind, increase conversational rapport and lead people into altered states with access to unconscious resources in another person's mind.

Who Would Benefit from Milton Erickson Techniques?

The NLP Milton Model has benefits which allow those using it to effortlessly accommodate the values of others, which is why Milton Erickson techniques are often used by directors and managers in large organisations to steer discussions onto more beneficial and ethical outcomes, whilst including all of those present.

Here at Watt Works, we can provide a comprehensive course covering a multitude of aspects regarding Ericksonian hypnosis and other Milton Erickson techniques for helping people to communicate more inclusively with others. The skills gained from our Ericksonian hypnosis course will allow everyone from sales people and caregivers to medical professionals and HR managers to empower others that they work or live with.

Such empowerment gained from incorporating Milton Erickson techniques into everyday language can help users to encourage those around them to develop their own solutions to their problems, whilst eliciting a sense of cooperation and friendliness.

Milton Erickson Hypnosis Course From Watt Works

At Watt Works, we are dedicated to providing only the most effective and beneficial coaching, consulting and training services to our clients, and run our Milton Erickson hypnosis techniques course with the intention of offering everyone the opportunity to maximise their performance.

Should you decide to take this course you will develop an in-depth understanding of the NLP Milton Model and the applicability of Milton Erickson techniques in everyday life.

You will learn how Milton Erickson hypnosis techniques can assist in using language to create a reality, and how language acts as a psychoactive vehicle of attention. Those who take part in the course will learn how Ericksonian hypnosis techniques highlight the ways in which your language choices have different implications and connotations, and alert you as to how effective your language is as a useful tool in business and at home.

The Milton Erickson hypnosis course will also teach you how to use the NLP Milton Model in conjunction with the Meta Model for the most effective results. We even offer a discount when both of these courses are booked together to offer increased benefits.

You can book this 2-day course, meals and materials included, with Watt Works either in Knutsford, Cheshire, or Westminister, London. In these luxurious locations you will learn all about how Ericksonian hypnosis could improve your corporate and domestic language skills for more favourable outcomes.

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“Every person's map of the world is as unique as their thumbprint. There are no two people alike. No two people who understand the same sentence the same way... So in dealing with people, you try not to fit them to your concept of what they should be.”
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