Engage, Empower and Educate

Public speaking is a key leadership skill. Yet, the thought of addressing groups of people makes many of us extremely nervous! Whether you are a seasoned speaker wanting to tweak your delivery and make it outstanding, or a beginner hoping to gain confidence while presenting in front of groups, this session is for you.

Join us for a unique opportunity to learn (and practice!) how to speak with confidence, clarity and conviction. While we all use email, faxes, websites, cell phones and voice mail these tools are no substitute for an engaging, persuasive, personal presentation and it is a skill you can learn and conquer.

Workshop Objectives:

• Effective presentation design, relaxation techniques,
• Proper pronunciation, posture, pitch, tone, pace,
• How to use non-verbal behavior and body language to subtlety and effectively influence your audience. .

Workshop Outcomes:

After successful completion of the course, you will know how to

• Listen generously “First seek to understand, then to be understood.”
• Say what you mean and mean what you say.
• Use the fewest words with the fewest syllables. Remember that the basic unit of communication is not the word but the idea.
• Align with your audience. . Great leaders know that leadership begins with the pronoun we.
• Be specific. Use stories, anecdotes, parables and examples rather than generalities and abstractions.
• Suit the action to the word, the word to the action. Be aware of your non-verbal communication. Your gestures, posture, facial expressions, energy, tone of voice, and a thousand other tiny, unuttered elements actually carry the true and specific meaning of your communication.
• Structure your speech. One valuable way to make your talk memorable is to speak to a structure and make your listeners aware of it
• Speak for the benefit of others. Serve your audience well by keeping their interests foremost in your mind