Effective Executive Speaking

From professional presentations to compelling public speeches, your effectiveness as an executive and your future career advancement depend fundamentally on your ability to step confidently to the podium, command attention, and transform every presentation into a credible and persuasive communication that resonates with your audience.

Let us help you conquer your presentation anxiety and establish authentic connections with the minds and hearts of your audience. Take command of the room with poise and inject every presentation with your distinctive style and energy. Build genuine confidence as you learn through practical doing, and turn your next speech or presentation into a rewarding and successful experience.

Who Should Attend:

This seminar is recommended for every executive with some prior public speaking experience who must regularly speak in front of groups, deliver presentations, persuade others to accept important ideas, or appear in front of cameras and microphones in professional contexts.

How You Will Benefit:

• Speak and think with greater clarity, focus, and purpose; emphasize and stress key ideas effectively
• Face an audience or camera with genuine confidence and control, and make the most of your natural speaking style and strengths
• Organize your public speaking and presentations strategically to persuade listeners and achieve the response and results you want
• Conquer fear and anxiety about public speaking and manage negative stress effectively
• Channel your performance skills, sense of humor, and personality to enhance your impact
• Deliver both impromptu and carefully prepared speeches to your peers and receive detailed, personalized feedback

What You Will Cover:

Fundamentals of Executive Speaking Skills

• Identify the essential elements that comprise a strong, memorable presentation
• Create a personalized speaking skills profile based on assessment and feedback
• Set meaningful personal goals for developing and improving your public speaking abilities

Preparation

• Understand the importance of thorough research and logical organization in preparing effective presentations
• Learn how to plan and construct strong, engaging beginnings and conclusions for your presentations
• Select and design effective visual aids that enhance rather than distract from your message

Delivery Skills

• Apply the effective use of voice, body language, physical presence, and language choices in public speaking
• Practice proven strategies for positively addressing and managing speech anxiety
• Develop clear articulation methods and vocal variety

Essentials for Winning Presentations and Public Speaking

• Employ appropriate strategies for engaging reluctant, uncommitted, or disinterested audiences
• Design and deliver successful, informative, persuasive, entertaining, motivational, and special event presentations
• Respond to questions in a focused, thoughtful, and controlled manner during question-and-answer periods
• Master the skill of impromptu, unrehearsed speech-making

Special Feature:

Video Recording for Feedback. Please bring your preferred recording device (mobile phone, tablet, or camera) with adequate storage capacity to class. Reviewing your own recording provides immediate feedback and helps you track your improvement. You will observe yourself becoming more comfortable and refining your techniques with each practice performance.

Course Outline

Learning Objectives

• Speak and Think with Greater Clarity, Purpose, and Focus; Emphasize Key Ideas Effectively
• Face an Audience or Camera with Genuine Confidence and Control; Make the Most of Your Natural Speaking Style
• Organize Your Public Speaking and Presentations Strategically to Persuade Listeners and Achieve Your Intended Results
• Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking by Managing Negative Stress and Building Resilience
• Use Your Performance Skills, Sense of Humor, and Personality to Enhance Your Impact and Project Authenticity
• Deliver Both Impromptu and Thoroughly Prepared Speeches That Achieve Their Intended Goals

Starting Points

• Articulate the Professional Benefits of Developing Strong Executive Speaking Skills
• Identify the Core Elements That Compose a Strong Presentation
• Build a Personalized Checklist of Effective Speaking Competencies

Probe

• Demonstrate the Key Competencies Needed to Perform a Thorough Audience Analysis
• Apply Effective Strategies to Research and Organize Core Content and Value-Added Information in Your Presentation
• Construct Strong, Compelling Beginnings and Endings for All Your Presentations

Plan

• Apply Various Organizational Patterns and Structures Used in Effective Presentations
• Build Logical Structure to Develop Balanced, Compelling Presentations
• Identify Appropriate and Effective Uses of Media That Enhance Your Core Message

Practice

• Apply Dynamic Delivery Skills That Add Interest, Clarity, and Energy to Your Presentation
• Adapt Your Language to Your Audience and Context to Increase Credibility, Audience Attention, and Message Retention
• Avoid Common Misuses and Pitfalls of Media and Visual Aids
• Apply Proven Methods to Reduce Presentation Anxiety and Build Confidence

Present and Process

• Project an Appropriate Professional Image That Meets Both Situational and Organizational Expectations
• Respond to Questions in a Focused and Controlled Fashion During Question-and-Answer Periods
• Design and Deliver Successful, Informative, Persuasive, Motivating, and Special Event Presentations