Elevate your public speaking and presentation effectiveness to the next level. Develop the ability to speak, present, and communicate with poise, power, and persuasive impact. Your effectiveness as an executive leader and future career advancement depend fundamentally on your ability to step before audiences, command attention and respect, and transform every presentation into a credible and compelling communication. Master the skills to overcome public speaking anxiety, connect authentically with audience minds and hearts, take control of presentation environments with confidence and ease, and bring your distinctive style and energy to every presentation. Build confidence through active practice and turn your next speech or presentation into a rewarding and successful experience.
Who Should Attend:
This seminar is recommended for executives with some prior public speaking experience who need to speak before groups, deliver presentations, sell ideas and concepts to others, or present before cameras and recording equipment.
How You Will Benefit:
- Speak and think with greater clarity and purposefulness, emphasizing key ideas effectively
- Face audiences and cameras with genuine confidence and control while maximizing your authentic speaking style
- Organize and structure presentations to persuade listeners and achieve desired responses and business results
- Overcome fear of public speaking and manage associated stress and anxiety
- Leverage your performance abilities, sense of humor, and personality to enhance presentation effectiveness
- Practice delivering both impromptu and carefully prepared speeches, and receive personalized feedback on your executive presentations
What You Will Cover:
Fundamentals of Executive Speaking Skills
- Identify the elements that constitute an effective presentation
- Develop an individualized profile of your current speaking skills
- Establish personal development goals for building your public speaking capabilities
Preparation Strategies and Techniques
- Understand the importance of research and careful organization in developing effective presentations
- Learn techniques for planning and creating strong, memorable openings and conclusions
- Select and design visuals and supporting materials that enhance your message
Delivery Skills and Presence
- Master the effective use of voice, physical movement, image, and language in public speaking
- Learn and apply strategies for managing speech anxiety and nervous energy
- Develop clear articulation and effective vocal techniques
Winning Presentations and Persuasive Communication
- Select appropriate strategies for engaging reluctant, skeptical, or unmotivated audiences
- Design presentations that educate, persuade, entertain, motivate, and address special event needs
- Learn to respond to questions with poise and controlled focus
- Develop impromptu speaking abilities
Special Feature: Video Recording for Feedback
Bring your preferred recording device (mobile phone, tablet, or other equipment) with sufficient storage capacity. Video recordings provide immediate, concrete feedback showing your improvement and growth with each presentation practice.
Course Outline:
Learning Objectives
- Speak and think with greater clarity and purpose, emphasizing key messages
- Face audiences and cameras with confidence and control while using your authentic speaking style
- Organize presentations to persuade listeners and achieve desired outcomes and results
- Manage and overcome fear of public speaking through stress management techniques
- Use your performance abilities, humor, and personality effectively to build credibility and connection
- Deliver both impromptu and prepared speeches that achieve their intended goals
Starting Points: Establishing Your Foundation
- Understand the professional value of developing strong executive speaking skills
- Identify the components of a strong presentation
- Create a personalized checklist of your key speaking competencies
Probe: Understanding Your Audience
- Develop the competencies needed to analyze and understand your audience
- Apply strategies to research and organize core content and value-added elements in presentations
- Create strong, memorable openings and conclusions for your presentations
Plan: Structuring Your Message
- Apply different organizational patterns used in effective presentations
- Create structure to develop balanced and coherent presentations
- Identify when media and visuals appropriately enhance your message
Practice: Building Delivery Skills
- Apply dynamic delivery techniques that increase interest and clarity
- Adapt your language to audience and context to build credibility and increase information retention
- Use media and visuals effectively and avoid common pitfalls
- Apply proven methods to manage presentation anxiety
Present and Process: Delivering with Impact
- Project an image that meets professional and situational expectations
- Respond to questions during question-and-answer periods with poise and focus
- Design presentations that inform, persuade, motivate, and succeed in special event contexts
This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.
Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.
