SpeakEasy: Conquering Your Fear of Speaking in Public
Courseware Includes:
 Student Workbook |
| Instructor Guide |
| Activities |
| Pre-Assignment |
| Course Outline |
| Power Point Slides |
| Suggested Reading |
| Advertorial |
Intellectual Property:
| Unlimited Printing |
| One time Fee |
| Customizable Content |
Do you get nervous when presenting at company meetings? Do you find it hard to make conversation at gatherings and social events? Do you lock up in awkward social situations? If so, this course is just for you! The focus is aimed at anybody who wants to improve their speaking skills in informal situations. We will give you the confidence and the skills to interact with others and to speak in informal situations and in front of small groups.
How You Will Benefit:
- Enhance the ability to speak one-on-one with others
- Feel more confident speaking socially or small groups such as meetings
- Practice developing these skills in a safe and supportive setting
What You Will Cover:
- Good communication skills
- Barriers to communication
- The skill of interactive listening
- Interpersonal skills
- Self-disclosure
- The art of conversation
- Re-designing yourself for strength
- Professionalism
- Fifteen ways to master a meeting
- Sticky situations
- Controlling physical and mental nervousness
Public Speaking: Speaking Under Pressure
Courseware Includes:
| Student Workbook |
| Instructor Guide |
| Activities |
| Pre-Assignment |
| Course Outline |
| Power Point Slides |
| Suggested Reading |
| Advertorial |
Intellectual Property:
| Unlimited Printing |
| One time Fee |
| Customizable Content |
Speaking under pressure, or thinking on your feet, is based on being able to quickly organize your thoughts and ideas, and then being able to convey them meaningfully to your audience to modify their attitudes or behavior. It applies to formal speeches as well as everyday business situations. It requires presence of mind, goal orientation, adaptation, and judgment. It also requires differentiating between oral and written communications.
This course has been designed for those who are in positions where they must speak in front of audiences that are hostile or demanding. This material is also suitable for those who are relatively new speakers who want some encouragement to speak up in meetings or who want some training before they begin making presentations on behalf of the organization. This course is aimed at improving your skills and learning some new techniques which will give you the persuasive edge when you are making a presentation, fielding difficult questions, or presenting complex information.
How You Will Benefit:
- Quick and easy preparation methods – whether you have one minute or one week to prepare
- What you can do to prepare for questions before you know what those questions will be
- How you can overcome the nerves that you may have when speaking in front of a group, particularly if the group is not sympathetic to what you have to say
- Presentation techniques that establish your credibility and get people on your side
What You Will Cover:
- Getting started
- Planning your presentation
- Force field analysis
- Understanding your audience
- Controlling your jitters
- Making your listener hear you
- Key themes and key sentences
- A plan to structure ideas
- Organization methods
- Our body language
- Beginnings and endings
- Expanding a basic plan
- Practice presentations
Presentation Survival School
Courseware Includes:
| Student Workbook |
| Instructor Guide |
| Activities |
| Pre-Assignment |
| Course Outline |
| Power Point Slides |
| Suggested Reading |
| Advertorial |
Intellectual Property:
| Unlimited Printing |
| One time Fee |
| Customizable Content |
A great presenter has two unique qualities: appropriate skills and personal confidence. This confidence comes from knowing what you want to say and being comfortable with your communication skills. In this course, you will master the skills that will make you a better speaker and presenter.
How You Will Benefit:
- Identify ways to gain rapport with your audience
- Learn techniques to reduce nervousness and fear
- Recognize how visual aids can create impact and attention
- Develop techniques to create a professional presence
- Learn some different ways to prepare and organize information
- Prepare, practice, and present a short presentation
What You Will Cover:
- Communication skills
- How to edit your conversation
- Appropriately sharing yourself with others
- Trust
- Positive self-talk
- Making the most of meetings
- Body language
- Sticky situations
- Advantages of oral presentations
- Planning your presentation with PAFEO
- Overcoming nervousness
- The STARR pattern
- Start writing!
- How to limit your information
- Creating an audience profile
- Your speaking voice
- Adding punch to your presentation
- Presentation practice