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Public Speaking: Conveying Your Message with Confidence

Course: 903 Type: RealityPlus Duration: 3 Days

You Will Learn How To

Speak publicly in a convincing, confident and concise style
Identify and apply key skills of effective public speaking
Employ an effective five-step method to create materials that support a compelling speech
Keep the audience focused on you and your message
Design interactive questions to engage your audience
Sharpen your public speaking skills by preparing, rehearsing and integrating personalized feedback

Course Benefits

The ability to speak confidently and deliver a persuasive message is an essential skill for today's business professionals. This course provides the opportunity to significantly improve your public speaking skills by practicing and delivering speeches and presentations in a safe environment with personalized feedback.

Who Should Attend

Anyone who would like to improve his or her ability to speak in front of small and large groups with or without visual aids. Some knowledge of PowerPoint and prior public speaking experience are helpful.

You gain practical experience developing and delivering multiple speeches and presentations. You learn to improve your skills by integrating peer feedback and practicing a variety of speaking techniques. Activities include:

Identifying key attributes of successful public speakers
Creating a personal speaking profile
Constructing an informative and persuasive talk
Emphasizing your points with effective body language, gestures and use of space
Improving vocal emphasis, modulation and pacing
Designing interaction into your speech
Rehearsing and delivering your presentation
Critiquing a video recording of yourself to improve your public speaking skills

Course 903 Content

Building Blocks of Effective Public Speaking

Recognizing key public speaking skills

Attributes of effective public speakers
Identifying components of persuasive speeches
Quantifying techniques used by accomplished speakers

Identifying your goal

Informing
Persuading
Motivating
Entertaining

The skill-building cycle: presenting, evaluating, improving

Determining your baseline public speaking skills
Taming fears and increasing confidence through practice and preparation
Leveraging your own personality and style
Increasing your awareness and abilities by evaluating other speakers
Integrating audience feedback to fine tune your delivery

Creating Compelling Speeches

Employing a proven 5-step method

Hooking the audience
Identifying the critical need
Presenting the key ideas concisely
Explaining the payoff
Calling for action

Constructing the presentation

Assessing and addressing the needs of your audience
Brainstorming and mind mapping your ideas
Researching and structuring your story
Shaping your sentences with powerful words and phrases
Matching the media to your message
Making your message memorable with visual support

Preparing effectively when time is short

Applying a simple structure for extemporaneous speeches
Tips and techniques to increase confidence

Engaging Your Audience

The speaker as a visual aid

Directing the audience's natural eye movement
Moving dynamically within the presentation space
The impact of positive body language
Engaging the entire audience with effective eye contact
Synchronizing gestures to the verbal message

Animating your speech with vocal variety

Adding pitch modulation and dynamics
Reinforcing points with pauses and silence
Reducing verbal distractors

Delivering memorable openings and closings

Five opening strategies to spark interest
Motivating the audience with a call to action

Interacting with Your Audience

Drawing in the audience

Stimulating participation with pre-planned questions
Conveying content through topical questions
When to ask rhetorical, group or targeted questions
Tailoring question types for your audience

Handling questions from the audience

Reward, restate and respond
Keeping your answers short and simple
Getting back on track after an unplanned interruption

Managing the post-talk Q&A session

Pre-empting "hot-button" questions
Staying aware of the message you are conveying
Priming the pump when there are no questions

Rehearsing and Delivering Your Speech

Building confidence with practice

Effective rehearsal techniques
Incorporating audience feedback to improve your presentation
Staying within your time limit

Delivering your presentation

Setting the stage
Opening dynamically and creating a winning first impression
Applying your public speaking toolkit

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Public Speaking: Conveying Your Message with Confidence

Upcoming Dates

Oct 8 - 10, 2008
Washington, DC (Alexandria, VA)

Oct 22 - 24, 2008
Chicago (Schaumburg)

Oct 29 - 31, 2008
Washington, DC (Reston, VA)

Nov 26 - 28, 2008
Ottawa

Dec 3 - 5, 2008
New York

Dec 3 - 5, 2008
Toronto

Dec 10 - 12, 2008
Washington, DC (Rockville, MD)

Dec 17 - 19, 2008
Los Angeles

Jan 14 - 16, 2009
Washington, DC (Alexandria, VA)

Jan 28 - 30, 2009
Chicago (Schaumburg)

Course Tuition

$ 2,250	Standard Tuition
Tuition with a Savings Plan
$ 1,580	10-Day Pass
$ 1,665	Training Passport
$ 1,830	Flex-Pass
$ 2,095	Voucher 10-Pack
$ 2,025	Alumni Gold Discount
$ 2,000	Government Discount

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You receive a video recording of your presentations that will both illustrate your progress and serve as a valuable reference to review the skills you learned in the course.

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