Enjoy Better Meetings, Shorter Meetings, Fewer Meetings

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While I was apprehensive at first, it was a fantastic 6-week course that went way too fast!

Steve Wittenberg, VP OperationsToolcraft, Inc.

Enjoy Better Meetings, Shorter Meetings, Fewer Meetings,

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While I was apprehensive at first, it was a fantastic 6-week course that went way too fast!

Steve Wittenberg, VP OperationsToolcraft, Inc.
Let's Chat About Your Team Training Goals

Are you ready to witness a transformation in your employees' ability to:

  • Make a point with confidence, clarity, and brevity.
  • Present with ease in meetings, onstage, or on camera.
  • Shine in sales, interviews, and networking opportunities.
  • Facilitate effective meetings with grace, tact, and efficiency.
  • Listen with curiosity, composure, and a desire to learn.

Are you ready to witness a transformation in your employees' ability to:

  • Make a point with confidence, clarity, and brevity.
  • Present with ease in meetings, onstage, or on camera.
  • Shine in sales, interviews, and networking opportunities.
  • Facilitate effective meetings with grace, tact, and efficiency.
  • Listen with curiosity, composure, and a desire to learn.
Let's Chat About Your Team Training Goals
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I thoroughly enjoyed the environment you created within the group. It led to trust and inclusivity among us all. I am grateful for the connections I made as well as the tools I have to continue saying yes to speaking. 

Kayla Coffee, PresidentAerospace Futures Alliance

Virtual and In-Person Programs

Increase your team’s communication effectiveness.

Choose an area of focus:

  • Effective Meetings
  • Powerful Presentations
  • Interpersonal Communication

Course options: 3 or 6 x 90-minute sessions

Present Like a Pro

Course Curriculum
Week #1
Week #2
Week #3
Week #4
Week #5
Week #6
  • Course Overview + Introductions
  • Personal Assessment + Goal Setting
  • Exercise: Introducing Self and Others
  • Homework

 

  • Vocal Warm-Up + Breathing
  • Dynamic Range + Articulation
  • Pause, Pace, and Emphasis
  • Song-as-a-Speech Exercise
  • Homework
  • Steve Jobs Speech Review
  • 5-Step Stories
  • Evocative Word Pictures
  • Mining Your Message
  • Homework
  • Rate of Speech
  • Dynamic Range 
  • Vocal Variety
  • Narration vs. Dialogue
  • Open and Close
  • The Speaking Pro
  • Gestures + Visual Aids
  • Feedback + Test Kitchen
  • Storytelling Practice
  • The Russian Doll
  • Introductions
  • Graduation Stories
  • Assessment/Next steps
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Your coaching was a wonderful gift. Leadership Skagit teams took your input to heart and you could see it in the smooth transitions, storytelling, body language, and delivery.  A few people who have been so reluctant to speak in public just blew me away with their polish.

Laura Cailloux, MBA, EdDDepartment Faculty, Leadership Skagit
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There are many courses for presenting skills; this workshop will help your team engage the audience for an authentic consulting experience.

Rita Kuhn, National Sales DirectorAmerican Bath Group

For Leaders and Presenters

Engage from the Stage
Present Like a Pro
Facilitate with Finesse

Engage from the Stage
Build Community with Your Audience

Learn tips to ensure your next presentation is informative, engaging, actionable, and memorable. Apply a powerful method to infuse and track audience engagement. Set yourself and your audience up for success and leave them wanting more. 

Presenters:

  • Craft a logical, linear presentation roadmap.
  • Deliver a clear, compelling opening and close.
  • Infuse opportunity for audience interaction.
  • Prevent a fire-hose speech by cutting content.
  • Apply tactics to improve audience retention.

Present Like a Pro
Speak with Presence, Poise, and Purpose

Most humans experience anxiety when asked to speak in public. But if speaking is part of your job, you’d better find a way to overcome this hurdle. 

In this  interactive session, experience a shift in mindset as you try methods to harness anxiety and convert it to energy for your audience.

Whether speaking on stage, in a boardroom, or one-on-one, Present Like a Pro tactics leverage your presentation influence.  

Learn to:

  • Use the C.L.E.A.R.™ method to invite connection.
  • Captivate your audience from your very first word.
  • Transform anxiety into energy for your audience.
  • Master audio projection tools to ensure you’re heard.
  • Identify and overcome small habits that create confusion.

C.L.E.A.R.™: Center, Listen, Engage, Allow, Repeat.

Facilitate with Finesse
Lead Meetings with Ease, Tact, and Efficiency

A skilled facilitator functions as an invaluable connector between audience and presenter. But doing the job well requires knowledge, experience, and confidence. Whether you desire to lead more productive team meetings or emcee larger corporate or community events, this session sets you up for success.

Learn to:

  • Use the S.P.I.C.E.™ method to project professionalism.
  • Set up participating presenters for success.
  • Handle agenda conflicts with tact, humor, and grace.
  • Apply facilitator know-how that sets you apart.
  • Craft introductions to inform listeners and elevate presenters.

S.P.I.C.E.™: Show, Project, Infuse, Create, Empower.

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Say goodbye to forgettable training that quickly wears off and rarely pays off.  Invest in interactive training that’s wrapped in an element of fun!