Workshops

Speaker and Presentation

workshops

If you're like me, and have a deep desire to improve your ability to connect and influence an audience, perhaps a short concise workshop series is what you're looking for. My workshops are specifically designed to take you through a 3 week (2 hours per week) process that will enhance your communication abilities and presentation skills.

Whether you are a seasoned speaker, a technology presenter, or a non native English speaker with a desire to become brilliant on the podium. These workshops will be available several times in 2015. Engage with me to be notified of the upcoming dates, times and location. 

SPEAKER DEVELOPMENT SERIES:

This workshop is designed for presenters and aspiring speakers with a desire to become brilliant. I crafted this workshop with the intent of answering the many questions I have received from various coaching clients over the years. We look at the many facets of public speaking and dive into the psychology of your audience in order to elevate your ability to connect with your audience.

This workshop consists of exploring, learning and understanding the following:

  • Elements of Communication

The relationship between content and delivery, the content conundrum

  • Transactional Analysis 

The emotional decision making process that occurs from a talk or engagement.

  • Content Construction

Strategies to structure a conversation or talk for a desired outcome.

  • Comfort vs Confidence

How you appear on stage. Confidence is not your friend.

  • Primary Sensory Dominance

Sensation transcendence, and emotional recognition.

  • Hitting Humor

Uncovering humor by dicing an event or story for engagement.

  • Voice, Vocabulary and Vernacular

How to be concise in your approach to an idea.

  • Positive Persuasion

A solutions based delivery, capitalizing on the needs of the audience.

  • Story Selling

Not your everyday storytelling, but a non-sales approach to persuasive discovery and presenting.

Technical Presenter Series:

You just experienced a spectacular movie. As you and your friends exit the theater, all you talk about is the movie. The movie connected with you.

Now think of the last technical presentation you delivered. Did your audience leave with that same connected feeling? If they didn't,  perhaps a workshop specifically designed to elevate your presentation to that spectacularly connected level is in order.  

Every presentation should leave the audience with a connected feeling and an understanding of the content at a very basic level. After years of coaching good technical presenters, I have come to understand some of the shortcomings of today's technical presenter.

This workshop is a guide to brilliant technical presentations and consists of learning and understanding the following:

  • Technical Elements of Communication

The relationship between content and delivery, the content conundrum

  • Transactional Analysis 

The emotional decision making process that occurs from a talk or engagement.

  • Sincerity and Micro Expressions

The insignificant factors that make a big difference

  • Power Point and other visual aids

The power in having your visual aids be your assistant, not your master.

  • Content & Collateral Construction

The best way to structure a conversation or talk for a desired outcome.

  • Comfort vs Confidence

How you appear on stage. Confidence is not your friend.

  • Hitting Humor

Uncovering humor by dicing an event or story for engagement.

  • Voice, Vocabulary and Vernacular

How to be concise in your approach to an idea.

Non Native English Speaking Presenter Series:

I have worked extensively with presenters that feel their native language is an obstacle when presenting to an English speaking audience. I personally feel a presenter with a foreign accent is an exotic addition to a well crafted talk, in as long as the presenter is articulate and presents their content with passion and an understanding of the elements of communication. I crafted this series for the presenter that may have a language articulation challenge and desires to improve on their delivery. This  workshops consists of learning and understanding the following: 

  • Elements of Communication

The relationship between content and delivery, the content conundrum

  • Articulation, Elocution, and Diction

Overcoming the language and cultural communication challenge

  • Transactional Analysis

The emotional decision making process that occurs from a talk or engagement.

  • Sincerity and Micro Messaging

The insignificant factors that make a big difference.

  • Comfort vs Confidence

How you appear on stage. Confidence is not your friend.

  • Hitting Humor

How to uncover humor by dicing an event or story for engagement. 

  • Voice, Vocabulary and Vernacular

How to be concise in your approach to an idea.