Public Speaking

Who Is This Course For?

Senior managers, Directors, Executives and others who seek to influence and inform large groups and audiences.

Benefits

Gain feedback on your current presenting style with video feedback
Win attention and keep it, even in distracting environments
Use personal stories to establish credibility
Build persuasion into your presentations using story structures
Use nervous energy to your advantage
Learn practical stagecraft for handling the space and leading the room

Course Syllabus

Authenticity

• Aligning yourself and your message

• Using your authentic voice

• Personal anecdotes

Story

• Understanding story structures

• Using story structures to engage

• Structures for persuasion

Delivery

• Winning and keeping attention

• Using active, engaging language

• Helping people remember your message

• Keeping to time

The Body

• Projecting and protecting your voice

• Managing state, using nervous energy and creating poise

• Remembering and staying on message

The Visuals

• Visual v Text based communication

• Composition rules

• Resources

Technology & Mechanics

• Working with microphones and video recording

• Maximising use of the space / podium / stage with basic stagecraft

• File formats and backup plans

Authority

• Reinforcing credibility

• Handling questions

• Leading the room

• Dealing with interruptions and distractions

• When things go wrong