Have you decided to present your ideas at work? Do you want to enhance your ability to sell a product or service? Are you interested in being more at ease when speaking about yourself and your business at networking events and other professional settings? If you answered “yes” to these questions, enroll in this unique new program today – seating is limited to the first 10 registrants.
Description:
Meetings, presentations, formal proposals, networking events, and even casual hallway or water-cooler conversations are all important professional speaking opportunities. Regardless of the venue, the ability to present your ideas and communicate meaningful messages with poise and presence can make a difference between being dull and forgettable or compelling and influential. This program will provide practical tips to present yourself and your ideas with conviction, clarity, and confidence. Specifically, you will:
- Review and practice methods for developing, organizing, and designing a clear and meaningful message
- Learn and practice techniques to enhance delivery skills, engage the audience, and maintain poise
- Experience hands-on practice and feedback (video playback/ audience input) of message design and delivery
Format:
This program includes four sessions, 5:30 - 7:30pm, Monday's October 12th & 26th, November 9th & 16th, with time in between sessions for message development, presentation practice, and revision – please see the complete schedule below.
SPECIAL NOTE: Participants must agree to attend all four sessions and the competition in their entirety.
Monday October 12th
- Introduction
- Conviction and credibility
- Audience strategy
- Design tools
- Hands-on practice to develop and organize your message
Monday October 26th
- Word choice, phrasing, and conciseness
- Delivery skills
- Techniques to create impact and enhance audience engagement
- Rehearsal tips
Monday November 9th
- Individual presentations, followed by video
playback and audience critique - Self-reflection and plan for revisions
Monday November 16th
- Individual presentations, followed by video
playback and audience critique - Final reflection and program evaluation
About the facilitator: Cindy Byrd, founder/owner image potential training and consulting
Communicate with insight & impact
Teaching and inspiring others how to bring their best self and best thinking to all they do fuels Cindy’s passion for improving quality of life. As a branding and leadership development specialist, educator, and public speaker, she helps individuals and businesses optimize their potential to communicate with greater insight and impact, build positive brands and long-term relationships, and create exceptional experiences for colleagues, employees, and customers alike.
Cindy uses her keen insight and creativity to customize engaging learning opportunities for employee development programs, public workshops, and conference presentations and to serve as a visionary thinking partner with the
individuals, businesses, and organizations she assists through her business, image potential training and consulting.
Cindy’s background includes 10 years as a manager, 16 years as a business owner, and 13 years as a business professor at Robert Morris University Illinois where she is now professor emeritus. She is certified in leadership development, is a past recipient of the 25 Women in Leadership award, and is a member of the East Peoria Chamber of Commerce, McLean County Chamber of Commerce, I’ve Decided, the Association for Talent Development Heart of Central Illinois Chapter, and the Central Illinois Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners. She is a frequently requested keynote and breakout session speaker for conferences at the local, regional, and state levels. For more information, connect with Cindy on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/in/CindyByrd.
Your investment: $299.00 (Non-Members), $149 (Members), includes all four sessions, workbook, and videography. Register today, remember, enrollment is limited to 10.
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