Presentation & Public Speaking Skills

Be ready to anticipate the moment. Feel the goals and aspirations of your audience and make the presentation of your life! Divided into three sections—planning, writing and giving a presentation, The Basics of How to Plan, Write and Give a Winning Presentation! will help you overcome the “presentation jitters” and deliver what the audience expects—a great speech! Includes DVD and 75 Ways to Improve Your Next Speech book. 30 minutes.

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This program has been prepared specifically to help young people overcome their nerves and fears in going public and make a presentation that is entertaining and rewarding. Students are introduced to some of the techniques used by professional presenters, including planning and researching your topic, writing and timing your presentation, using confident body language, eye contact and voice and using visual aids and handouts. This is "must see television" for any young person facing the prospect of making a presentation.

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Today's leaders must connect with their audiences in substantive ways that go far beyond the giving of information. Leaders must be able to motivate audiences to commitment, not merely to compliance. Terry Pearce explores and demonstrates ways in which a leader can elevate a speech into a more powerful and ultimately productive experience—for the speaker as well as for the listener.

Program Highlights

• Reaching both the minds and the hearts of an audience.
• Using your voice to inspire others to take committed action.
• The power of authenticity—how conviction creates clarity.
  • The Mastery of Speaking as a Leader - DVD $129.99 [Add to Cart]

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Host Steve Landesberg, of the "Barney Miller" TV show, and a team of actors show the most common ways speakers can botch a presentation. Then they show the four main components of effective speaking for an audience of any size.

This video proves that the ability to speak effectively is one of the most powerful tools for personal and professional success. And because people who speak effectively are perceived as leaders, the importance of training all members of your organization in the techniques presented here cannot be overstated. By showing this film to both management and the workforce, you'll help people build better relationships with colleagues and customers while greatly enhancing the quality of communication, creativity, productivity and the very image of your organization.

Participants will learn: 

• What causes public-speaking fear and how to avoid it
• The roles of appearance and body language
• How to most effectively communicate your message

Program Contents: A 24 minute VHS or DVD, Leader's Guide

One of the greatest fears for most individuals is making a presentation in front of one person or an entire group. The fear is real and, for many, it can be devastating to an otherwise promising career. Now, with this 30-minute training program, you'll learn to develop the skills necessary to make every presentation a total success. You'll learn how to: overcome jitters; appear calm and composed; deliver what audiences expect; and much more. Order now and improve your skills in the crucial activity of making presentations!

Includes: A 30 minute DVD, 97-page book and audio CD

Online Training Option:

This program is also available over the web or over your company’s network. This option makes it is easy for you to deliver video to any employee’s desktop at any location with web access. The online program includes:

David Couper , Jacqueline Stewart / 2003

Training Objectives

• Improve interpersonal skills
• Enhance management performance
• Create effective teams
• Improve communication within your organization

Activities

Select activities to build training that examines all the key people skills your managers need. These skills include:

• Assertiveness
• Presentation
• Counseling
• Teamwork
• Verbal communication
• Listening
• Nonverbal communication

Time Guidelines

• 14 activities take less than 30 minutes
• 27 activities take between 30 minutes and 1 hour
• 11 activities take between 1 and 2 hours

Format: 3-ring binder

Released - 2005

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This course is also available for online training, see details below.

A library of 39 video clips on various aspects of communication, plus a comprehensive guide for using the clips in a number of innovative ways!

Designed for maximum flexibility, the Communication Toolkit provides you with high quality video vignettes that you can use in your own custom training courses. Each vignette/clip runs anywhere from 20 seconds to 3 minutes and depicts a common workplace interaction. Suggestions are provided for using the clips to draw out specific lessons/skills on communication.

The 39 clips in the Toolkit fall into the following

1. Speaking Clearly and Specifically 2. Listening/Asking for Clarification 3. Nonverbal Communication 4. Resolving Conflict/Difficult Conversations 5. Group Communication 6. Presentation Skills

Clips are provided in two formats:

Format 1: The clip is introduced with some brief narration. The narration sets up the scene and gives a very general idea of what to look for in the vignette. As the narration plays, key phrases and words are highlighted through on-screen graphics.

Format 2: The scene plays without any set-up narration/onscreen graphics.

The accompanying Leader's Guide contains the following information for each clip:

• Primary and secondary skills that can be taught using the clip
• Suggested training applications
• Background information relevant to the clip
• Scene description and photo
• Suggested Discussion Questions along with possible responses
• Activity Suggestions
• Key points to draw from the clip
• Ideas for following up on training conducted
• Suggestions for using the clip in conjunction with other clips in the Communication Toolkit

Online Training Option

• Pricing - $9.95 per user
• Minimum order - $500
• Users receive a post-test and certificate of completion. You set the test’s passing grade.
• You get an Administrator’s Page that shows who has logged on to take the training and the test score of each viewer.

Please contact us by email if you have more than 1000 users for special pricing options.

Note: When you order the online training version of this program, our shopping cart will show 50 items listed (minimum number of participants) for $500, each additional participant/item added is $9.95

Program Contents:

• Video clips on CD-Rom and DVD, printed Leader's Guide and Leader's Guide on CD-ROM.
• The Guide also contains reference tables that help you select clips by skill (such as Listening) or application (such as Supervisor-to-Subordinate communication).

Communication Skills…What Everyone Needs to Know
Effective communication is the difference between productivity and chaos in the workplace. There are basic skills you must learn and apply to ensure your message is understood every time. But too often we forget the fundamentals as we rush to complete more work in less time. In this new training program you'll learn practical techniques to improve all your communication skills-written, oral, electronic, and face-to-face.
Includes DVD and Everyday Communication Techniques for the Workplace management book.

How to Build a High-Performance Workforce…The Keys to Effective Supervision
Whether it's your first day as a supervisor or you're a seasoned veteran, this training program will make you even better at your job. You'll learn to develop the critical skills you need to be a truly effective leader-communicate with clarity, make effective and timely decisions, recruit, train, motivate and retain a successful workforce! Even the busiest managers can apply the training techniques found in this new program.
Includes DVD and Developing a High-Performance Workforce book.

The Basics of How to Plan, Write and Give A Winning Presentation
Be ready to anticipate the moment. Feel the goals and aspirations of your audience and make the presentation of your life! Divided into three sections-planning, writing and giving a presentation, this new training program will help you overcome the “presentation jitters” and deliver what the audience expects-a great speech!
Includes DVD and 75 Ways to Improve Your Next Speech book.

• The Communication Combination Offer - DVD $399.99 [Add to Cart]

• Question and qualify visitor quickly
• Dismiss unqualified visitors politely and professionally
• Focus demonstrations on the visitor's area of interest
• Add visitors to ongoing conversations so they do not have to wait
• Ggenerate complete, useful leads. (And have a lot more fun doing it.)

In the Trade Show Selling Skills Video Training Series, Matthew Hill demonstrates common mistakes made by exhibit staff, and teaches proven techniques for correcting them. Here, the exhibit staff is talking amongst themselves and being inaccessible to visitors. We'll show you how to fix that without busting kneecaps.

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Tips, Tactics, and How-To's for Delivering Effective training

This complete collection of training tips, tactics and how-tos will show you the eight steps to proper presentation preparation, how to customize training to your audience, and how to keep learners motivated both during and after the training session. This second edition includes a comprehensive resource guide, activity sheets, transparencies, outlines, detachable index cards, and more. An invaluable resource for delivering cost-effective, high-impact training.

Selected Contents

• Creative Genesis
• Learner Motivation
• Group Involvement
• Customizing Training
• Closing the Circle
• Presentation Preparation
• Visual Aids
• Creative Materials
• Presentation Techniques
• Creating Effective Resource Materials

• Creative Training Techniques Handbook $69.99 [Add to Cart]

3-Ring Binder

Use this practice-oriented workshop to teach team leaders and group facilitators the key skills for leading productive team meetings. This workshop contains everything you need to teach others how to facilitate; it comes complete with background material for the trainer and participants, and handouts for evaluation.

The Resource Guide includes "how to's" on group leading and problem solving for new facilitators. It covers everything from agenda setting to selecting the right problem solving tools. Use it as a participant coursebook with the training program, as a self-study option, or for managers who need to understand more about the facilitator's role.

Fully Updated, Including:

• An all new chapter on process management
• More problem solving tools
• A new chapter on how to get started with a team and how to involve management in all phases
• Creative ideas for handling conflicts and dealing with difficult people in teams
• Improved material on preparing agendas
• Comprehensive bibliography

Contents Include

• Warm-up and agenda setting
• Observing, listening, and questioning skills
• Problem-solving methods
• Dealing with problem people
• Setting team guidelines
• Creating a Vision
• And much more!

• Faultless Facilitation Resource Guide (2nd edition) $99.99 [Add to Cart]

One of the few resources that addresses the unique needs of support professionals

By Elizabeth Sansom and Christine Newton

This manual of activities is written for support staff – the unsung heroes and heroines of organizations who often are the ones for whom there is no training budget. Or who can not be spared from their work to spend time in training.

The book presents a wide range of activities and handouts to help teach and apply the most critical competences for administrative, secretarial and support professionals. Titles include: Delivering Bad News, Getting My Point Across, Proud to Be Part of the Team and Getting Organized.

It’s all here... the activity description, target group, objectives, number of participants, time, materials, important notes for the trainer, method and optional elements. Included is an activity time checklist – so you can choose from exercises that can be completed in 60 minutes, 60-90 minutes and two hours.

The 50 activities are conveniently organized into 10 areas:

• Orientation
• Motivation and Empowerment
• Caring for Our Customers
• Face-to-Face Communication
• Telephone Skills
• Written Communication
• Time Management
• Managing Small Projects
• Meetings
• Presentation Skills

This training can be carried out in short sessions and in-house by supervisors or managers who are not officially trainers. The exercises all actively involve the participants and –because they are fun – have much more impact.

With 50 Training Activities for Administrative, Secretarial and Support Staff, you can motivate your staff, encourage them to achieve the best possible standards and enable them to grow in their constantly evolving jobs.

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Redesigning your Website starts with preplanning, goal setting, and getting early buy-in from stakeholders. Nine key steps are outlined, including developing a redesign blueprint, creating mockups to communicate to developers, and conducting user testing.

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