Webinar On Finding Your Own Voice: Presenting With Confidence, Presence, And Clarity

Overview: This webinar offers a comprehensive presentation practice - "a presenter's box of tools" - that can allow participants to speak to anyone, at any time about any subject that they choose to speak on. You will learn ways to optimize your presentation skills through the use of stories, examples, tips, guidelines, and experiential exercises.

Included in this program is a unique model of communication, based upon the tenets of Aikido, which, when utilized, can bring out the best in you as a presenter, and at the same time create a memorable experience for your audience

Why should you attend: In the film, "The King's Speech," in a moment of exasperation, the king, who has a speech defect, says to his speech therapist: "Listen to me!" And the therapist responds: "Listen to you? By what right?" "By Divine right, if you must. I'm you're king." "No, you're not. You told me so yourself. You said you didn't want it. Why should I waste my time listening -" "Because I have a right to be heard… I have a voice!" 

We all have a right to be heard. And we all have a voice. But for many of us something happens when we speak in public: we lose contact with our voice; we become flustered, anxious, and/or fearful. As a former professional actor and a presentation teacher for the past thirty years, I have seen these disagreeable symptoms show up with people regardless of their level of experience. The difference, though, between a well-seasoned presenter and a novice is in how we respond to the following questions: what do we do when things aren't going well during a presentation? Do we try to act like it isn't happening? Do we deny or try to cover up our feelings?

Most experienced presenters do not get rattled when fear arises - for one simple reason. They have developed a "way to work" for themselves, a comprehensive practice that they can rely upon, that allows them to embrace whatever they are experiencing in any given moment. With a reliable practice, they can feel confident that at any time while making a presentation they can reach into their "presenter's box of tools" for just what they need to help them stay on course. 

Areas Covered in the Session:

• Focus on what is most important while making a presentation
• Organize a presentation for optimal effect
• Approach presenting from a "beginner's" perspective
• Create a welcoming, safe environment for your audience
• Respect and identify the needs of the audience
• Utilize a unique, creative model of communication
• Prepare yourself to make a presentation
• Be more in tune with yourself, your audience, and your material

Who Will Benefit:

• Any company or organization where presentations have to be delivered for conferences, in-house meetings or to customers
• Executives
• Managers
• Technical Staff
• Sales Staff

Instructor:

Robert Elliott has worked with individuals and groups throughout North America, Asia, Micronesia and Europe as a speaker, corporate educator and leadership coach. He has conducted his Creating Quality leadership, communication, and relationship building programs with executives, middle management, and support personnel from Fortune 500 companies as well as smaller companies in the fields of technology, healthcare, insurance, entertainment, and manufacturing. In addition, he has worked with federal and state agencies, the military, law enforcement, and county and city governments. He has also served on the business faculties of UCLA, UC Irvine, San Diego State University and Loyola Marymount University Extension Programs. 

Robert earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of California at Berkeley, where he graduated with honors, and an MFA in writing from Sarah Lawrence College.