Course Descriptions
 


Transforming Technical Presentations

Through this foundational course, participants will learn best practices for giving dynamic and audience-focused technical presentations. Through a blend of lecture, discussion, analysis, and exercises, participants will walk away with immediately applicable strategies for content organization, slide design and delivery. These strategies, backed by extensive cognitive science research, will transform how individuals think about their work and the message they share.

Agenda Topics:

  1. Analyze Audience: size up your audience, adapt to the level of detail needed, and create a strong opening to hook them right from the start

  2. Organize Content: apply principles to maximize audiences’ retention, and unlock the power of storytelling

  3. Transform Slides: explore the problem with traditional PowerPoints, and lend clarity to technical information with assertion-evidence slide design and other visual strategies

  4. Identify Noise: create meaningful visual companions to important data, and learn which data and content to omit

  5. Deliver Confidently: develop a powerful delivery style by, think on your feet, and reflect on your vocal variety and body language through videotaped exercises


Formats Offered:

On Site   Multi-Day   |  Max. 20 Participants
7.5 HOUR WORKSHOP + 2 HOUR GROUP COACHING SESSIONS

On Site   One-Day   |  MAX. 35 Participants 
6 - 7 HOUR WORKSHOP

On Site   half-day   |  MAX. 50 Participants
3 - 4 HOUR WORKSHOP

VIRTUAL  Multi-Day  |  MAX 16 PARTICIPANTS
1 HOUR PREPARATION CALL + 3 HOUR WORKSHOP + 2 HOUR GROUP COACHING SESSIONS



Presenting with Confidence

Most people would like to appear more confident in their communication - but how do we actually accomplish this? Confidence is a slippery concept and hard to define. In this workshop, we will break down the techniques that yield more confident delivery. We see how small adjustments to your delivery style can boost credibility and confidence, and we discuss strategies to reduce nervousness in a variety of public speaking situations.

Agenda Topics:

  1. Learn strategies for appearing more confident using your voice and body

  2. Practice vocal variety, pauses, and emphasis, plus review good posture, meaningful gestures and effective eye contact in a virtual or in-person setting

  3. Receive personalized feedback on your delivery 

 

Formats Offered:

VIRTUAL  Multi Day  |  MAX 12 PARTICIPANTS
1 HOUR PREPARATION CALL + 3 HOUR WORKSHOP + 2 HOUR GROUP COACHING SESSIONS



Transforming Presentation Slides

If you’re at a loss when it comes to designing slides, you’re not alone. Most presenters aren’t sure how to visually support their spoken content when they present. So, they default to the ineffective style we see everywhere – a bullet point filled slide that the presenter reads to a bored and confused audience. But there’s a better way. In this course, you’ll learn a method for designing visual slides in business or technical presentations called assertion-evidence (or message-visual). This method will increase audience engagement, deepen understanding of your topic, and boost your confidence when presenting.

Agenda Topics:

  1. Challenge Status Quo: Explore commonly held beliefs for traditional PowerPoints 

  2. Transform Slides: Discuss strategies for designing slides that brings clarity to complex information and revise a slide using these best practices

  3. Craft Messaging: Develop concise messages to support the main point on each slide

  4. Focus Visuals: Reduce the clutter on the slide to direct the audience’s attention to meaning in data and other visuals
     

Formats Offered:

On Site  Max. 12 PARTICIPANTS
3.5 HOUR WORKSHOP 

VIRTUAL  Max. 12 participants
2 HOUR WORKSHOP + 30-MINUTE 1:1 COACHING
 



The Business of Storytelling

Storytelling is the most powerful form of communication. Stories motivate, earn trust, illustrate concepts, reveal vulnerabilities, and most importantly, tap into the emotional part of the brain that is essential for persuasion. This workshop enables participants to become better communicators in business by learning the foundations of effective storytelling and developing their storytelling skills. Participants will receive feedback on their story during small group breakouts.

Agenda Topics:

  1. Learn the elements of any great story

  2. Watch strong storytellers in action and dissect what makes them great

  3. Get personalized feedback on your story
     

Formats Offered:

On Site   2 HOUR WORKSHOP  |  10 - 50 PARTICIPANTS

VIRTUAL  2 HOUR WORKSHOP   |  10 - 50 PARTICIPANTS
*Option to add on 1:1 Coaching
 



The Art of the Elevator Pitch

In this workshop, you’ll learn how to tell a compelling story about your work or professional background in 60-seconds. By reviewing example elevator pitches and analyzing successful strategies, workshop attendees will craft their own pitches. Through practice and peer feedback, participants will walk away with an effective pitch that can be tailored for different audiences.

Agenda Topics:

  1. Learn the Elevator Pitch Structure

  2. Watch examples of Elevator Pitches and  dissect what makes them great

  3. Get personalized feedback on your pitch
     

Formats Offered:

On Site   2 HOUR WORKSHOP  |  10 - 50 PARTICIPANTS

VIRTUAL  2 HOUR WORKSHOP  |  10 - 50 PARTICIPANTS
*Option to add on 1:1 Coaching