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Seminars and Group Training
My seminars and group lessons help build convincing speakers who present with genuineness, clarity and passion. I can teach your employees how to connect, and inspire listeners as they express themselves with poise, and authority in speeches, reports, presentations, sales talks, client meetings, pitches, testimony, and public appearances. I can teach your team to communicate with clients, consumers, and the public in ways that build relationships, and present the companies values effectively.
I offer simple, concise, 90 minute, on-site seminars. You need time to make your business run; at Speak Clear there are no four page contracts, no time consuming two-day seminars. I will give your employees the speaking skills they need, in a reasonable time frame, with a minimum of fuss.
Group lessons are for one or two hours and are tailored to meet the needs of each individual. Ten lesson plans are usually drawn up for each group in order to assure that goals are met effectively.
If you wish to put together a multiple-seminar and/or group lesson package, speak to me and I will design a customized program to suite your needs.
The following are some general guidelines for seminars and group lessons. Feel free to pick and choose from my templates, in order to create a tutorial that meets your business needs.
Public Speaking and Presentation Skills
My public speaking and presentation skills seminar will help your employees speak with conviction and clarity to any audience, in accommodating or difficult circumstances.
In this seminar we well cover:
- Coping with stage fright
- Coordinating and drafting your speech
- How to effectively prepare for your talk
- How to rehearse
- Testing the room: how to gauge how much vocal power to use
- What is your body saying? — Understanding and using nonverbal communication
- How to engage the audience and hold its attention
- How to handle questions and answer sessions
- Dealing with defiant, doubtful, or hostile audiences
- How to keep your audience actively engaged in your presentation
- Connecting with audiences on an emotional level
- What to do if your speech gets off-track
- Vocal variety: how to use your full vocal register while speaking
- Storytelling to engage and move audiences
- Avoiding vocal hiccups: “ahh’s” and “umm’s”
- Participant presentations with individual assessment
Building English Fluency for Non-Native Speakers
English is a difficult language to learn. I can teach your employee's how to identify their problematic American English sounds, stress, and intonation patterns, how to substitute these problem sounds with the correct American English sounds, and how to incorporate these new sounds into their conversational speech.
In the Building English Fluency Seminar we will cover:
- The spoken vs. the written word; what is the International Phonetic Alphabet? Is accent elimination necessary to speak English fluently?
- Our goal: avoid mispronouncing important words: ex. debt vs. debit (not eliminating one’s accent-of-origin)
- Proper breathing and spinal alignment.
- How accents are created; the body as resonance chamber.
- The eight articulators
- Core speaking muscles and resonance surfaces- diaphragm, vocal column, vocal fold, chest and facial vibrators
- Habitual speaking patterns -placing sound in the nose, back of the throat, front, middle and back of mouth.
- How to correct mispronunciation: Think the sound to its proper placement. Relax articulators you don’t need.
- Slow down your speech. Stop if you are being misunderstood. Ask if you are being understood.
- Vowels and Consonants
- 5 Vowels? 15 vowel sounds in well spoken English
- 21 Consonants? - 26 consonants in well spoken English
- Common mispronounced English Sounds
- Individual Assessment
Voice and Speech Skills
Over 70% of our perception of a speaker comes from his or her non-verbal cues; their body language, and the quality of their voice. A vibrant speaking style is one of the most powerful tools your employees own for affecting listener behavior. Company goals and revenue depend upon clear and effective voice and articulation skills.
In the Voice and Speech Skills Seminar we will cover:
- What is your “natural” voice?
- How does the voice work?
- How does clear thinking impact clear articulation?
- Improving the clarity and articulation of your speech
- Getting straight to the essence of your speech
- Increasing your sales through vocal persuasiveness
- Developing a bold speaking style
- Attaining a professional eloquence in your speech
- What is presence? Breathing, body-awareness, connection to the audience
- Speech problems: pronunciation, nasality, and lack of articulation
- Reducing an antagonistic or overly belligerent communication style
- Defeating the ever-present rapid speech syndrome
- Avoiding “Ahh’s, and ”Ummm’s,”
- Nonverbal communication-What is your body language saying about you?
- Becoming more passionate about your product, service, or mission
- Overcoming stage fright; learning to breath through nerves
- Speaking with authority
Call and book a seminar or group lesson today. Speak Clear can give your employees the skills necessary for speaking excellence!
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