"Can You Hear Me Now?" Public Speaking and the Power of Words The confident speaker, despite title or position, will have a competitive edge over just about everyone. Cultivating the ability to communicate, choose your words carefully, and engage people is the best investment you could ever make. The Science of presenting is the ability to organize, choose, and convey important information in a meaningful way. The Art of presenting is using your personal talent, personality, and resources so your audience will listen and stay engaged. Both are critical, even when presenting highly technical information. Learn how to take the lead and motivate the masses by conveying your message with passion and inspiration. At the end of this course, participants will be able to: a) Examine specific tools for organizing material b) Practice ways to present technical information c) Deliver and design a short presentation d) Explore mental coaching techniques to address fear e) Identify best practices of visual aids (i.e., PowerPoint)

1. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?
The Power of Your Words
Talia Fox, M.Ed., CEO KUSI
Training

2. What Can Your Words Achieve?
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Articulate values and ideas
Build image and credibility
Ask for resources
Manage and resolve conflict
Manage and lead people
Inspire and motivate others
Gaining power and
influence

3. Why This Skill Will Change Your
Career Success?
• Articulating the best of
who you are
• Authenticity vs. Office
Appropriateness
• Clear and concise
communication moves
business mission forward
• Helps you put your values
and needs in action!

4. Leadership Cannot Happen Without
Communication
What are your personal
communication listening
styles?
What are the styles of
those you want to
influence?

5. Understanding and Managing
Different Types of Communication
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Internal
External
Non-Verbal
Verbal

6. Build Executive Presence
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Look confident ( act as if)
Be present
Be supportive
Establish credibility and
trust
• Develop style
• Be clear and precise
• Cultivate Greater Emotional
Intelligence

7. The Science of the Chat
• Cultivating a natural
conversational style
• Be concise and clear without
sounding scripted or
disconnected
• The power and danger of eye
contact and verbal cues
• Challenges specific to women

8. Quick Tools to Improve Mental
Communication
Purpose: Drives all communication decisions
1. Introduction: Gets attention, Time frame, introduces 3 points
Transition: Connect to core personal leadership values
2. Points:
Point 1
Transition: Connect to Business Impact and Vision
Point 2
Transition: Communicate the Long term Mutual Benefits
Point 3
Transition: Why we value collaboration?
3. Conclusion: Drives purpose home, prepares for next steps

9. Shift From Amateur to Professional
Amateur
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Has knowledge
Has awareness
Has great ideas
Follows job description
Stays in comfort zone
Collaborates
Understands the power of
individual contributions
• Has values
Professional
• Turns knowledge into practice
• Articulates and implements
awareness
• Expresses ideas and Motivates others
• Aligns with personal/professional
values Seeks challenges to grow and
innovate
• Leverages resources and shapes
opportunities
• Liquidates collective value
• Makes choices based on values

10. Ability to get
things done
Controlling
one’s
environment
What is
power?
Exercising
authority
Capacity to
influence
outcomes

11. Chatting Your Way to The Top
Talk about things that support the big picture:
• What is the short term and long term
Vision?
• What are the various Missions to
accomplish?
• What are your personal and business
Values?
• What are your professional and personal
Goals?
• How can I improve Performance and
productivity?
• What challenges is the organization
facing?
• How can I (we) address these challenges?