Overview:

Have you ever walked away from a meeting or conference call and wished you had spoken up more? Or when you did speak, people actually listened? Do you want to feel more confident whether you are pitching a new client or investor, presenting a report to your boss or management team  or simply to run meetings more effectively? When you speak to key audiences, do you feel you just aren’t connecting or breaking through?

The ability to present your ideas in a compelling and clear way is a critical skill for everyone at all levels of an organization.  In this lively workshop, you will learn how to better craft and deliver presentations.  Topics to be covered include: 

• Building Executive Presence: The Importance of Authenticity and Authority
• Hooking Your Audience By Speaking to What Matters to Your Audience (“Value Speak” vs. “List Speak”)
• Creating Memorable Messages that Grab and Hold Attention
• SAVE (Stance, Attitude, Voice and Expression) to Use Body Language to Your Advantage 
• Using Power Words and Eliminating Words that Undermine You
• Storytelling That Advances Your Messages
• Defending Your Position: How to Stay in Control and Confident when Challenged on Your Ideas or Approach 
• Techniques to Build Confidence and Quell Nerves
• Handling Q&As

Participants will leave this interactive workshop with practical tools and strategies to implement immediately in order to feel more confident to connect, convince and persuade when it matters most. 

Competencies:  Oral Communication, Messaging, Presentation Skills, Persuasion

MEET PRESIDENT & COMMUNICATIONS EXPERT, LIZ WAINGER

Before founding Wainger Group in 2000, Liz held a senior communications positions with Morino Institute and Venture Philanthropy Partners, The National Trust for Historic Preservation and The American Institute of Architects. She was a reporter at The Washington Post on the Metro and Style desks.

As a Certified Professional Facilitator, she is part of an elite group of professionals, highly educated and certified to be skilled at creating workshops and group processes that get to the heart of the matter, foster alignment, build consensus, and derive solutions to complex challenges.

Learn more about Liz and Wainger Group offerings here.