Public Speaking Workshop "Professional"

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Public Speaking Workshop "Professional"

Objective:

The workshop is designed for people looking to acquire basic understanding of the art of speaking in public. The workshop covers basic approaches to speech writing and techniques of effective delivery, and provides multiple opportunities to practice newly learned material. The three prepared speech deliveries are videotaped, while all deliveries and exercises are analyzed by the instructor.

Format:

The workshop is conducted as three 4-hour sessions and involves eight to ten participants. During the course of the workshop, participants are required to deliver seven speeches (see below).

The workshop is conducted by experienced professionals that bring valuable industry experience. Additionally, materials used in our workshops are based on teachings of Dale Carnegie and self-development techniques of NLP.

Homework assignments are to be prepared for each workshop session. The instruction is done in English, but questions and speech deliveries in French are allowed.

Program:

Session 1
	General Introduction “Let's Draw” game – activity designed to demonstrate how listeners tend to understand message of the speaker Listening skills –what prevents people from listening to others and how to deal with this Fear of speaking – why are we afraid of speaking and how to overcome our fear Techniques of delivery – how to deliver a speech successfully Introduction Speech – participants deliver their first prepared speech Organizing a speech – how to properly organize and write a speech Topic selection – how to correctly select a topic of your speech “Best Catcher” contest – activity designed to help participants improve their speech opening line Using research in speech – how to provide supporting evidence in your speeches
Session 2
	Brief session 1 review First impromptu speech - participants improvise a speech on a given topic Different modes of speaking – how to deal with improvised speech vs prepared one Famous speech – participants are required to deliver from a manuscript an excerpt of a famous speech Different purposes of speaking – how our delivery is varied based on the purpose of our speech Persuasive Speech – participants deliver their second prepared speech Using visual aids – how to use visual aids in your speech delivery Rehearsal techniques – how to practice your speech to delivery successfully Delivering in foreign language – do’s and dont’s of speech organization and delivery in the language, which is not native to you
Session 3
	Brief session 2 overview Second impromptu speech – participants improvise a speech on a given topic Storytelling techniques – how to effectively deliver speeches that involve jokes or dialogs Joke speech – participants present a joke or a short story that involves a dialog with two or more characters Topics Review – brief review of the topics covered in the workshop Final speech – participants present their third prepared speech Workshop conclusion

Participation Fee:

€300 TTC per person

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