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Captivate Your Audience

and Make Your Message Stick

Master the 4 key dimensions of public speaking by completing this training and support program based on the neuroscience of communication and learning.

Overcome Your Public Speaking Anxiety and Challenges

Most people experience states of anxiety when presenting in front of others.

Where does this come from and how can it be overcome? How can we make our message stick?

Our Critical Learning Path© analysis has led us to 4 key dimensions:

MINDSET


Understanding the importance of these skills. Being aware of the potential biases that hold us back. The identity of a speaker.

SPeAKer


How well do you know yourself as a speaker, with both your strengths and vulnerabilities acquired over the years?

AUDIENCE


How well do you know your audience? Who are they, what do they know and feel about the topic? What are their expectations?

METHOD


Many speakers lack a well-defined plan and pre-event rehearsals. This often results in increased levels of anxiety.

Develop a Solid Foundation as a Speaker and Then Build on It Through Practice

Most of the courses we've encountered focus on the external aspects of speaking. The internet is full of quick tips and partial solutions. This program is designed to provide you with a solid foundation as a speaker and a safe space to prepare and grow.

  • Science-based expertise
  • Ready-to-apply practices and tools
  • Self-assessment and introspection
  • Point of View - speech analysis exercises
  • Generic case studies for practicing speech design

Throughout the program, you will practice with a real presentation of your choice, one that you are planning to deliver at work, at an event, or in front of friends.

  • Science-based expertise
  • Ready-to-apply practices and tools
  • Self-assessment and introspection
  • Point of View - speech analysis exercises
  • Case studies for practicing speech design

Throughout the program, you will practice with a real presentation of your choice, one that you are planning to deliver at work, at an event, or in front of friends.

Within each of us lies the potential to become a skilled, if not remarkable, public speaker. Through self-discovery, discipline, and practice, we can unearth and refine this inherent capability.

Within each of us lies the potential to become a skilled, if not remarkable, public speaker. Through

           self-discovery, discipline, and practice, we can

           unearth and refine this inherent capability.

Within each of us lies the potential to become a skilled, if not remarkable, public speaker. Through self-discovery, discipline,

          and practice, we can unearth and refine this inherent capability.

Program Structure and Deliverables

Target audience: corporate teams that desire solid training and real progress in public speaking

Duration: 2 consecutive days for the main session + on-demand follow up practice sessions

Methods used: classroom training - speech analysis, exercises, real presentation practice

PROGRAM MODULES

TOPICS

DELIVERABLES


#1. The importance, myths, and challenges of public speaking

  • Introduction and course guide
  • Relevant neuroscience insights 
  • Your identity as a speaker
  • Context, stakes, and self-limitations

Understanding your current mindset: what holds you back, where do you feel you're losing ground, and what motivates you most to make a change? What specific outcomes do you expect?

#2. Speaker's self-awareness

  • The speaker's "brain scan"
  • Rider & elephant - a useful analogy
  • The SCARF button panel
  • The influence of mental software
  • Speaker self-awareness tool

You'll understand how our brains work as speakers and which buttons to push to facilitate the desired impact. You'll document and validate your strengths and vulnerabilities. 

#3. Understanding your audience

  • The psychology of attention
  • Audience audit tool

You will become familiar with a tool for understanding your audience. You will understand the dynamics of their engagement.

#4. Building, practicing, and delivering the presentation

  • Speech analysis exercise
  • Message & presentation design
  • Balancing cognition & emotions
  • "Mirror Reading" - practice
  • Delivering the presentation

You will familiarise yourself with the "Speech Map", a tool for constructing your message. You will refine and practice your presentation. You will receive detailed 360 feedback.


FOLLOW-UP PRACTICE

These are on-demand additional practice and support sessions organized around particular types of public speaking challenges or engaging themes. Here are just some examples; other variations are possible.

THE COMPLEXITY GAME

Practicing with presentations of complex, highly technical, and/or voluminous topics. Exercising different strategies of simplification and helping the audience relate to the information.

emotional rollercoaster

Practicing with public speaking objectives requiring significant emotional impact: motivational speeches, generating acceptance towards a difficult change, convincing people to act and sustain something.

DROP THE MIC BATTLE

Friendly public speaking competition organised between departments or organizations to spice up practice and generate more engagement. It facilitates the development of a public speaking culture.

It is very rare to meet an audience that judges you more harshly than you judge yourself. Development as a speaker is a process

          that begins with giving yourself the space to make mistakes, to

          correct them, and to "embarrass" yourself.

It is very rare to meet an audience that judges you more harshly than you judge yourself. Development

           as a speaker is a process that begins with giving

           yourself the space to make mistakes, to correct them,

           and to "embarrass" yourself.

It is very rare to meet an audience that judges you more harshly than you judge yourself. Development as a speaker is a process that begins with giving yourself the space to make mistakes, to correct them, and to "embarrass" yourself.

Program Implementation

Below are some details regarding enrollment in the training program and its implementation.

GROUPS

Maximum 15 persons.

Ideally 12 people to ensure the optimal level of interaction.

SESSIONS

2 consecutive days for the main training session.

1 day for the additional practice & support sessions.

PREREQUISITES

Prework - self-reflection to complete before session.

Selecting a real company presentation to work on.

VIDEO RECORDING

The individual speeches will be recorded to serve as a self-awareness and feedback tool.

The training sessions can be organized at the client's facilities or at a location provided by us. The video-audio recordings of the speeches will be deleted at the end of the program. We can individually provide the participants with their corresponding video files if they request them.

  Petre Bica  

The Learning Distillery

Luxembourg

About Me

Over 20 years of international experience in training, tactical coaching, learning consultancy, and developing training programs. Author of numerous innovative courses delivered worldwide. Expert in L&D technologies and E-learning development.

  • More than 5000 speakers I trained or coached 
  • Helping TEDx speakers improve their performance 
  • Training TV & media professionals in presentation skills
  • Coaching CxO level in public speaking skills

Contact

Let's drink a coffee or a tea and discuss about your team's public speaking challenges. I would be happy to help.

 petre@learningdistillery.com  +352 691602698  (EN, FR)

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