Accelerate! Powerful Presentation Strategies to Achieve Results

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Program Description

Most LNCs are not experienced speakers. While you have excellent technical skills and medical expertise, you may not know how to best communicate with your target audience (attorneys). Stephanie Scotti makes her living teaching presentation skills. You’ll learn how to most effectively present your message. You are asked to make a presentation at a law firm or conference for attorneys or paralegals. Would you know where to begin? Would you know how to engage your audience, deliver your message, and connect with the decision makers? Would you like to master powerful presentation strategies that help you achieve relaxed self-confidence? Would you like to ace your presentation and gain credibility and clients?

In this 1-hour webinar you will learn how to:

• Adopt 4 techniques guaranteed to engage your audience
• Craft your message using a fool-proof blueprint for success
• Connect both emotionally and intellectually with every audience
• Gain audience participation

Bonuses: Performance tools, job aids, tip sheets

Presenter

Stephanie Scotti has 30 years as an executive speech coach. She has consulted with over 3,000 individuals in professional practices, Fortune 500 companies, international corporate executives (including non-native speakers from Russia, China, Turkey, Brazil, Poland, Italy, and India) and the highest level of government official (including the President’s Cabinet). A communications catalyst, author and speaker, Stephanie is an active member of National Speakers Association and an award-winning leadership professional. She holds a Bachelor’s in Speech Communications & Education and a Master’s in Organizational Communications & Business and taught for eight years at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Stephanie also volunteers as a communications coach for non-profits such as the Red Cross and the Governing Institute of New Jersey and serves as the Director of Community Relations for the National Speakers Association – New Jersey.

Testimonials (read more)
“Stephanie had coached me on a high-stakes presentation at AT&T Corporate Headquarters and with her guidance, I was able to walk confidently across that stage with a smile; poised, relaxed and ready to have fun with the group!

After the first time working with Stephanie, my confidence soared dramatically. Something she said to me as we were just getting started with our coaching session has resonated with me time and time again; I can “hear” her voice and I “replay” her comment in my mind every time I get up in front of an audience, even one year later! I’ve just started teaching at OLLI-Rutgers and I have Stephanie to thank for helping me develop my interactive teaching style and content. She has left a lasting impression!” —January 13, 2010, Eva Abreu, hired Stephanie as a Speaking Coach in 2008

“Stephanie coached me for a public speaking engagement and I owe the excellent reviews I received to her! She was expert at honing my content, had terrific ideas to make my presentation more interactive, and helped me overcome my fear of speaking. Working with Stephanie set me up for success in every way. She is delightful to work with, I highly recommend her to any speaker or trainer, no matter what your experience level!”
November 11, 2009, Barbara Nelson, hired Stephanie as a Business Consultant in 2009

Related Reading

Three Techniques Guaranteed to Engage Your Audience
by Stephanie Scotti

While visiting a friend recently in Chapel Hill, NC, we attended a lecture on the University of North Carolina campus. When the speaker started presenting, I noticed that the audience — which ranged in age from 6 to well over 60 — was completely enthralled (including me!) from start to end.

Intrigued, I decided to take a step back to see exactly how this presenter was creating such a powerful experience for his listeners.

To tell you the truth, he wasn’t doing every single thing right — and somehow it didn’t matter. My lesson that day was that he did three things exceptionally well — and those were enough to captivate his audience. And you can start doing those same three things today.

1. Direct eye contact.
As he looked out at his audience, the speaker looked at everyone — and I mean everyone. No one was left out. That meant he had to turn to his right, pause, return to the center, pause again, and then turn to his left. With each pause, he had direct eye contact — the kind you’d have with a good friend while sharing a cup of coffee. It was sincere and natural.

Lesson #1: Whenever you are speaking, eye contact throughout your presentation is absolutely essential. Pick out someone (perhaps a colleague or a person you just met), look at him or her for a few seconds, then move on to someone in another part of the room. The rule of thumb for skilled speakers is 90% direct, roving, and continuous eye contact.

2. Personal engagement.
This speaker wasn’t simply reading a script (which, by the way, he was using). Rather, he was thinking about what he was saying. For example, when he mentioned that he had been reflecting on a certain topic, he took the time to pause and reflect while describing the scenario to us. Staying in the moment — being truly present — and thinking about what he was saying made his listeners want to take the time and effort to listen rather than daydream.

Lesson #2: Your audience can always detect when you are reading. This type of mindless presentation invites your listeners to tune out sooner rather than later. Make every effort to “think the thought” and stay personally engaged in your message.

3. Smile.
It sounds so simple, and yet many speakers still underestimate the power of this gesture. A smile opens up conversation and builds rapport like nothing else. Don’t grin like a buffoon — keep it natural, and use it right from the start. Before you say a word, take a moment to look out at your audience and smile. It’s the easiest way to win over an audience, and help reduce any nervous anxiety.

Lesson #3: Smiling is a basic yet powerful gesture that communicates your approachability to listeners.

Non-verbal skills like eye contact, engagement, and smiling are just as important as the content of your message. Often, these skills make the difference between connecting with your audience on a personal level and having them mentally reviewing their to-do lists while you’re speaking. It’s an easy way to make sure listening to you is at the top of that list.