The Fearless Presentations Workshop in Washington DC was another total success. The class was full of determined individuals wanting to improve their presentations and public speaking skills. The quality of the instruction was equaled to the efforts of the attendees. The overwhelming consensus of the people was that they felt like the class greatly reduced their anxiety for speaking in front of groups. Also the instruction of how to design a presentation with the audience in mind was very helpful in preparing very effect presentations. Washington DC is known for their incredible orators…you can add another 13 to the list. The improvement was very evident from the group from the beginning to the end.
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Participants in the Fearless Presentations class in Phoenix, Arizona Eliminate Fear of Public Speaking
Fearless Presentations® class in Phoenix, Arizona helps participants become more confident speakers. Many of the participants in the class experienced a fear of public speaking and nervousness that was holding them back in their careers.
In the Fearless Presentations® class, participants are able to overcome the fear of public speaking by immediately practicing the exercises that the instructor explains. By no means is this a passive, lecture-based class. Participants spend more time out of their seats than in their seats! When they leave the class, they feel more confident not only about speaking in front of a group, but also about the future of their careers.
Phoenix, Arizona is just one of the cities the Fearless Presentations® class comes to in the U.S. throughout the year. Participants are guaranteed to reduce their nervousness and improve their public speaking skills.
Relevant Resources: Books to Kick Off 2012
I help edit SPEAKER Magazine for the National Speakers Association (NSA). Each month I curate the Relevant Resources column – a list of time-saving tools and technologies. The January/February edition lists books recommended by NSA members as inspiration for the New Year. Go Ahead and Laugh: A Serious Guide to Speaking with Humor, by Rich [...]
Manufacturing Industry: China will win, hands down
I download podcasts and listen to them on my drive to work. Today, driving my 16-year-old car which has any number of replacement auto parts keeping it on the road, listening to a 3-year-old Apple iPod, I heard two stories which described how electronics and auto parts are manufactured in China and America. Apart a [...]
PowerPoint is a Visual Aid Not the Presentation
This video is a first in a series of PowerPoint Tips to help viewers more quickly and easily design and deliver PowerPoint Presentations. Tip #1 is that PowerPoint is a Visual Aid, Not the Actual Presentation. Most people start designing their speech by creating their slideshow, but that is backwards. If you design your presentation first, it is more easy now to design slides that help explain or prove the points in your presentation. If you design the slideshow first, you are likely to use Powerpoint as a crutch which increases nervousness and increases the chances that you will actually forget something or lose your audience along the way.
Pre-Holiday Public Speaking Workshop in Chicago Illinois Helps 9 People become Fearless
While many people are thinking about buying presents and preparing for the holiday season, the 
9 people who attended the Fearless Presentations Public Speaking Workshop prepared for a more successful future by improving their public speaking skills. They came from as far away as Paris, France to Chicago, Illinois, with a common goal — overcome their fear of speaking in public and learn a more effective way to deliver presentations. Mission accomplished. Everyone experienced major improvement in the increased confidence in their newly developed skills in public speaking. They each got up in front of the group and delivered five well thought out and delivered presentations. The Fearless Presentations Public Speaking Workshop is centered on the philosophy is that we have to have right attitude to develop a new skill, we must learn the proper techniques to be a great presenter, and to practice the new skills. But, participants found that the biggest difference between this workshop and others they have attended was the Real Time Coaching performed by one of the Leaders Institute’s qualified and experienced instructors.
Don’t miss out on your opportunity to improve your ability to communicate by signing up for one of the Fearless Presentations Workshops in your city, or one close by.
Guest Posting: Worst Brand Name Award of 2011, by Alexandra Watkins
Alexandra Watkins is the Founder & Chief Innovation Officer at Eat My Words, a San Francisco based creative naming agency known for creating unforgettable brand names. The following post originally appeared in her blog and is reposted here with her express permission. Announcing the most frightful brand name of 2011… the Head Scratcher of the [...]
Interview: Larry Dodd – Change Agent
Larry Dodd is a proven financial leader, consultant and trainer who applies an innovative, people-centered approach that helps the teams that he serves turn problems into business opportunities. His professional career includes CFO roles with Robert Half’s CFO Services (consulting); Signature Properties and Meritage Homes. His client experience ranges from startups to established companies with [...]
Revealed! The Productivity Secrets of Laura Stack
Laura Stack is a personal productivity expert, author, and professional speaker. Her mission is to build high-performance productivity cultures in organizations by creating Maximum Results in Minimum Time®. She is the president of The Productivity Pro®, Inc., a time management training firm, specializing in productivity improvement in high-stress organizations as well as the current president [...]
RECOMMENDED: Death By PowerPoint, by Alexei Kapterev
I’ve just come across Alexei Kapterev’s 2007 slideshare presentation that has attracted over a million hits. Take a look: Death by PowerPoint View more presentations from Alexei Kapterev Kapterev will be presenting on February 23, 2012 at the UK Speechwriters’ Guild London Spring Conference.
