Here is an updated list of our offerings.  Every program is customized to meet your specific needs and equip your team to face their unique set of challenges.

Presenting with Excellence (Length: 1 hour to 2 days)
Great speakers are made, not born.  By understanding what audiences truly want and the ways adults process information, anyone can learn to confidently engage and motivate others.  This interactive program combines the time-tested wisdom of the Greek philosophers with the latest insights from today’s leading storytellers:  Madison Avenue and Hollywood.  This innovative program also incorporates the latest psychological research on attention span and human decision-making.  When all of these factors are taken into account and applied correctly, your team can connect with audiences so that they will listen more, retain more and act on the speaker’s recommendations.

• Establish credibility, appear dynamic and motivate listeners with persuasive physical delivery skills.
• Make a powerful first impression and then build on it throughout your presentation.
• Reduce the number of hours it takes to create and craft a compelling speech.
• Improve your skills in real time through interactive videotape coaching.

Says Who?  The Art & Science of Changing Minds (Length: 60-90 minutes)
How would you like to snap your fingers and your clients would instantly agree with your position?  It may not be that easy, however you can dramatically improve your odds by understanding how people make decisions and what causes them to act.  This dynamic program draws on the latest psychological research to illustrate how you can influence clients, prospects, and colleagues to change their minds and effect real change.  Plus, you'll leave with practical ideas you can apply immediately.

• Identify the five kinds of decision makers and how to win over each type.
• Utilize the six P's of persuasion to gain buy-in and acceptance of your ideas.
• Leave much of the conventional wisdom about changing minds behind (most of it doesn’t work anyway).

Instant Access: Making Great & Lasting First Impressions (Length: 1-2 hours)
In today's 24/7 business climate it's more important than ever to make immediate, positive impressions on the people you meet.  Once established, these strong first impressions become your building blocks to an ever-expanding network of new business and referrals.  This unique class combines the latest business and sociological studies with real-world, practical insights that your team can apply right away.  In fact, many of the concepts taught in this program run counter to the fads of the day, but all are grounded in solid research and proven results.

• Discover the simple, yet overlooked things you can do to improve the way people perceive you.
• Learn the secrets of connecting with others that certain people do naturally.
• Understand body language and it's meaning.
• Enhance your image through voicemail and email.

Leave 'em Laughing: The Serious Impact of Humor (Length: 60-90 minutes)
How would you like audiences to not only pay more attention to what you have to say, but they also remember it more?  By using appropriate humor to set up and reinforce key points, you can do just that.  In this upbeat program you will learn how to harness the power of humor to increase your likeability and make deeper connections with your clients, colleagues, and prospects.  Not only will you enjoy making presentations more, your audiences will appreciate the fact that you took extra steps to make your material interesting.  These techniques will also help you deliver boring material with flair while maintaining your professionalism and credibility. 
•    Discover the physiological and sociological benefits to approaching business and life with more levity.
•    Generate laughter with any group regardless of your natural sense of humor.
•    Invigorate “dry” material to make it more palatable.



Put the Power Back in PowerPoint^® (Length: 1-4 hours)
More than 30 million PowerPoint presentations are given every day and most of them are painfully boring and grossly ineffective.  But they don't have to be.   Putting the Power Back into PowerPoint is an energetic, interactive program that shows your team how to create and deliver influential presentations so that the minutia doesn’t mask their message.  Your staff will see bad slides transformed into great slides right before their eyes.  Best of all, future audiences will more easily understand your message.

• Present your slides while staying connected to your audience.
• Incorporate the last research on attention span and adult learning styles.
• Leverage the strength of PowerPoint without being dominated by it.

Virtual Savvy: Presenting with Excellence Over the Phone/Web
(Length: 1-2 hours)
Remote teams, shrinking timelines, and technological advances are making webinars an increasingly popular way to communicate.  However, if you approach a webinar the same way you approach a live presentation, your chances of success are limited.  The good news is that a great webinar is relatively easy to create and deliver if you understand the dynamics of online presentations.  This cutting-edge program will give you the tools you need to make things happen when you're presenting over the Internet.   

• Incorporate real-world strategies to keep your webinar attendees engaged.
• Avoid the five common mistakes that can derail a webinar.
• Increase the effectiveness of your webinars by making them more interactive.
• Get better results from your webinar efforts and remote teams. 

Rainmaking 1-2-3: Making Business Development a Natural Part of Your Everyday Life (Length: 1-2 hours)
Most professionals choose their field of work because to use their skills and tackle challenges, not necessarily to spend their valuable time networking and selling.  However, the process of building your list of contacts, expanding your sphere of influence and attracting new clients can be more enjoyable than you might think.  This energetic session will demystify and illuminate the world of business development and give you practical tools you can put into practice right away.

• Take the pain out of networking.
• Discover the "secret" to getting anyone to like you.
• Re-focus the way you approach business prospecting.
• Build a network that pays mutual dividends.

Tell Me More: Using Stories to Attract & Engage (Length: 1-3 hours)
Stories are universal.  People love to hear them.  Stories can do what facts alone cannot—they provide meaning and purpose.  In your ongoing efforts to sell ideas and change minds, stories can often be the tiebreaker.  This lively, upbeat program explores the benefits of using stories to frame issues, engage audiences and inspire action.  You’ll discover where to find good stories in your everyday life, how to craft them and when to tell them.  Best of all, anyone can learn to harness the power of story to communicate values and vision.

• Understand why stories work and how to tell them.
• Utilize the innovative “T.H.E.M. Approach” to craft stories that draw others in and shape opinions.
• Identify and harvest good stories from your everyday life.

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