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Presentation skills are the most overlooked and underdeveloped skills in corporate America today. People get promoted and soon find themselves needing more training for presentations and public speaking. This program offers participants the primary skills and techniques that will quickly make them better presenters and have more impact in their career. Each participant will receive a workbook to help them organize their thoughts and document new insights and techniques.

The live or virtual workshop is designed as a discovery activity, but participants will not be required to role-play or speak in the session. They will learn strategies and techniques that will help them improve their presentation skills. Each participant is at a different presentation skill level. The format of this workshop will help everyone gain insights, ideas and techniques they can use at their current level and in their future.

Planning a presentation is the most important step to becoming a great presenter. In this workshop, participants get beyond the outdated methods of developing a presentation. Participants will learn how to use the presentation Cadence Chart, a proprietary planning tool developed by Mike Brian, the CEO of Penna Powers and a professional speaker and communications expert. The presentation Cadence is designed to combine information with emotion to deliver a deeper and more meaningful connection with the audience.

This live or virtual workshop comes with a participant manual and includes hands-on experience using Dynamic Outlines and template Cadence Charts. Participants will leave with a new understanding and respect for the planning process by creating impactful and effective presentations and using valuable tools to assist them.

Distributing information is often considered the objective of presenting. However, in most cases, the true objective is to connect with the audience so that they will believe and accept the information presented.

Stories are an effective tool to enhance communication in any presentation. In this workshop, participants will learn how to identify, document and develop stories in our Story Grid and Story Cadence. Well-told stories are powerful for connecting with everyone at the heart-level.

Each participant will receive a worksheet to document new strategies and techniques that will help them tune their storytelling lens and cultivate their stories into powerful communication tools, ultimately connecting their audience with their message at a deeper more meaningful level.

After a presentation, most people ask their friends, associates or employees this question, “So, how did I do?” In almost every case, the answer is something like this: “Oh man, you were awesome.” Or, “I couldn’t have done better myself.” Or, “Great, I especially liked the cat scare video, that was awesome.” Most of the time these are comments that can’t and won’t make you a better presenter.

The Pitching Cage is a streamlined presentation event where participants plan and develop a 10-slide, five-minute presentation on a subject about which they are passionate. Their presentation is filmed. Afterward, one of our presentation coaches will provide them with a one-on-one consultation that includes personalized feedback and a custom plan for improvement.

This feedback will help presenters refine their skills and build on new techniques that will help make them more impactful and effective presenters.

Personal Branding has become a buzzword in today’s business world. Actually defining a personal brand becomes ambiguous and vague. This workshop follows a strategic branding process used by a professional marketing, advertising and branding agency for over 35 years.

Each participant will get a strategic planning worksheet to organize their thoughts and ideas that will help them discover the key elements of a powerful leader’s brand.

The live or virtual workshop helps leaders and executives understand what a leader’s brand is and the process of identifying and defining their own impactful brand. Learn how to strategically plan and manage your brand, enabling you to become a more effective and motivating leader.

An influencer is a person who has the ability to form and change another’s opinion or behavior. Influencers have an unmatched power to impact people who would ordinarily be unaffected by typical communication tools and strategies.

We have learned over decades of work and research that becoming a professional influencer is a powerful leadership skill that builds brand equity. It goes far beyond being popular or loud. A true influencer exemplifies trust, respect, admiration, value and a meaningful relationship.

This equation will help leaders and executives recognize the power of their influence and give them strategic tools to grow and cultivate influence with those they lead.