Action learning, lectures, exercises, discussions and role-play.
Public speaking is a key skill for effectively communicating ideas in the workplace and beyond. It’s not just about speaking—it's about delivering your message clearly to achieve the results you want for yourself and your organization. By mastering this skill, you’ll navigate conversations and presentations with confidence, clarity, and impact, ensuring that your knowledge is heard and understood.
Do you recognize any of these challenges?
- Are people distracted or checking their phones when you're presenting, or does your message fail to land as intended?
- Do you feel anxious when addressing your team or presenting a project?
- Does your voice lack authority, or do you struggle with body language that undermines your message?
- Do you have all the technical knowledge but still find it hard to convince or inspire others?
Mastering public speaking gives you the ability to effectively share your insights and expertise, ensuring you're heard and can influence outcomes in any professional tech setting.
This training is available for open enrollment as well as for in-company sessions.
Objective
By the end of this course, you'll gain the confidence to identify and overcome your public speaking challenges, refine your presentation skills, and effectively handle any speaking opportunity—empowering you to deliver compelling and impactful presentations every time.
You will be able to:
Bring your message in a clear and convincing way;
Create engaging content: Tips for structuring your presentation, including PowerPoint slides and pitches;
Use body language and voice: Techniques for delivering your message with confidence;
Convince stakeholders of your message;
Manage nerves: Simple strategies to stay calm and perform at your best in front of any audience;
Create your own public speaking style.
Target audience
This training is intended for everyone who works in innovation and (high) tech, cooperates in multidisciplinary teams and needs to present to a team or a bigger audience.
Think of situations such as team meetings, scrum meetings, and (external) project meetings, but also public speaking at symposiums, conferences, and fairs, from giving a keynote presentation or lecture to presenting your proposal to your teammates.
The number of participants is limited to 8 to make sure each participant will receive full attention and enough opportunity for personal feedback and practice.
Program
Pre-Training Assignments
Before the training, you will be asked to record a one-minute video introducing yourself. This video will provide your first feedback on public speaking.
Feedback from colleagues
You will also conduct a brief 360-degree feedback survey, asking colleagues to identify your strengths and areas for improvement in public speaking. This feedback will serve as a foundation for your learning and development throughout the training.
Course Day
How to deliver your message, improve your speaking skills, and use non-verbal communication effectively.
Personal action plan
In the training, you will practice public speaking and master the skill. As it is not a habit yet (that takes practice), you will make a personal action plan as part of the training that helps you apply what you have learned and develop your public speaking skills.
After this training, you will be able to present your message with confidence, effectively and in a professional manner.
Methods
Certification
Participants will receive a High Tech Institute course certificate for attending this public speaking training.
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