Coaching Subjects

 

Here is a partial list of representative training/coaching modules upon which I draw to develop each client's custom training or coaching program.

• 10 commandments for answering questions

• 14 opening techniques

• 16 types of sound bites

• 27 ways to manage the fear of speaking

• 4 keys to success in public speaking

• 5 principles of great speakers

• 7 commandments of media relations

• Active listening

• Audience analysis techniques

• Bridging technique

• Creating context

• Figures of speech

• Group facilitation skills

• Handling typical challenges in groups

• How to get started preparing a presentation

• How to P.O. a reporter

• Importance of verbal communication

• Knowledge and preparation

• Listening skills

• One- and two-way communication

• Organizing a presentation

• Platform command

• Powers of observation

• Preparing for an interview

• Principles of media relations

• Rehearsal

• Closing techniques

• Techniques for anticipating questions

• Types of questions and answering them

• Understanding and preparing sound bites

• Understanding the culture of media

• Using eye contact

• Using humor

• Using names

• Using visual aids

• Why you fear public speaking

 

Here are of few examples of my coaching work.

• Trained the top four executives of a major software company to develop and communicate appropriate corporate and product messages in support of an IPO.

• Trained 50 executives and middle managers of a financial services company on effective employee communication techniques during a corporate re-engineering program.

• Trained 160 senior managers and executives of a large regional health system in the Communication Skills for Managers Workshop.

• Have trained more than 150 corporate executives and physicians to handle media interviews, in one-on-one and structured classroom programs.

• Provided personal coaching and presentation training to a senior corporate executive who was responsible for internal and external presentations during a corporate re-engineering program.

• Developed and delivered, to 50 Public Relations staff members of a public relations firm in New York, Philadelphia, Bethesda and Richmond, a two-day training program, How to Prepare and Deliver Effective Presentations. This program is customizable for virtually any type of client.

• Provide one-to-one coaching on personal computer skills to client executives.

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