Public speaking
OBJECTIVES OF THE SEMINAR
- Train participants in speaking in front of small or large audiences
- Make them feel more comfortable in front of groups of people
- Help them to structure their intervention
- Teach them the art of verbal expression and how to express themselves clearly
- Assist them in developing skills to enhance motivation and convinction
- Provide them with animation skills for all kinds of situations
- Teach them how to captivate their audience
- Teach them to handle difficult situations
- Help them improve their skills in using audio-visual means
PROGRAM OF THE SEMINAR
- Introduction
- Preparation of the venue and of the didactic material
- Individual evaluation of each participant – detailed analysis of their strengths and weaknesses
- Basic communication skills on how to pass on a message efficiently
- Adult education rules
- The contents and format of a message
- How to captivate and convince an audience
- Skills to improve attention from the audience
- Video-taped exercises
- How to structure an intervention
- How to better liaise with the audience and talk their language of interest
- Empathy, or the art of adapting language and approach to the development level and motivation of the group
- Oral expression in practice
- Breathing, silence, pauses
- Voice
- Rhythm
- Intonation
- Articulation
- Physical behaviour and non-verbal language
- Personal enthusiasm and commitment
- Video-taped exercises and critical analysis by means of selftests
- Non-verbal communication
- Skills to stimulate message impregnation
- Efficient guidance of the participants
- Create the most adequate climate
- Individual profiles of the group members : identify the different profiles and adapt an adequate attitude towards each of them
- Learn technical skills to improve participation and involvement
- Ask the right questions
- Checking the level of comprehension of the audience
- Pitfalls to avoid
- Video-taped exercises
- Manage difficult situations
- Individual evaluation of each participant – analysis of their reaction towards unforeseen and difficult situations
- How to deal with stage fear
- How to respond to objections
- How to handle difficult questions
- How to face participants who are nervous, inattentive, indifferent or negative
- Video-taped exercises
- Efficient use of audio-visual means