Ignite CSP

Public speaking is everywhere. In this day and age, nearly everyone needs to be able make a presentation to a committee or board, give a wedding toast, facilitate a training session, or deliver a speech at a conference or convention. Even sitting at a meeting, we are often called upon to speak, sometimes with little or no notice. Many of us simply allow others to do the talking.  Yet we all know that those who speak well, do well.

Human beings are wired for narrative. We look for meaning, for patterns, in everything around us. Stories are how we make sense of the world.

This means that storytelling is one of the most fundamental methods of communication in our world. The use of stories in a presentation or speech personalizes your connection with your audience. It can feel more efficient to state data points or information in a presentation, but your audience will remember a story that conveys that data much better.

This workshop breaks down the elements of communication—listening, non-verbals, and speaking— and shows participants a new, more intentional way to employ them. We do this through a series of exercises that ask the participants to test-drive these skills. The group works together to learn to communicate in this new way, and in the process forms a bond.

I can’t get anything done; I have too many meetings!” This cry is heard everywhere, in organizations large and small. What can we do to turn meeting culture into working culture? Lead Better Meetings is a workshop that introduces participants to best practices they can use to transform meeting culture in their organizations, one step at a time.

“I’m a good speaker, and I want to be even better.”

“I need to show up with more confidence.”

“Please don’t make me do a presentation. Anything but that!”