Excellence in Communication: Presenting as a Leader

  Excellence in Communication: Presenting as a Leader

As a business leader, you can’t escape the need for quality communication. Building your presence, persuasion skills and the ability to inspire can elevate your career path, and propel your organization to success. Learn how to expertly analyze your audiences to ensure your messages resonate, and how to easily adapt messages to different audiences for maximum impact.

The University of Virginia Darden School of Business and The Communication Center have partnered to combine academic excellence with communication coaching expertise. The result is a program that immediately enhances your business communication skills. Excellence in Communication: Presenting as a Leader is designed for managers, directors and rising business leaders to help enhance communication skills through relevant practice.

This two-day, interactive, Washington, D.C.-based course equips you with critical communication skill sets to prepare you for future communication opportunities, both internal and external. From presenting with confidence and clarity to structuring ideas and messages that are persuasive, you'll obtain the personalized feedback and strategies critical to communicating with presence and authority.

• Organize information and define key messages clearly and succinctly.
• Generate buy-in by connecting to the unique interests of different audiences.
• Analyze different audiences and determine the "What's In It For Me" factor.
• Maintain the flow and focus of any presentation.
• Craft effective openings and closings that leave lasting impressions.
• Address challenging questions with confidence and control.
• Think quickly under pressure, using pertinent and persuasive formulas.
• Become more polished and persuasive in delivery and tone.
• Use body language, pacing and eye contact to capture audience attention and maximize credibility.