Command the Room: Public Speaking for Men

Some men with a casual personality can unintentionally bring bad habits to their speech that can cause their message to fall flat. This course will teach you how to speak with smart-sounding melody patterns with more vocal variety, moving inflection, and sharper articulation while speaking at a rate that is more controlled and sounds interesting, known as intonation. Bad habits such as mumbling or speaking in a monotone will be revealed and replaced with skilled intonation. Speaking with intonation is the most important skill for effective business communication. Lead meetings, deliver presentations, and negotiate with more impact.

By the end of Course One, you will be able to do the following:

• Speak using the “speech stairs strategy” to sound clear, smart, fluid, and confident
• Speak with improved articulation and diction
• Eliminate poor speech habits such as speaking too fast, sounding monotone, mumbling, trailing off, and using up-speak
• Understand why speaking with intonation is the most important skill for effective communication
• Turn new communication skills into habits by applying the speech notebook, speech triggers, and red-light drill exercises in the real world

Always be seen as a leader by applying skilled and strategic communication styles. Understand the ineffective behaviors that can compromise your credibility and leadership persona and gain new strategies to eliminate them. Weak vocabulary, use of filler words, and other poor speech habits will be revealed and replaced with new skills so you speak with more authority and confidence.

By the end of Course Two, you will be able to do the following:

• Understand the three types of up-speak behavior and utilize strategies to eliminate it
• Replace minimizing vocabulary with more impactful communication
• Understand how to apply strategic pauses for more impact
• Pose questions to sound more confident and like a leader
• Employ strategies to keep from talking too fast
• Apply the “cure” to stop “verbal viruses” from discrediting your message

Learn how to speak in your optimal pitch range by producing vocal tones that are strong, powerful, and confident while keeping the voice safe from injury due to high-demand speaking situations. Tones that are too soft, weak, high in pitch, or nasal are ineffective and should be replaced with those that are strong, clear, and powerful. Communication will sound professional and smart when spoken from the optimal pitch range.

By the end of Course Three, you will be able to do the following:

• Speak with a stronger and more powerful voice
• Utilize multiple strategies for finding the power spot in your voice
• Eliminate ineffective vocal behaviors such as vocal fry or using tones that are too high, thin, or nasal
• Understand the three types of resonance
• Pass the test for nasal speech

Learn how to speak from a full diaphragm breath at the conversational level through our easy four-step process. Speaking from a full breath allows speech to feel fluid and well-coordinated when explaining your points. Shallow chest breathing will be replaced with fuller and more comfortable breaths that project the voice for clear communication. If speaking before others causes anxiety, effective diaphragmatic breathing is a great strategy for calming nerves.

By the end of Course Four, you will be able to do the following:

• Learn how to speak using a full diaphragm breath at the conversational level
• Understand how to coordinate diaphragmatic breathing and talking
• Utilize diaphragm breathing as a strategy for managing anxiety
• Eliminate short, shallow chest breathing
• Increase the projection and power in their voice through diaphragm breathing

After mastering essential communication and voice skills, it is time to apply those new skills to give an outstanding presentation. This course will prepare you to deliver a modern, on-point presentation that will bring actionable results. You will learn the crucial skill of delivering information through storytelling, which will keep audience members engaged and help them remember the content. Multiple physical and cognitive strategies to combat fear of public speaking will be offered. Body language techniques for how to stand, show confidence, and what to do with your hands will be revealed, along with numerous tips on how to organize content on a slide (less is more) and manage a presentation effectively. By the end of this course, you will be looking forward to presentations, not dreading them.

By the end of Course Five, you will be able to do the following:

• Understand how to be an interesting storyteller for every type of presentation
• Learn how to “ground yourself” to appear strong and confident in your presentation
• Develop an action plan for combating state fright with proven physical and cognitive strategies
• Speak brilliantly without notes with the visual mapping strategy
• Organize slide content with modern principals (less is more)
• Gain multiple strategies for answering unexpected questions and managing audience expectations
• Apply a variety of body language techniques that demonstrate confidence and authority for both in-person and online presentations