Whether you have to write a formal speech or give an informal presentation, this intensive class will give you a thorough foundation.

Come to this hands-on seminar and learn how to:

1. Give your next speech a terrific hook
2. Schedule your speech for the best time slot at any conference
3. Analyze your audience
4. Find terrific quotes, anecdotes and one-liners
5. Turn boring statistics into real "grabbers"
6. Organize your material
7. Prepare a strong outline
8. Create great openings and closings
9. Write for the ear—not the eye
10. Use smooth transitions
11. Make your presentation "tell a story"
12. Use powerful rhetorical devices (triads, repetition, parallel structure)
13. Turn a dull delivery into a dynamic delivery
14. Build vocal variety into any presentation
15. Harness the power of "talking points"
16. Use (not abuse) humor
17. Avoid the deadly "word slides"