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Be The Type Of Presenter Audiences Want To Hear and The Type of Presenter You Want To Be

What if?   What if your next presentation closed that big deal, secured agency funding, inspired your organization to new heights, engaged conference audiences, and so forth?

What difference?  What difference could that “right presentation” mean to you and your organization?

INSPIRE ACTIONTM PUBLIC SPEAKING FRAMEWORK

We created our public speaking framework to make learning and skill-building easier and faster for you. It was designed around a structured and flexible process. Structured in the sense of providing specific coaching advice, hands-on help, and skill-building Smart Exercises. Flexible in the sense of offering more than 30 learning modules customized to your public speaking goals.

It was designed by Ira Koretsky, CEO of The Chief Storyteller ®. He is a public speaking veteran, having delivered more than 500 keynote presentations and workshops in 11 countries, to more than 36,100 people. He is also an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business, where he teaches Enterprise Communications. In the course, Ira teaches about 70 honors students in public speaking, data storytelling, and business storytelling. The student final is a five-minute, TED-Style Talk. Students pick their topic, develop engaging presentation visuals, craft a compelling narrative told through the eyes of a personal story, and teach us something new, as all good TED and TEDx speakers do.

The Inspire Action Public Speaking Framework™ consists of three parts:  1 Develop, 2 Design, and 3 Deliver.

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1. DEVELOP

  • Analysis of Audience
  • Messaging & Positioning
  • Value proposition / Better Tomorrow Message™ 
  • Identify key questions
  • Identify key objections
  • Identify stories – organization & personal
  • Identify interactions (video, story, question, exercise, etc.)
  • Develop stakeholder / persona profiles
  • The Great Stories Framework™
  • The Great Data Stories Framework™
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2. DESIGN

  • Storyboard
  • Attention-getting opening
  • Inspiring closing
  • Data Storytelling – visuals and charts
  • Talking points & full script
  • Story development
    • Today Stories
    • Purpose Stories
    • Signature Stories
  • Optional graphic design services
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3. DELIVER

  • Speaking Enhancements (our secret sauce)
  • Master Q&A
  • Increase impact with figures of speech
  • Think faster on your feet
  • Body language (eyes, hands, face, movement)
  • Vocal variety
  • Timing & pacing
  • Practice & rehearse
  • Exercises to build skills and improve confidence

TYPES OF PUBLIC SPEAKING WE CAN HELP WITH

The public speaking framework was designed around a structured and flexible process. Structured in the sense of providing specific advice, hands-on training, and skill-building exercises. Flexible in the sense of offering more than 30 learning modules customized to your goals (see directly below).

Whether you are “New and dreading public speaking” or a “Seasoned pro,” We know we can help. Here’s a comprehensive list:

MEETINGS

  • All-Hands meetings / Town Hall / Quarterly Meetings
  • Executive Team Briefings
  • In the office / regular office meetings
  • For development, outreach, and sales
  • Product demonstrations
  • Office tours / office walk-through demos
  • Board meetings
  • Holiday party speeches
  • Retreats

PUBLIC SPEAKING

  • Conference Sessions
  • Board Meetings
  • Keynote Presentations
  • Training Workshops
  • Emcee
  • Facilitation / Facilitator
  • Investor road show / investor pitch
  • Being a moderator
  • Being a panelist
  • TED Talks

GOVERNMENT SPECIFIC

  • In-Process Reviews (IPRs)
  • Capabilities presentations
  • “Beauty Pageants”
  • Subcontractors seeking to join a prime’s team

RELATIONSHIP BUILDING

  • Holiday parties
  • Networking at events, conferences, etc.
  • Small talk

BENEFITS TO YOU AND BENEFITS TO YOUR ORGANIZATION

KEY BENEFITS TO YOU

  • Become comfortable and confident speaking and training in front of any size audience
  • Learn how to make your complex messages relevant and easily understandable
  • Developing repeatable best practices before and after public speaking
  • Learn how to concept out entire presentations in 15 minutes or less
  • Inspire your audiences to act

KEY BENEFITS TO YOUR ORGANIZATION

  • Prepare your staff with the knowledge, skills and abilities to be confident public speakers who are interesting, engaging, memorable, and compelling
  • Acquire an easy-to-implement set of tools and templates
  • Learn how to bring to life outdated and perceived “boring” presentations and training
  • Develop repeatable best practices before and after public speaking
  • Inspire your target audiences to act

6 SKILL- AND CONFIDENCE-BUILDING CATEGORIES WITH OVER 30 LEARNING MODULES

The Inspire Action Public Speaking FrameworkTM has more than 30 modules that fall under 1) Develop, 2) Design, and 3) Deliver.  Example modules below.

1 PRE-EVENT PREPARATION

  • Analysis of audience
  • Interviewing audience members
  • Engaging the Planning Committee

2 PRESENTATION DEVELOPMENT

3 PRESENTATION DESIGN

4 PRESENTATION DELIVERY

  • Executive presence
  • Better body language
  • Vocal variety

5 BUSINESS OF SPEAKING

  • Speaker Onesheets
  • Programs & Titles
  • Setting speaking fees

6 ON-GOING SKILL BUILDING

  • Practice, practice, practice
  • Skill-building exercises
  • Building confidence

Video Review

Receive a comprehensive and personalized review of your presentation

Presentation Checklist

Improve your confidence and skills with this free 20-point checklist in Microsoft® Excel®

MasterMind Group

Join one of our MasterMind public speaking groups

Coaching

Practical, hands-on advice to improve your communication, speaking, and storytelling

COMPLEMENTARY SERVICES

These services reinforce and expand your public speaking and presentation skills.

VIDEO CLIPS FROM OUR KEYNOTES, WORKSHOPS, AND YOUTUBE

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