Sound Familiar?

“I’m not paid to speak so it doesn't matter how I talk.”

“I’m not giving a presentation; just reporting to my boss.”

“I don’t need speech coaching because I’m a salesperson.”

Oh really? Not making speeches so you think you don't need coaching, huh? Listen up.

Think You Never Give Speeches?

Don't You Realize Every Time You Speak,

It is a Speech!

Whether you realize it or like, you are constantly being judged on your verbal and nonverbal skills. How you speak is the standard by which others judge you. You are inadvertently capping your career. When you speak to your colleagues, vendors, prospects, boss, when you report to your boss’s boss, every time you open your mouth, you are giving a speech. Unless everybody is doing exactly what you want when you say it, and how you want it when you say it, you need some communication training.

Working with Speaker-Coach-Author Ellen A. Kaye will help you sound better, feel better, look better and close more business.

You will learn to:

v Hone your communication skills so you impress.

v Talk with anyone because you know what to say.

v Learn to confidently speak up in all types of situations.

v Retool your verbal and nonverbal skills for congruency and maximum impact.

v Behave so you will be in control and promotable.

v Discover how to speak to make the impression you want.

Learn to Maximize Your Presentation Skills now.

Or not. It’s up to you.

Maximize Your Presentation Skills:

How to Speak, Look and Act on Your Way to the Top

The Problems and The Challenges

How you speak, look and act will make or break your career. It’s not just a cliché: People do judge a book by its cover. To be successful in today’s competitive world, you need to speak, look and act the part of a leader.

Unfortunately, many businesspeople—even senior leaders¾lack many of the skills needed to fulfill their career potential. There is no doubt that without these skills, you are losing business opportunities and inadvertently capping your career. Don’t leave your success to chance. Whether you are still wet behind the ears or a seasoned, savvy professional, you must learn the skills essential to project a professional, polished, leadership image.

Ellen A. Kaye working at Citicorp

Brief Course Description

Presentation skills are the most vital skills a person needs to make a significant impact. The good news is that these skills can be learned. This Program provides from basic to sophisticated information, tips, techniques and secrets, crucial for today’s media conscious businesspeople. You will learn how to define and improve your leadership image; professional presentation techniques; how to avoid small talk; networking skills; solid solutions for sticky situations; and how to handle touchy topics and challenging problems. One of the exciting features of this program is to discover and master the “unwritten rules” for success.

“. . . One of the barriers to top management is simply not knowing the “unwritten rules.” Ellen A. Kaye’s new book has the advantage of providing coaching expertise in a very short amount of time on the “unwritten rules” we all need to know in order to succeed in business.”

Corporate Director of Affirmative Action,

Banner Health System, Arizona

Who Should Attend

® Executives who want to race up the corporate ladder.

® Businesspeople good at what they do and who want to be better.

® People committed to excellence.

® Anyone who wants to know the “unwritten rules” for success.

® Everyone who needs to communicate and present.

® Employees who need to build understanding and work together more efficiently.

“The best return on your career investment is to polish and perfect your presentation and communication skills. You may have a great message, but if you can not express it powerfully and persuasively, while motivating people to action, you have nothing.”

Ellen A. Kaye, The Career and Life Coach

You Will Learn to:

ü become more articulate and impressive.

ü increase your self-confidence.

ü never use small talk again with Kaye’s Bonding Conversation™.

ü make a great first impression and deal with awkward initial meetings.

ü network and get results.

ü create rapport and impress clients easily.

ü prepare for and ace tough telephone conversations.

ü prepare for interactions with your boss.

ü deal with sticky situations with clients, colleagues and coworkers.

“I feel more confident and powerful in my speaking . . . My self-confidence is growing as I work with Ellen. I’m getting closer to my presentation goals.”

Director of Quality and Manufacturing Process, McDonnell Douglas, Arizona

(The only woman in the aeronautics industry in the United States at this Senior Level)

Your Return on Investment

You develop the skills, clarity and confidence to communicate your company’s message powerfully, persuasively and professionally. You will become more empowered, more influential and a better leader. This Program will help you discover the image you want to project and how to create it. You will experience immediate and often dramatic results which will move you toward achieving your personal and professional goals.

Alternate Titles

· From Powerful First Impressions to Fulfilling Your Power Potential: The Unwritten Rules for Success™

· How to Be Empowered, Influential and Positioned for Success™

· Be a Better Communicator™

Participant Materials and Texts

v Maximize Your Presentation Skills: How to Speak, Look and Act on Your Way to the Top^© written by Ellen A. Kaye and published by Crown Publishing, November 2002.

v Relevant handouts, evaluations, quizzes, diagnostic tools and materials.

Media on This Topic

u The Columbus Dispatch: Don't Be a Cowardly Lion and Miss A Golden Opportunity

u The Columbus Dispatch: Strategies Can Help You Turn a Presentation Into an Order

u Selling Power Magazine: Resources for Books on Communication Skills’

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