Establishing credibility is essential to effective public speaking. Presenters do this by developing, delivering and sustaining the messages through their words and their actions. Authenticity is central to the public speaking process. Speaking in public is the presenter’s opportunity to engage the hearts and minds of the audience.
John helps executives improve their presentation skills, interpersonal communications, leadership presence, and leadership messages. Participants learn to establish presence, stick to the message, handle objections, and plan key messages for key audiences.
John Baldoni teaches presenters a three step process of engagement.
Engage Your Mind
Adopt the leader mindset
Develop the 30sec. leadership message
Create the strong opening
Provide the call to action
Engage Your Voice
Pace yourself
Modulate your delivery
Employ the pause
Engage Your Body
Make eye contact
Put your body into gear
Move for emphasis
Project for power
The net result is an engaged audience. Once you have their attention and their interest you can connect with them in three ways by:
Projecting your leadership POV
Telling purposeful stories
Giving reasons to believe
Using video playback and role play in his coaching, John helps managers learn to become more effective communicators. John also teaches a presentation skills workshop.
Media Coaching
John also provides media coaching. By blending leadership messages with presentation skills, John can help individuals connect authentically with the media in ways that make the message and the message giver memorable. Specifically, John can teach managers how to:
Prepare for an interview
Deliver the leadership message
Handle tough questions
Stay on message
Close on a positive note
Many of the lessons John teaches are drawn from his book, Great Communication Secrets of Great Leaders (McGraw Hill, 2003), which uses story and practice to demonstrate how leaders can develop, deliver, and sustain their leadership messages.
