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Do you have your finger on the pulse of your message? Is it what you intend it to be? Are you connected to the nerve center of the audience...are you calling them to action? Doesn’t matter if it’s it written form or spoken word? Are you connecting to your intended audience, the way in which you want?
This webinar will explore how to make a solid connection with your intended audience, every time you address them. Whether they be front-line staff, management, clients, or prospective employers. It will examine the three key aspects of communication (both written and verbal), explore how to curtail your message for accuracy and detail without error and suggest how to solicit a professional check up as necessary.

Thanks to their cost savings and extended reach, virtual classroom training tools such as Cisco WebEx, Adobe Connect and GoTo Training have become popular in many organizations. And while the benefits of may seem fantastic, the implementation often falls flat. Trainers struggle to engage participants effectively and are frustrated by the absence of eye contact and body language they use to gauge learner interest and comprehension in face-to-face classrooms.

Learners often find webinars boring. They become distracted and often multi-task throughout online sessions.

Attend this session to experience what it takes to set up and use virtual classroom tools properly.

Find out how to use ground rules to appropriately set the stage, what to consider when adapting content for virtual classroom sessions, ways to make relevant use of the software tools.

Anyone leading a team, company or department must be able to:

• persuade
• influence behavior
• get buy-in
• inspire

Vision, objectives, mission statements count for little if you can't clearly express them and persuade others to buy-in to them That's why having effective presentation skills is essential for the leader who is going to stand out above the crowd.

Career opportunities, personal confidence, self-esteem – all improve dramatically when you invest in upgrading presentation skills. The TalkitOut™ Technique as taught by Podium Media & Communications Coaching, is a new way of approaching presentations and speeches.

Hundreds of people around the world have become powerful speakers because of TalkitOut. TalkitOut is an indispensable tool for all leaders.

This presentation, based on the experiences and "next practices" of hundreds of HR leaders and projects, will examine the five (5) critical issues that must be addressed in the critical first 100 days and beyond of HRIS project implementation.

This session will include a 100-day template to HRIS implementation excellence, and the strategic to tactical steps that must be taken to accelerate user alignment and adoption. The session will examine not only the technical aspects of launch, but also the fundamental behavioral aspects that must be considered.

Finally, the session will give several "next practice" case examples of users who successfully implemented HRIS projects in small to large scale environments.

When creating content for live online training, your goal is to develop curriculum that keeps learners engaged and, well… learning. Accomplishing that in an online environment requires a different approach, creative exercises and transformative slide development. Join this webinar to hear Sheri Jeavons, President of Power Presentations, Inc. discuss how to develop effective and engaging live online sessions that will leave your attendees eager to learn. Attend this session to discover: * How often you should plan to engage attendees * The Webinars that Wow® content development format * Unique group exercise activities * Techniques to transform exercises from live programs into virtual activities

In an age where technology shapes all of our interactions, the emerging workforce lacks the basic fuel that drives business success- communication (speaking, relationship building, etc). How well you fit a message into 140 characters - while hip, cool and important - will never be the critical ingredient driving longterm success. Success is driven by good old fashioned face to face relationship building. Companies with employees who speak on their feet, develop rapport, persuade, influence others, work together well have the competitive advantage in today's world. These basic skills that were once assumed present are no longer the standard. If you don't teach your employees, you will lose.

Wouldn’t it be great if every time you spoke, you got the intended response? Unfortunately, due to miscommunication and poor word choice, this is not the case. Isn’t it time to take a step forward, and journey down the path of amazing phrasing? What’s your message? Fine tune it now and make it stand out! This workshop will have participants put their message mastering skills under the microscope and refine their message. It will demonstrate the difference between jargon and amazing phrasing. It will explore the editing process, stress the importance of adequate preparation and rehearsal and excellence in delivery. It will empower participants to work towards pre-eminence within the core competency of oral communication.

My Service Award Program Has Fallen Down and Can’t Up offers an insightful review of the major issues facing companies around the globe. 90% of all companies in North America have a defined and formal program to recognize longevity – with that said; this presentation explores the ten most prevalent issues facing HR Professionals as they operate their service anniversary program on behalf of their employees. The presentation will offer my insights and will offer valuable consultation on how to address the most common problems facing HR departments across the globe. We’ll also review some case studies that highlight what companies are doing to pick their programs up to new heights.

This session is for learning providers who deliver virtual classes for a fee or who nonetheless insist on delivering the highest quality experience in the virtual classroom. When the training is important, service failures like not receiving the support you needed before or during the session, the facilitator’s voice being difficult to hear, lack of proficiency with the leader’s user interface, or the instructor dropping out of a session are not acceptable to you and being in a virtual classroom is not an excuse. After this session, the attendee should know the most critical considerations and best practices to ensure a high-quality virtual classroom experience for learners.

We're declaring war-on bad webinars. And we want you to join us. Like most revolutions, this one is both against something and for something. We're against mundane talking head PowerPoint presentations. We're against doing things the same way we used to. We're against working alone in silos. We're for captivating our audience through eloquent delivery and beautiful design. We're for pushing the limits of our technology. We're for amplifying what works and what doesn't. We're for synergy and sharing. Learn directly from the organizers of this movement-two of the industry's leaders in webinar design and delivery. Join the movement and discover how to ensure your webinar experience is not a bad one. Based on our newest book, The Webinar Manifesto, this session will lay out the seven Webinar Manifesto Principles that you must live by if you want to design and deliver killer webinars.