Command Attention

Executive Presence:
Connecting with an Audience

While knowing how to assemble a PowerPoint presentation or crafting and delivering concise talking points are important, effective presenters know that it takes more than that to make a powerful impression, connect with an audience, and have messages understood, embraced, and remembered.

Our Executive Presence: Connecting with an Audience workshop shares the building blocks for creating that connection. Participants learn essential “do’s” and “don’ts”, and acquire specific skills to increase their communication effectiveness in meetings and formal presentations.

Throughout the hands-on session, participants practice applying the concepts during a variety of exercises and case-studies, including customized simulations that recreate the contexts and challenges they face as a group, as well as on individual bases.

The use of videotaping (optional), allows participants to gain even greater awareness of their personal presentation style, how they are perceived by others, and how they can get even better.

Learning Objectives:

• Incorporate a strategy for connecting with one’s audience
• Improve awareness of how non-verbal cues affect interpersonal discourse
• Recognize the importance of balanced conversation
• Know how to uncover what is most important to your audience
• Be prepared to handle difficult questions from one’s audience
• Gain a better understanding of professionalism and business etiquette for meetings and presentations

Learning Components:

• Experiencing a mental shift about how to connect with an audience
• Setting the stage for an effective presentation
• Understanding presentation pitfalls
• Surfacing and addressing the audience’s interests
• Presenting and framing your ideas
• Handling difficult questions

Hear What Corporate Leaders Think about Their Communication Workshop Experience

We invite you to explore our other communication skills workshops to find the one that best meets your training needs:

• Having Challenging Conversations workshops are the perfect solution for anyone who struggles with or avoids difficult conversations




• Performance Reviews 2.0 workshops help professionals at all levels of management deliver even the most critical evaluations to their staff




• How to Receive Feedback workshops teaches professionals at all levels of the organization how to see criticism in a positive light. They also learn essential skills for eliciting feedback and critical information that they can use to further their development and improve their job performance.


• Active Listening workshops help participants develop active listening skills to better process information being shared by others




• Managing Up workshops help participants engage and influence their supervisors on matters on which they might not be in agreement, as well as prepares them to provide critical
feedback to their supervisors



• Cross Cultural Communication workshops help professionals communicate across cultures and avoid confusion, misunderstanding, and other potential damage to relationships with colleagues, clients, and other business partners



• Cross-Generational Communication workshops help professionals communicate across generations and avoid confusion, misunderstanding, and other potential damage to relationships with colleagues, clients, and other business partners



• Emotional Intelligence and Communication workshops helps develop participants’ emotional intelligence – their ability to identify, evaluate, and influence the emotions of the various parties involved in a dynamic



• Saying No to Clients workshops provide anyone involved with client relationships the skills needed to push back against clients while protecting those critical business relationships





We also design and deliver fully-customized communication skills workshops that target your unique areas of focus and specific audience needs. Please contact us at (212) 391-8100 to learn more!

Executive Presence Workshops