Public speaking for women in leadership-empowering women speakers.

A recent study of 60,000 executives found that female managers ranked higher than their male colleagues in almost every professional measure except one: confidence. In a still-male dominated professional world, women need to develop the authority and presence to match their intelligence and capabilities.

Public Speaking International’s Women Voices of Leadership™ workshops empower women speakers for speeches and presentations, meetings, conferences, testimony, public outreach and public relations, and media appearances. Public speaking for women is an essential skill for business and professional success.  With your own unique capabilities and insight, you will master the skill set that uses speech improvement for women to allow your confidence and influence to soar.

Public Speaking Training for Women Speakers

In Women Voices of Leadership™ training, you'll not only learn the “best practices” for projecting maximum authority and presence. You'll acquire fast-track tools and techniques especially designed for empowering women speakers by Dr. Gary Genard, founder and president of Public Speaking International. As a former professional actor, he understands the techniques that incorporate the most powerful and productive speaking skills for women in leadership.

Dr. Genard, one of America’s leading speech coaches, will show you how to reach the “next level” of communication effectiveness through speech training for women speakers.  He’ll boost both your confidence and ability as you steadily progress to speaking with power and influence.  From executive coaching for women speakers, saleswomen and spokespersons, to training for women motivational speakers, you’ll see rapid and dramatic improvement in your influence and leadership. Speak with the “voice of leadership” starting today!

Programs available: Executive speech coaching with Dr. Genard at our Boston office or your location worldwide, and one-day and two-day on-site group workshops at your organization’s site in the U.S. or worldwide. Each participant in this training receives a personalized DVD recording of their practice speech or presentation, and Dr. Genard's book "How to Give a Speech" (2007).

Dr. Gary Genard is one of America’s leading speech coaches.  He works with leaders in business and finance, healthcare, nonprofit services, law firms, small business owners, consultants, professional organizations, politicians, and government officials.  He holds a Ph.D. in Theater with a speech concentration from Tufts University and acted professionally in the U.S. and England.  Dr. Genard’s coaching and training techniques bring the exciting world of theater-based training to communication skills improvement for business and industry.

Empowering Women Speakers for Leadership — Areas of Focus:

Executive Presence and Influencing Audiences

• Calming your nerves and gaining confidence in public appearances
• How to establish authority and credibility from the moment you enter a room
• Why dress and appearance do matter—but not in the way that you think
• Playing to your unique strengths as a female speaker
• Why relational thinking is a hidden strength for women speakers
• How to gather the power in the room where you’re about to speak!
• What is your body saying? — Understanding the nonverbal messages you send
• Why men have a physical advantage as presenters—and how you can equal it
• Breathing and projection exercises for achieving a powerful voice
• The 93% of listener receptiveness you may be neglecting!
• Using your voice to effect positive change in conversations and speeches
• Achieving charisma and likeability with stakeholders and customers
• Moving and gesturing naturally and powerfully
• “Reading” an audience’s expectations and thinking on your feet
• Building trust with listeners for long-term relationships

Presentation Skills and Public Speaking Effectiveness

• Audience analysis: understanding and meeting the needs of your listeners
• Developing your critical message and building your arguments
• The C.U.R.E. Method of Powerful Persuasion
• Vocal dynamics: making your voice interesting and engaging
• How to make your presentations audience-centered and audience focused
• When to choose a direct vs. an indirect approach with audiences
• Dealing with resistant, skeptical, or hostile audiences
• Selling change to senior leadership and the C-suite
• Connecting emotionally with listeners to persuade and influence them
• How to captivate an audience from the first word out of your mouth
• How to “simplify and sell” complex concepts to listeners
• Maximizing your individual talents as a communicator
• Getting your listeners to think and feel differently after you speak
• Building Your Presentation: Logic, Language, and Using Evidence
• The 7 Dangerous Types of Questions in  Q & A
• “The Best-Kept Secret of PowerPoint,” and how to employ it effectively
• How to speak naturally from notes or a manuscript
• “Speaking Visually” in the Age of Television—and why you have to do it!
• Eliminating “ah’s, ”um’s,” and other vocal fillers
• Putting It All Together: Videotaped presentations and private viewing sessions