Speaking
Presentations And
programs
Lunch & Learn Presentations
- Get to the Point Speaking
- PowerUp Your PowerPoint
- Strategic Storytelling in Business
- Communicating through Conflict & Dealing with Criticism
- Effective Virtual Presentations
This presentation can be in-person or virtual, 30 minutes to 1 hour, depending on level of interaction.
Speak with Confidence
In this interactive presentation, participants will learn key ways to speak with confidence. This presentation can be customized to cover more or fewer topics for shorter presentations.
- Start and end with a bang
- Keep your audience engaged with stories
- Develop your points clearly
- Maintain eye contact, even when using notes
- Power up your PowerPoint with easy ideas!
- Deliver with confidence
Master the Moment: Think on Your Feet Without Tripping Over Your Tongue
Participants will learn how to think on their feet and answer difficult questions clearly and confidently in their most challenging professional situations. They will learn how to prepare for impromptu speaking, several ways to “buy time” to think, a proven framework for answering questions, and how to handle conflict or criticism in the moment. This can be an in-person presentation or a virtual presentation.
Beyond Bullet Points: Business Storytelling
Storytelling isn’t just for kids! Storytelling is powerful in business. Properly conveying a story helps business people not only grow their business through sales, but helps them connect, collaborate and lead. In this presentation, participants will learn why and how to incorporate storytelling in business communications to get their messages heard, remembered and acted on! This can be an in-person presentation or a virtual presentation.
Storyselling: Storytelling for Sales Professionals
Breakouts and Workshops
Communicating to Connect
- Connect at Hello (using a bumper sticker statement instead of an elevator speech)
- Connect in the Moment (impromptu speaking)
- Connect with Stories & Analogies
This can be an in-person presentation or a virtual presentation.
Finding Your Funny: How to Incorporate Humor in Presentations
Audiences love to laugh! Participants will learn how to engage their audiences by incorporating humor in this interactive workshop.
- Learn Why Humor Connects and Engages
- Discover Humor Secrets
- Practice Creating and Delivering Your Own Humor
Communicating with Data: Choosing the Best Visual
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but in business and technical fields, you often need to present data so that people can make informed decisions. In this workshop, an introduction to data visualization, participants will learn how to select the best visual to communicate data to make it meaningful. This can be an in-person presentation or a virtual presentation.
Team Coaching Program
This 4-session interactive program will give your team the tools to excel in prepared and impromptu presentations. This program can be presented in-person or virtually.
Benefits include:
- Audience-centric presentations that engage, connect, and get better results
- Telling a story with data rather than confusing with data
- Presentation slides that clearly illustrate points
- Clear responses to questions that get to the point instead of meandering
- Reduction of filler words
- Delivery that inspires confidence in both the speaker and the listener
“Diane is one of the best communicators of our time. She presented to our employees and shared specific tips and insight to becoming a better speaker and presenter. Her presentation was engaging, informative, fascinating and entertaining. We all took very specific tidbits from it. Highly recommend working with Diane!!” – Chelsey Falzone, Coordinator | Community Relations at Minnesota Twins