Art of Speaking Science

eExpert Presenter - Online Workshop

Do you want to improve your ability to make clear, concise, and compelling presentations? Do you want others to be impressed with your speaking skills? Do you have an important talk coming up? Then this online web workshop “webshop” is for YOU!

Art of Speaking Science - eExpert Presenter
Six Weeks Intensive Online Workshop
(with optional synchronous group or one-on-one coaching)

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As you know, in science, your work is not completed until it has been communicated. Of course, no research scientist would ever, in their wildest dreams, send out a paper without first writing several drafts, reviewing each one, spell checking, editing, and getting feedback from several colleagues.

Effective scientific presentations are equally important, if not more important because often new ideas are presented for the first time in the form of a talk. Yet, these same professionals will sometimes prepare and practice very little, or worse, will “wing it” when it comes to making presentations. The results?

Disaster.

And even when the results are less than disastrous, the presentation is often confusing, boring and less than memorable. Don’t let this happen to you.

There is no greater secret weapon in science than to know how to engage and persuade people. In a nutshell, this is what you will learn in the Art of Speaking Science - Expert Presenter workshop.

You have invested many years (and money) in your professional training. How much have you invested in the one of the most important skills you need to be successful in your career? Presentation skills training is one of the single most important investments you can make in your career. By investing in your communication skills you are building your ability to lead.

Why else is it essential to become an effective speaker? It’s usually not that that a person will get fired for being a terrible speaker (although that sometimes that does happen). More frequently, the problem is that people get passed over for leadership positions because they are poor communicators and viewed as lacking “in leadership capabilities”. The ability to be a clear, concise and compelling communicator is an important and significant part of effective leadership.

As one client recently shared with me, “The difference between me and my colleagues is that I have YOU as my secret weapon! After our workshop, my boss used my presentation as an example for the entire team - he said the presentation flows better, the graphics are much clearer and professional looking and that my delivery is more dynamic. Thanks, Lisa!”

In this workshop you will learn and practice the skills every good speaker should know. You will learn to communicate a clear message, get your audiences to learn and compel them to take action. Finally, by completing this workshop, you will learn to control your presentation anxiety and use it to your advantage.

You can stop worrying that you will be boring or worse, that no one will understand your words and ideas. Never again will you hate giving a talk, in fact, you will find a new confidence that will shine through in your delivery. Listen to how one client describes it.

This not only enhances their skills and but also enhances their self-confidence in their ability to be able to do this.
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So why do you need to participate in Lisa B. Marshall’s Art of Speaking Science - Expert Presenter™ webshop? After all, there are thousands of books and videos on the subject of public speaking in your local library, you could join Toastmasters or you could just faithfully read my Art of Speaking Science blog.

The truth is, reading about how to give a better speech doesn’t work any better than reading about how to ride a bike. In fact, giving speeches without personalized feedback from a communication skills expert often makes bad habits become more ingrained.

Of course, if you want to learn how to be a better presenter you have to practice making presentations. But, honestly, that really isn’t enough.

With the help of an expert coach and other participants you’ll get a much more objective and precise description of your strengths and weaknesses. You’ll also get specific guidelines and methods that will help you to improve in the areas you need the most help.

In addition, using a specific review process, you will learn how to analyze your own performance using video and internet technologies. This not only helps with your short term improvement it also provides you a method to continue your improvement process after the workshop has completed.

Unfortunately, there isn’t one best way or perfect way of making an effective scientific presentation–this is where the “art” in the Art of Speaking Science comes into play. In addition, your strengths and weaknesses are unique to you. It is not very useful to give you a generic presentation approach to solve your specific communication problems or tell you in advance a solution that will work for you.

In this workshop you’ll learn the best way to present for YOU.

What I can tell you is that your presentation organization, delivery, and visuals will be analyzed, probed and diagnosed in great detail. We review ALL aspects including content. In fact, the level of detailed review is the biggest reason clients continue to work with me year after year. Many clients comment that they didn’t realize just how many things needed to change to create an outstanding scientific presenation.

Scientific professionals value the unique, detailed insights that I bring to the development and delivery of technical presentations.

I not only provide science-based guidelines to improve your presentations, but also provide knowledge and experience of working with hundreds of other scientific professionals, like yourself. This is one of the best and fastest way to improve.

“There is no else that comes close to her quality of presentation and the depth of knowledge that she has…we can’t imagine finding anyone else of equal quality…” Click to listen to testimonital.

Art of Speaking workshops are intensive. You will have homework before, during, and after the workshop and you’ll be tired from all the work that you will put into improving your presentation muscles! However, I guarantee your efforts will pay off. In fact, the more you put into the workshop, the more value you receive back.

“I learned a lot of good skills from Lisa in in terms of the design of the presentation…the content of the slides, the flow, what makes a good presentation from a bad presentation, where you should look and how to interact with the audience…it was labor intensive, but it was definitely worth it. One of the great things about Lisa’s seminars is that the more work you put in, the more you get out the seminar. - Workshop Participant
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Research has shown, that once you learn the fundamentals of scientific speaking you will gain more confidence. Your tensions associated with upcoming presentation opportunities will turn into excitement to show off your new skills (really!)

Over time, you will learn to actually enjoy every presentation opportunity because you will be well prepared and will look forward to the positive feedback.

Most people don’t realize just how much they don’t know presentation skills and how much they can learn and improve until they invest in communication skills training. In fact many of my clients, including those that had a strong foundation of communication skills, have been surprised by how much there was to learn and how much they were able to improve. In fact, the most common first comment after visiting the workshop website, is “Wow, I never realized there was so much to learn, you have so much detailed material, it really is amazing.”

This intensive workshop enhances and develops critical communication skills that will allow you to talk more confidently about your work.

This workshop provides practical guidance that will enable you to consistently deliver your presentations in an efficient, effective and clear manner. This workshop will ensure that you have a polished, professional presentation that is delivered clearly, concisely and with enthusiasm.
If you are asking yourself, “Can I afford to attend a workshop?” instead you should be asking, “Can I afford NOT to invest in presentation skills training?”. Your colleagues judge your intellect, your work, your problem-solving skills, your leadership, your teaching ability, your analytical skills, and your initiative based on your ability to effectively communicate.

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Can you afford not to improve your communication skills?

Becoming an engaging, effective presenter is one of those things many people put off for another day—sort of like cleaning the garage. Sadly, this can have a deadly affect on your career—and you might not ever be made aware of it.

There is no doubt that this investment will pay off both in the short-term and in the long term as your career unfolds. All of my clients enthusiastically report immediate improvements and many clients tell me they remember and follow advice from their first Art of Speaking workshop even many years later.

In fact, a few have told me that it has been their speaking skills that have helped them most with the progression of their career. (And that’s why they continue with private coaching even years later.) They recognize the value that a professional objective expert in communication and presentation skills can bring to their professional and personal success.

In short, this scientific presentation skills training gives you a distinct advantage—you are guaranteeing that you will be clear, concise and persuasive.

In your highly competitive field of science can you afford not to invest in the improvement of your communication skills?

You are probably wondering, how exactly how the training is delivered, especially since this is an online course.

Allow me to explain. Once you register you will receive instructions on how to enroll in the private workshop website. The private workshop website contains all the materials you will need to improve. It has six main modules that cover the three fundamental skill areas: organization, delivery, and visuals. Each modules include video and text introductions to each of the topic units in that module. Each unit has the content in text (audio coming soon), so you can read and explore links which provide even further details on each of the topics presented. Each of the six modules contains at least 3 units of content each. Each unit contains from 15-60 minutes of reading material (depending on how many link trips you take). In addition, each unit contains practice exercises for you to develop the skills covered that unit.

Each week, via email, you will be guided through the readings and assignments for the week. Depending on which version of the workshop you register for you might also virtually meet with your coach and other participants to practice and get your questions answered.

In addition, for those that want to get the most out of the workshop, you ‘ll have the option to participate in practice exercises. You can easily record and post your practice videos or leave comments for other participants sharpening your ability to analyze and improve your own work. Feedback is not limited to comments on the entire videos, this technology allows a person to make text or video comments and INSERT them into SPECIFIC points within each video. Cool, huh?.

For example, let’s say you notice an effective gesture being used, you can pause the video and click record, and tell the that you thought the gesture really added to their presentation. Actually, I think this technology allows for tremendous interaction and detailed feedback that is almost impossible in a regular in-person workshop. Don’t have time for all that? Remember, your level of participation is up to you.

Finally, many participants like to include some synchronous coaching hours — via group or private coaching. This synchronous training can be provided for anyone around the world via internet-based technologies.

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