What is the point you are trying to make? What is your goal?
These questions and more will be answered in this one-day Honing and Delivering Your Message course that will prepare students to develop a message and remain on topic when they are presenting that message to the media and/or the public, without straying from the point they want to make.
The Honing and Delivering Your Message workshop will touch on clarifying your message, determining how to present it, how to successfully communicate your message using various forms of communication, how to effectively listen and communicate, and how to ensure listeners hear your message.
An instructor’s guide, student manual, PowerPoint presentation, quick reference guide, and marketing advertorial are among the resources included in the fully customizable training package.
How to Use This Guide
Session One: Course Overview
Learning Objectives
Pre-Assignment
Pre-Course Assessment
Session Two: What is Your Message?
What is Your Message?
How to Present Your Message: Who is Your Target Audience?
Session Three: Ways to Present Your Message
Brainstorming
Choosing a Communication Route
Session Four: Delivering Your Message in a Different Way
Pre-Assignment Revisited
Session Five: Effective Listening
What is Active Listening?
Responding to Feelings
Reading Cues
Demonstrating Listening
Session Six: What is Your Body Saying?
What is Your Body Saying?
Use Nonverbal Communication
The Value of a Pause
Attitude
Session Seven: Presenting Your Message to an Audience
The Elevator Pitch
Personal Action Plan
Summary
Recommended Reading List
Post-Course Assessment
Pre- and Post-Assessment Answer Keys
Pre-Course Assessment
Post-Course Assessment
Assignment Answer Keys