communication skills
executive presence
DURATION: 5 PRIVATE SESSIONS; 50 MINUTES EACH, CONDUCTED WEEKLY.
FACULTY: AMY DABALOS + HEATHER NEEDHAM
This course breaks down “executive presence” into trainable skills. Executive presence isn’t an innate quality that you either have or don’t have. It is a skill, a set of learned behaviors that increase confidence and commands attention and respect. Executive presence can be developed by increasing your self awareness and understanding how others perceive you. This course teaches you to understand the verbal and nonverbal behaviors you are communicating and how those cues read to others. It offers tools to increase your personal and professional polish, increase the clarity and impact of your communication, and perceive yourself and present yourself more confidently. Training includes body language, voice, speech, and content/messaging.
interpersonal skills
DURATION: 6 PRIVATE SESSIONS; 50 MINUTES EACH, CONDUCTED WEEKLY.
FACULTY: AMY DABALOS
This people skills training course is designed to teach you about your behavior, the other person’s behavior, and offers tools to positively influence the dynamic between you. It is designed to help you relate better to others, particularly to people who are not like you. It teaches you to read and respond to cues in the moment, adjust your responses to others’ responses, develop high trust relationships, and reduce social awkwardness. In addition to body language, voice, speech, and content/messaging, this course includes listening skills.
presentation skills
DURATION: 8 PRIVATE SESSIONS; 50 MINUTES EACH, CONDUCTED WEEKLY.
FACULTY: HEATHER NEEDHAM
This course teaches you the tools and techniques to be compelling, clear, and confident while presenting. The curriculum includes preparation skills, content creation and refinement skills as well as delivery skills. The course will equip you to present confidently in person or virtually, for large or small audiences. It teaches you how to effectively prepare your presentations, translate your thoughts and ideas into a compelling and influential message and deliver that message in an engaging manner that is authentic to you.
vocal authority
DURATION: 5 PRIVATE SESSIONS; 50 MINUTES EACH, CONDUCTED WEEKLY.
FACULTY: AMY DABALOS
This voice course teaches you how to use tone, pitch, volume, enunciation and word choice to increase your vocal presence and command. It increases the warmth and integrity of your tone and reduces vocal fry. It ensures that the lowest pitches are audible and strong to increase vocal gravitas. It teaches you how to use your pitch expressively to persuade and influence. It reduces any habitual use of upspeak and teaches you to speak declaratively. It shows you how to choose your words intentionally and speak succinctly without junk speech or verbal clutter. It teaches you to be articulate and enunciate your words, reducing any mumbling tendencies or inaudible sentence endings. This course will increase your ability to speak declaratively in a succinct and crisp manner and increases overall vocal authority and command. It is not gender specific and is designed for both men and women.