Public Speaking Success! The CommunicationDiva's Guide to Presenting with Confidence.

It's that yucky feeling in your stomach...like you might lose your lunch or faint or like you can't stop shaking or might make a fool of yourself. For most people, public speaking is terrifying.

The thought of it alone used to scare me...and I used to wish like mad that I could just sit quietly and listen...even though that wasn't always possible.

Public speaking is listed as the top fear people have, second only to death, and 74% of North Americans list it as one of their biggest fears.

I learned to overcome the terror and to actually enjoy public speaking. There is something about standing up with confidence and sharing that is unlike anything else...and once I got the hang of it...well...I haven't stopped.

Easy for you, you might say. You're a college teacher and a preacher...and you do this all the time.

That's true...I do now...but I didn't always...and I certainly would NOT be doing the job I'm doing now if I couldn't get up with confidence and speak in front of a crowd.

So. How can you have the same results I did?

In this 5 part audio course, I will teach you how to speak with confidence before an audience of any size...whether it be in a workplace or educational setting, at a social function like a wedding or funeral, or before an audience in an auditorium.

In just under 3 hours, (the equivalent of sitting in a morning workshop with me), I will take you through 5 main topic areas and share stories about what I learned, share mistakes that I made and how you can avoid making them yourself, offer you best practice ideas and highlight ways in which you can continue to grow your confidence, even long after the course is done.

Topics covered include:

1. Body Basics: Where to Put Yourself, and More.

    We'll talk about where to stand, what to do with your hands, how to appear confident even if you aren't at first. Often it's the small things that make a big impression...and there are particular tricks to looking confident that I will share.

2. Voice Vibes: How to Say What You Want to Say

    We'll talk about words to avoid, about how to know how you sound  to others, and about how to project and use your voice as a tool to share your story.

3. Technical Tips: Things to Think About Before & During the Presentation

     We'll discuss how best to make use of slides, some do's and dont's of technology, how to avoid problems that could come up and might make your presentation tank, and we'll look at several practical things that you can do in advance to make it easier once you are about to go on....and more.

4. Quelling the Quivers: How Not to Seem Nervous, Even When You Are

     In this segment, we'll look at the following questions: Why are we so nervous in the first place? Where does this deep fear come from? What can be done to calm the nerves and get the job done.

I'll share actionable tips, stories, ideas and methods with you that will help you to appear calm and to help you gain confidence so that eventually, you ARE calm inside!    

5. Oh NOOOO! What to Do When Something Goes Wrong

     Sometimes, the unexpected happens. Then what?

We'll talk about how to prevent things you can prevent, how to cope when things you can't prevent happen, and I'll offer some stories about things that have happened to me in the moment, and what I did about them.

How can you continue to practice building confidence, even after the series is over?

As with everything you want to master, you must practice-practice-practice!

To help you do this, I've included a bonus exercise at the end of Session 4 called "The Circle of Excellence" that will help you to continue to build the confidence and courage you need to succeed. You can use this over and over again and create your own confident mind-state that you can then step into each time you are about to stand before an audience. The Circle of Excellence is a fantastic tool that I use to this day, and find it really calms me down and let's me fly.

The aim of this audio course is to get you

I am confident You CAN do this, and I'd love to help you get there.

Jenn speaks on a weekly basis in churches, classrooms and in workshops full of people . She has a theatrical background and Master's Degree in Public and Pastoral Leadership, and is ordained in the United Church of Canada. She has also been a guest speaker at the 140EDU Educational Conference in NYC, at New Media Expo in Las Vegas, at PodX (Podcast Movement) in Anaheim, at venues across Canada and in the US. She also regularly speaks to thousands through her podcast at careersbyjenn.com. Jenn rebranded in 2017 from CommunicationDiva to CareersbyJenn to help more people with their career-related topics...but communication is still her thing!