with Dr. Debbye Turner Bell
10 AM - 1 PM Central Time
8 AM - 11 AM Pacific Time
$395 (US) per person
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POWERFUL COMMUNICATION: CRAFT AND DELIVER YOUR MESSAGE WITH AUTHORITY AND AUTHENTICITY
Effective communication can impress people, but powerful communication can move them to action. This program identifies the elements of powerful communication and teaches you how to harness and utilize your individual skills to become a communicator who persuades, inspires, and transforms.
Expect a highly interactive program with group exercises, a skills assessment, demonstrations, and plenty of opportunities to apply what you are learning.
DR. DEBBYE TURNER BELL
Dr. Debbye Turner Bell is a broadcast journalist, speaker, author, veterinarian and consultant. Her latest book is titled, Courageous Faith: A Lifelong Pursuit of Faith Over Fear.
For more than two decades, Dr. Turner Bell has addressed millions of people in audiences from the corporate, academic, and community service arenas. She has enjoyed a long career in broadcast journalism serving for 11 years as a staff correspondent for CBS News. She was also the Early Show's resident veterinarian and garnered an interview with President and Mrs. Bush at the White House, produced a vast body of work for CBS Sunday Morning, among other assignments, and is still an expert contributor to Animal Planet.
Dr. Turner Bell divides her time between speaking and teaching as well as serving on local, state and national boards. She received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from the University of Missouri-Columbia and a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture from Arkansas State University.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
- 3 pillars of powerful communication - making a real connection, communicating a clear message, and effectively delivering your message
- How to get over anxiety and nervousness in delivering your message
- 8 ways to build rapport
- Nonverbal communication best practices
TOPICS COVERED
The components of powerful communication
- Identify the elements of powerful communication
- Assess your current communication skills
Powerful Communication requires real connection
- Connect not just communicate
- Being more relatable
- Gaining and building credibility
- Turn perceptions into persuasion
Excel at Listening
- Define and hone active listening skills
- Hear what is not being said
- Listening to what your audiences hears
Crafting a Powerful Message
- Understanding and identifying your target audience
- How to "story arc" your message
- Choose the most effective words to boost the power of your message
- The power of storytelling, illustrations, and demonstration
- Identifying and avoiding common pitfalls in crafting your message
Delivering your message
- Wow them in the first 20 seconds
- What you say without saying a word (nonverbal communication)
- How to get over anxiety and nervousness
Delivery Method: Group Internet Based (Zoom platform)
Prerequisites: None
Advanced Preparation: None
Participants will earn 3 CPE credits or 3 PDC credits
Field of Study: Personal Development
