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Overview:
Learn to overcome your fear of public speaking! Discover strategies to develop and organize your thoughts, learn to speak directly to the audience, field tough questions and get the most from visual aids. Deliver your next briefing with confidence.
Employees who conduct briefings or who make presentations to individuals or groups. Presentation Skills for Auditors (AUDT8522G) .
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Utilize a systematic and effective approach to plan, research and deliver briefings Speak before a group with greater self-confidence Avoid the common barriers of communication Recognize the impact of visual messages Answer questions with confidence and refocus listeners Develop a powerful wrap-up
Syllabus -- Briefing Techniques, COMM7002D, Grad. School, USDA
Day one of three
Communicating through Briefings
Managing Perceptions
Eliminating Barriers
Preliminary Planning
Using the Briefing Evaluation Guide
Delivering Presentations
Day two of three
Delivering Presentations (continued)
Briefing Situations
Extemporaneous Briefings
Practicing Presentations
Day three of three
Practicing Presentations (continued)
Using Visual Aids
Final Briefings
