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The 7even Secrets of Great Presenters
Date
Sep 13, 2008, 6:00 PM-8:00 PM
Speakers:
Jane Praeger and Tasha Space
Learn the seven essential secrets to creating engaging and persuasive presentations. Using principles drawn from entertainment, strategy, psychology, and neuroscience, presenters learn to craft presentations that inspire audiences to take action.
Jane Praeger is the founder and president of Ovid, Inc., a firm that provides speech, presentation, and media training, strategic communications consulting, and customized workshops for corporations, nonprofits, and individuals. She's a faculty member of the M.S. in Strategic Communications and she teaches Delivering the Strategic Message, Advanced Writing Workshop, The Power of Opinion, and Advanced Communications Project.
Tasha Space is a brand strategy consultant, working with companies such as Faith Popcorn's Brain Reserve, Deutsch Inc., Pfizer, Mad Dogs and Englishmen, and Satori. She's a faculty member of the M.S. in Strategic Communications and she teaches Introduction to Market Research, Positioning and Communications Strategy, and Advanced Communications Project.
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Jan18
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Transformational Brand Strategies: New Methods for a New Era in Communications
Friday, Jan 18, 6:00PM - 8:00PM
Based on a proprietary framework of ‘Inspired Excellence,’ this interactive session will share emerging perspectives and methods utilized by the world’s most innovative brands and captivating social movements.
Feb01
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Strategies for Brilliant Cover Letters
Friday, Feb 1, 6:00PM - 8:00PM
This workshop lays out the roles and goals of a good business letter, and explains why yes, indeed, cover letters do still matter. The session will outline core principles of persuasive writing that will help writers pitch themselves successfully to a range of readers. Through analysis of letters that worked, attendees will come to a new understanding of strategy, and learn to distinguish elegant flourishes from cheap gimmicks. The workshop will demonstrate how applicants can use audience insight to showcase themselves to greatest effect, and offer a framework for taking calculated risks in professional prose.