Keys to Captivating an Audience: Informing and Inspiring through Conflict & Compassion, Courage & Creativity

In a distracted world driven by time pressure, numbers and technology, getting attention is only the start; you also have to hold it. This 60-minute webinar on captivating an audience is for anyone who wants to become a more compelling, connecting leader and communicator.

Using a mix of humor, ideas and small and large group exercises, the presenter shares tools such as the "New KISS" (keep it short and smart) and "Memorable MISS" (sassy and surprising), the five A's of ACE communication, and the five-P passion power model.

Three questions guide the session: are you bringing your best energy, experience and expertise; are you being heard or just making noise; and are you building collaborative relationships that make the most of diversity, productivity and creativity?

• Capture an audience quickly with short, smart and surprising messages
• Disarm conflict by asking good questions and building trust
• Bring concepts to life with fun, interactive, thought-provoking exercises
• Apply the five A's of ACE communication
• Use storytelling and the five-P passion power model to engage listeners
• Use participatory structures to make teams more inclusive and involved

• The New KISS (keep it short and smart) and Memorable MISS (sassy and surprising)
• "Less is more (more or less)" and "stand out, don't just be outstanding"
• Disarming conflict by asking good questions and building trust
• Get Real and Get FIT (fun, interactive, thought-provoking) exercises
• The five A's of ACE communication: attention, anticipation, animation, activation, actualization
• The five-P passion power model: purposeful, provocative, passionate, playful, philosophical
• Using humor and storytelling
• Participatory structures for inclusive, involved and inspired teams

Every employee, and especially every leader, needs to capture attention and keep people actively involved. This session offers tools, techniques and hands-on exercises to turn a group into a team that combines individual creativity with an interactive community.

It suits anyone who wants to be a more engaging, high-impact communicator at work or in personal life, including professionals who want to be a role model for others.

This webinar is for anyone who wants to be a more engaging and effective high-impact communicator in any professional and personal arena.  The webinar will outline the four key components to designing, developing, and delivering engaging and effective, “one-of-a-kind” programs that reflect your singular perspective.  Also, for the professional who wants to be a role model and inspiring example for others.

Mark Gorkin, MSW, LICSW, "The Stress Doc" ™, a nationally acclaimed speaker, writer, and "Psychohumorist" ™, is a founding partner and Stress Resilience and Trauma Debriefing Consultant for the Nepali Diaspora Behavioral Health & Wellness Initiative. Current 247Compliance/Ijona Skills Training Expert; also,Leadership Coach/Training Consultant for the international Embry-Riddle Aeronautics University at the Daytona, FL headquarters. A former Stress and Violence Prevention Consultant for the US Postal Service, he has led numerous Pre-Deployment Stress Resilience-Humor-Team Building Retreats for the US Army. Mark also has extensive experience as a Critical Incident Consultant. The Doc is the author of Practice Safe Stress, The Four Faces of Anger, and Preserving Human Touch in a High-Tech World. Mark’s award-winning, USA Today Online "HotSite" – www.stressdoc.com – was called a "workplace resource" by National Public Radio (NPR).