Get to the Point!: Become an effective communicator when speaking and writing

Knowing what matters

• Tailoring relevant content.
• Putting your ideas in a logical order.
• Developing a clear message.
• Regarding mindset and attitude.

Making your presentation engaging

• Winning and losing your audience and readers – dos and don’ts.
• Captivating your audience and readers – even with factual information.
• Effectively deploying viaual devices.

Framing your speech

• Strong opening, plausible body and skillful conclusion.
• Clearly structuring, polishing and effectively staging (short) speeches.
• Finding the appropriate arguments to support your point.

The Power of simple words

• The Dimensions of Comprehensibility.
• Advice on speaking and writing in English.

Writing clearly and concisely

• Reviewing your writing skillfully.
• Writing emails and texts so that people want to read them.
• Less is more: how to convince with concise texts.

Optimising your presentation

Please bring along your presentation sequence (max. 5 charts) on your notebook to the workshop for practice.

Optimising your business texts

Bring along, e.g. letters, emails, memos, circulars, position papers and decision papers (max. 2-3 pages) for editing.

• You will learn to distinguish between supersaturating and relevant information and to focus on the core content.
• You will learn to develop your texts and arguments clearly, precisely and to the point – in a straightforward way
• You will learn about tips and tricks to structure and develop interesting and motivating speeches and texts that grab the attention of your audience and readers.
• You will learn to convey your message so that it actually reaches your audience and readers.
• You will communicate more effectively and efficiently in English.
• You will express yourself in a more active, more focused and thus more effective way.

Experts and managers (working cross-culturally) who want to get their message across, argue their point and stand their ground effectively in future by impressive speeches and pointed (short) presentations as well as clearly structured and concisely formulated texts.