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Gaining Influence Through Your Presentations: Technical Professionals

Cohort-based Course

Elevate your presentations. Inspire your audience. Sell your ideas. Build your brand. Transform your career.

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The Exec Track

Gaining Influence Through Your Presentations: Technical Professionals

Cohort-based Course

Elevate your presentations. Inspire your audience. Sell your ideas. Build your brand. Transform your career.

Hosted by

Deborah Grayson Riegel

20+ year public speaking coach who teaches at Wharton, Duke, and Columbia.

Deborah Grayson Riegel

20+ year public speaking coach who teaches at Wharton, Duke, and Columbia.

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Course overview

Mastering Technical Presentations: Sharper Skills for Impactful Communication

Technical professionals often face unique challenges when presenting complex information to diverse audiences.

This course is designed to empower you with the skills to deliver clear, engaging, and impactful presentations. Whether you’re explaining intricate data, sharing innovative ideas, or leading project updates, this course will help you communicate with confidence and precision.

You will learn:

1. How to Reduce Presentation Anxiety:

Techniques to calm your nerves before and during your presentation.

Strategies to build confidence through preparation and practice.

2. How to Structure Audience-Centered Presentations:

Frameworks for creating presentations that focus on your audience's needs.

Tips for making your content relevant and engaging to diverse audiences.

3. How to Design Effective Slides:

Best practices for creating visually appealing and informative slides.

Guidelines for using visuals to support and enhance your message.

4. How to Turn Data into Stories:

Methods for translating complex data into compelling narratives.

Techniques for highlighting key insights and takeaways.

5. How to Open and Close with Impact:

Ideas for starting your presentation with a strong hook.

Strategies for ending with a memorable and persuasive conclusion.

6. How to Handle Q&A with Ease:

Approaches for managing challenging questions and interactions.

Tips for staying composed and confident during Q&A sessions.

7. How to Speak with Presence:

Techniques for projecting confidence and authority.

Practices for improving your vocal and physical delivery.

8. How to Adapt for Virtual and Hybrid Environments:

Tools and tips for delivering effective presentations remotely.

Strategies for engaging virtual audiences and managing technology.

This course includes:

-10 self-paced instructional videos for you to use on your own schedule

-4 60-minute live, instructor-led workshops with Deborah Grayson Riegel to do a deeper dive into key concepts, and get feedback on presentation skills (for those who volunteer)

-20+ worksheets, frameworks, tools and takeaways to help you plan and present better before, during, and long after the course

-a supportive community of like-minded technical professionals

-lifetime access to the course

Who is this course for

Engineers and Developers who need to present technical solutions clearly and concisely.

Data Scientists and Analysts who need to convey data insights effectively to non-technical stakeholders.

IT Professionals who needing to explain complex systems and processes in a straightforward manner.

Engineers and Developers who need to present technical solutions clearly and concisely.

Data Scientists and Analysts who need to convey data insights effectively to non-technical stakeholders.

IT Professionals who needing to explain complex systems and processes in a straightforward manner.

What you’ll get out of this course

Apply techniques to achieve clarity, conciseness, and coherence in conveying complex technical information

Foundations of Clarity - Learn techniques to simplify and clarify complex concepts.

Techniques for Conciseness - Focus on streamlining content and delivering concise messages.

Structuring for Coherence - Develop skills for creating logical, coherent presentations

Analyze audience characteristics and adapt your presentations to suit different levels of technical familiarity and interest

Evaluate your Audience - Learn to identify audience demographics, technical backgrounds, and interests

Shape your Presentation: Use audience insights to identify key audience segments and tailor your presentations accordingly.

Create slides and visual aids that clearly present data and concepts, using principles of good design and visual communication

Making Information Visual - Learn to create charts, graphs, and infographics that clearly convey key insights and support your narrative.

Customize Your Slides - Create customized slides that resonate with highly technical teams to non-technical stakeholders

Engage audiences with voice modulation, pacing, articulation, and non-verbal communication to deliver confident and compelling presentations

Speak to Inspire - Develop dynamic vocal variety to keep the audience engaged.

Present with Presence - Utilize effective non-verbal cues to enhance message delivery.

Combat Anxiety - Apply strategies to reduce visible signs of nervousness.

Evaluate audience feedback and interaction levels and modify your presentations dynamically to increase engagement and participation

Read the Room - Develop the ability to accurately assess audience reactions and engagement levels in real-time.

Improve Adaptability - Cultivate the skill to adjust your presentation style and content on the fly based on audience feedback.

Synthesize technical information into clear, logical, and compelling stories that guide the audience through complex topics

Enhance Information Structuring- Transform dense technical data into a structured narrative with a clear beginning, middle, and end.

Apply Story Frameworks - Gain the ability to weave technical data into a compelling story that highlights the significance and impact.

Prepare for potential challenges such as complex questions, technical difficulties, and diverse audience dynamics

Master Tricky Questions - Anticipate 4 types of questions that may arise during your presentations.

Plan for the Unplanned - Learn to "go with the flow" when unexpected challenges happen

Manage Diverse Environments - Transition between in-person, virtual, and hybrid presentations

This course includes

4 interactive live sessions

Lifetime access to course materials

30 in-depth lessons

Direct access to instructor

Projects to apply learnings

Guided feedback & reflection

Private community of peers

Course certificate upon completion

Maven Satisfaction Guarantee

This course is backed by Maven’s guarantee. You can receive a full refund within 14 days after the course ends, provided you meet the completion criteria in our refund policy.

Course syllabus

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Week 1
Sep 24—Sep 29
Events
Sep
24
Mastering Slides, Stories, Starting, Stopping (and So Much More)
Mastering Slides, Stories, Starting, Stopping (and So Much More)
Tue, Sep 24, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM UTC
Modules
How to Reduce Presentation Anxiety
How to Reduce Presentation Anxiety
3 Lessons
Using A.B.C. Goals to Structure Audience-Centered Presentations
Using A.B.C. Goals to Structure Audience-Centered Presentations
3 Lessons
What Slide Crimes are You Committing? How to Design Effective Slides
What Slide Crimes are You Committing? How to Design Effective Slides
2 Lessons
Want People to Follow You? Use Accessible Language
Want People to Follow You? Use Accessible Language
1 Lesson
Week 2
Sep 30—Oct 6
Events
Sep
30
The Technical Professional's Quick Start to Presenting Well to Any Audience
The Technical Professional's Quick Start to Presenting Well to Any Audience
Mon, Sep 30, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM UTC
Oct
2
Practice Session - Present and Get Live Feedback (or Just Watch and Learn)
Practice Session - Present and Get Live Feedback (or Just Watch and Learn)
Wed, Oct 2, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM UTC
Modules
How to Turn Data into Stories
How to Turn Data into Stories
3 Lessons
Organize Your Ideas to Make it Easy for Others to Follow
Organize Your Ideas to Make it Easy for Others to Follow
4 Lessons
How to Open and Close with Impact
How to Open and Close with Impact
1 Lesson
Week 3
Oct 7—Oct 13
Modules
How to Handle Q&A with Ease
How to Handle Q&A with Ease
2 Lessons
Presentation Project: Get Real-Time Feedback on Your Public Speaking
Presentation Project: Get Real-Time Feedback on Your Public Speaking
1 Lesson
Week 4
Oct 14
Events
Oct
14
Pulling it All Together: 10 Tips, Tools and Techniques that Every Presenter Needs to Know
Pulling it All Together: 10 Tips, Tools and Techniques that Every Presenter Needs to Know
Mon, Oct 14, 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM UTC
Modules
How to Speak with Presence
How to Speak with Presence
7 Lessons
How to Adapt for Virtual and Hybrid Environments
How to Adapt for Virtual and Hybrid Environments
3 Lessons

What people are saying

“Deb has a distinct set of superpowers that have had a profound impact on my career. She is simply the most adept listener I’ve ever come across and is able to synthesize large amounts of information into a clear, coherent, coaching message. Deb’s ability to procure the root of any situation, challenge, or goal is like no other."

Craig Sloan

CEO, Playfly Sports

In the two and a half years since working with Deborah, my company has enjoyed more success than in the previous twenty-one years combined! We doubled our client list and grew our revenues commensurately. In the process, Deborah has become a great friend. We could not have achieved this success without her.

Dr. David Sand

Chief Medical Officer, ZeOmega, Inc.

Deb is a high-level while down-to-earth coach, able to provide insight and guidance that acknowledges professional opportunities and challenges in balance with the whole person. In fact, she is clear that the person is her focus, and ensures that you feel seen, heard and known.

Addie Goodman

President & CEO, JCC Chicago

Blending her big brains and her big heart, Deborah Grayson Riegel will waste no time developing the skills you want but doubt you can muster. Accountability with compassion: you'll get that and more with Deborah Grayson Riegel.

Deb Tabacco

Founder, Transcend Technology, LLC

Deb seems to be able to pour her confidence and endless energy into others, making them feel fearless...

Dawn Liu

IBM

Meet your instructor

Deborah Grayson Riegel

Deborah Grayson Riegel is a keynote speaker, executive coach, and consultant who has taught leadership communication for Wharton Business School, Duke’s Fuqua Business School, Columbia Business School’s Women in Leadership Program, and the Beijing International MBA Program at Peking University.

She writes on leadership communication and presentation skills for Harvard Business Review, Inc., Psychology Today, Forbes, and Fast Company, and has been featured in Bloomberg Businessweek, The Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. Deb's article, "Don't Underestimate the Power of a Walk" is in the Top 5 all-time most shared Harvard Business Review articles.

Deb is currently writing her 10th book, and is already the author of “Go to Help: 31 Strategies to Offer, Ask for, and Accept Help” and "Overcoming Overthinking: 36 Ways to Tame Anxiety for Work, School, and Life" and consults and speaks for clients including Amazon, Google, Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association, Johnson & Johnson, KraftHeinz, L’Oreal, Novartis, PepsiCo, and The United States Army.

When Deb isn't working, she is hanging out with her husband Michael, kids Jacob and Sophie, and rescue dog Nash. She loves true crime, the history of Saturday Night Live, gardening, dark chocolate, and Chapsticks.

You can find her online at:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/deborahgraysonriegel/

www.deborahgraysonriegel.com

https://www.youtube.com/@Deborah-Grayson-Riegel

https://deborahgraysonriegel.substack.com/

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