TRAINING
Through a combination of insightful tools, model strategies, best practices, “real world” scenarios, compelling visuals, and active learning techniques, your team members will improve their presentation skill and ability — and your organization will increase its capacity and strength!
We offer In-person, Online, and Hybrid programs.
BY THE NUMBERS
We have helped many professionals grow in their confidence and public speaking skills through our In-person, Online, and Hybrid Training Programs.
8
World Class Coaches & Facilitators
98+
Training Programs in 2023
3
Published Books
OUR TRAINING PROGRAMS
Our training programs are offered in in-person, online, or hybrid formats. Book a consultation with us to help you decide which program is right for you.
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DEVELOP YOUR EXECUTIVE PRESENCE: WHAT TO SAY
In-person | Online | Hybrid
This session will equip you with a proven and repeatable strategy for structuring your speaking in ways that ensure you don’t forget essential information or go on tangents that dilute your message. Get ready to demonstrate newfound polish and communication effectiveness by practicing new strategies in the context of impromptu speaking.
In-person,Online,Hybrid
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DEVELOP YOUR EXECUTIVE PRESENCE: HOW YOU SAY IT
In-person | Online | Hybrid
This session will give you a set of powerful insights and practical strategies that will help you convey confidence and authenticity through body language, vocal quality, and eye contact. Get ready to embody executive presence in ways that will transform your career — and even change your life!
In-person,Online,Hybrid
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SAY IT RIGHT THE FIRST TIME
In-person | Hybrid
This session will teach you a set of little known — but profoundly effective — tools and tips to ensure that you always express yourself with clarity and composure; even when the last thing you were expecting was to be under the spotlight. Get ready to go from flat footed to polished, poised, and pointed — the first time, and every time!
In-person,Hybrid
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GET THE BUTTERFLIES TO FLY IN FORMATION
In-person | Online | Hybrid
This session aims to equip attorneys with long, mid, and short term strategies for managing nervousness during in-person, computer-mediated, and hybrid communication situations.
In-person,Online,Hybrid
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PROJECT CONFIDENCE WITH BODY LANGUAGE
In-person
Your posture and gestures communicate your confidence before you say a word in meetings, conversations, and presentations. This session will explore effective stance with the feet, the use of hands to gesture, and the posture of the upper body to bolster your body language from the ground up.
In-person
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THE POWER OF VOICE
In-person
This session will give you strategies to project with robust vocal intensity, enhance vocal quality, and improve articulation.
In-person
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CRAFT MEMORABLE AND ENGAGING PRESENTATIONS
In-person | Online
This session will give you firsthand experience with our foolproof Sandwich Structure Method for outlining presentations as well as audience-engagement techniques, which you’ll use to deliver game-changing presentations — even if you don’t have ample time to prepare, or if you’re striving to get through to a tough audience.
In-person,Online
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PITCH PERFECT
In-person | Online
This session will give you firsthand experience with audience analysis strategies, Spoken with Authority’s foolproof Sandwich Structure tool, theories of persuasive speaking, and techniques to enhance your executive presence, which you’ll use to deliver persuasive training presentations and product pitches.
In-person,Online
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POWERFUL VISUAL PRESENTATIONS
In-person | Online | Hybrid
This session will show you how to design dynamic and engaging presentations and augment them with compelling stories and slides, so that you bring any presentation to life – whether it’s in the boardroom, on stage, or anywhere else.
In-person,Online,Hybrid
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LEAD MORE EFFECTIVE MEETINGS
In-person | Online | Hybrid
This session will show you how to design and deliver meetings that make an immediate and lasting impact; how to get a meeting back on track when you don’t have an answer or participants go off topic; and how to be the most effective online and in-person.
In-person,Online,Hybrid
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HOST HYBRID MEETINGS AND EVENTS WITH AN EYE TOWARD INCLUSION AND ENGAGEMENT
Online | Hybrid
This session will explore when to move forward with a hybrid format, how to deliver hybrid presentations and facilitate hybrid meetings that cater to both in-person and computer-mediated attendees, and what to do to get all participants engaging and interacting in meaningful ways.
Online,Hybrid
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MOVE FORWARD WITH FEEDBACK
In-person | Online | Hybrid
This session will provide frameworks for giving timely feedback relevant to different workplace situations and will explore ways of reducing defensiveness when receiving critical feedback. Participants will have the opportunity to practice giving and receiving feedback in fun and non-judgmental role plays.
In-person,Online,Hybrid
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THE EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT AND CONFIDENT COMMUNICATOR
In-person
This session will pinpoint your communication style, identify the communication styles of team members, and reveal strategies to listen deeply, respond with respectful assertiveness, handle difficult conversations, promote professional respect, manage nervousness, and build confidence as a speaker.
In-person
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REFRAME AND RECLAIM THE DREADED NETWORKING PITCH
In-person | Online | Hybrid
This session will help you will transform that dreaded “elevator speech” into a foolproof way to make genuine and valuable connections at networking events and in chance encounters.
In-person,Online,Hybrid
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UPGRADE FROM "HOW ARE YOU?" GET BETTER AT SMALL TALK
In-person
This session will teach you the anatomy of small talk so you can more successfully initiate, maintain, and end casual conversations. Additionally, it will offer suggestions for questions you can ask that are more inclusive and that demonstrate empathy when conversational partners open up to you.
In-person
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NAVIGATE DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS
In-person | Online | Hybrid
This session will help you navigate difficult conversations, broach delicate subjects, and ask uncomfortable questions without beating around the bush or working against yourself.
In-person,Online,Hybrid
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LEADERSHIP NOW: 2-DAY INTENSIVE PRESENTATION SKILLS WORKSHOP
In-person
This two-day experiential and intensive course will quickly build your confidence, bolster your leadership communication skills, and catapult your career. Reduce nerves, increase confidence, improve outcomes, and save time.
In-person
SUCCESS STORIES
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“From the moment Lean In D.C. reached out to Spoken with Authority, they were timely in their responses and willing to build a tailored event for our community. Throughout the workshop, Christine and Michele balanced presenting information with providing hands-on examples (i.e. polls, breakout sessions, whiteboard). This not only allowed our members to fully understand the capabilities of presenting virtually, but also kept the audience engaged throughout the webinar. After the event, the attendees provided overwhelmingly positive feedback on the presentation and content.”
Paige Sholar
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“Christine and her team have done wonders for me personally as a public speaker, and also for my entire team. They are also incredibly easy to work with, and I feel like I can delegate big projects to them and not have to worry about the results — because they always deliver!”
Jon Whiten
Director of State Communications, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities -
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“Spoken with Authority was wonderful to work with! The information they provided SMPS Boston was very useful to our members. The webinar was engaging, interactive, and gave us all immediate skills that we could apply to our work life. I would recommend Christine’s services to anyone looking for a presentation on best practices for virtual presentations, she’s an expert!”
Kelly Auld
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“Spoken with Authority’s training was engaging, well paced, informative, and entertaining. In the weeks following our sessions, their value became apparent. I watched my team grow comfortable interfacing with their more senior client-side counterparts, and saw evidence of improving presentation skills. I found myself being more intentional with my body language and tone as well – a post-training phenomenon acknowledged by other trainees as well.”
Chris Earp
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“Christine gave a presentation on Developing Your Executive Presence to the Washington, D.C. chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals and it was excellent! Her engaging manner put everyone at ease and her practical tips and advice allowed us to leave the session with valuable ideas for improvement. The chapter wants her back! Working with Christine in preparation for the event was a breeze — she is so organized and such a professional on every level.”
Betsy Wason
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“Even in just one short workshop, Spoken with Authority was able to provide effective tips and habits to improve speaking skills beyond the workshop by providing reading materials and other exercises. Our facilitator was particularly great at working with people that had differing levels of comfort with public speaking in a professional setting and ensured that even those who found public speaking to be a strength benefited from the workshop in some way.”
Ryan Sale
Associate Attorney, Richards, Layton & Finger
OUR BOOK: PRESENTING NOW
When you sign up for our training programs, Presenting Now by Christine Clapp and Bjørn Stillion Southard, is a supplemental training tool.
Presenting Now is deliberately light on theory and purposely loaded with potent and practical tools, methods, and insights you need to rise to any workplace speaking situation. It is an essential resource that you will reference regularly to improve communication outcomes in routine meetings, networking conversations, formal reports, high-stakes pitches, job interviews, panel presentations, webinars, conference speeches, and beyond.
Equipped with these foundational strategies, your confidence and influence will grow.
FAQS
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Spoken with Authority training facilitators include Lynn Adrine, Christine Clapp, Jean Costanza Miller, Ph.D., Michele Morrissey, Lisa Richard, Bjørn Stillion Southard Ph.D., and David Henderson Esq.
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Live webinars range from 45 to 90 minutes, depending on topic, desired interactivity, and audience size. In-person workshops range from 60 minutes to multiple two-hour sessions, depending on topic, desired interactivity, and audience size. Recorded virtual training modules are around 15-20 minutes each.
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Collaborating with Spoken with Authority on a training program will get you better, faster, and easier results than doing it on your own or relying on someone in house.
After all, we have a track record of providing engaging and highly rated training programs to hundreds of law firm, consulting firm, association, and nonprofit clients as well as thousands of program participants. We have a team of dedicated and expert facilitators so can accommodate most scheduling needs, even if you have a last-minute training request. And, we will make your job easy by drafting pre and post-program messages for participants; scheduling a pre-workshop logistics call to tailor the program to your audience and make sure technology runs smoothly; providing books and handouts to reinforce learning; collecting evaluation data from participants; and scheduling a meeting to debrief the program and evaluation data with you.
OUR FACILITATION TEAM
LYNNE ADRINE
CHRISTINE CLAPP
DAVID HENDERSON, Esq.
ROBERT W. GORDON, Esq.
JEAN COSTANZA MILLER, Ph.D.
MICHELE MORRISSEY
LISA RICHARD
BJØRN STILLION SOUTHARD, Ph.D.
