Virtual Presence™ addresses one of the most vexing day-to-day challenges of 21st century leadership: how to engage, inspire and motivate long-distance teams — on the telephone.
You know the drill. Leading teleconferences in your multi-task, highly-caffeinated world involves wrangling distracted listeners, dealing with delayed responses, trying to ignore ambient sounds of clicking keyboards/barking dogs/airport announcements (and worse) – all of which drain your energy, weaken your personal brand, waste your time, and dilute your message.
Virtual Presence™ is your secret weapon, designed to help you triumph at teleconferencing by equipping you with the go-to tools, techniques, and skills to engage, inspire, and motivate audiences over the phone.
You lead a geographically dispersed team.
You regularly meet with your team over the telephone, via conference calls.
You are frustrated in your attempts to get and keep the attention of multi-tasking listeners.
You are tired of leading low-energy, boring, non-productive calls.
You are sick of competing with background noise and interruptions.
All of this drains your energy, weakens your brand, wastes your time and dilutes your message.
You are looking for a way to engage, inspire, motivate and energize your team – on the telephone.
I have created Virtual Presence™ just for you. Virtual Presence is a just-in-time coaching program where I walk you step-by-step through the process of leading conference calls that engage, inspire, motivate and energize audiences.
Using my four-step framework called, CONNECT. ENGAGE. INSPIRE. MOTIVATE!™ I will teach you how to:
★ Tailor your message so that it grabs and holds the audiences’ attention
★ Set and maintain ground rules that ensure full participation
★ Engage your audience with interactive exercises and techniques
★ Inspire your audience with “juicy language” and vocal expressiveness
★ Motivate your audience with a clear call to action
Virtual Presence is a 4-week coaching program, delivered live via webinar. Each program has four, 60-minute sessions, PLUS a follow-up coaching lab.
Each session is:
- facilitated by a live coach.
- interactive – you practice and get feedback.
- experiential – so you can apply your new skills at work right away.
Class #1: Aligning You, Your Message and Your Technology
- Embrace the four key elements of every conference call
- Understand your audience and what makes them tick/pay attention
- Craft a conference call strategy one-sheet to prep for a great call
- Learn the four C’s of communicating with impact on the telephone
Class #2 Grab and Keep Your Audience’s Attention
- Identify the key elements of virtual communication
- Structure messages for instant and consistent engagement
- Learn how to “be here now”
- Elevate and maintain the energy level on the call
Class #3 – Grab Your Audience by the Heart and Mind
- Understand the distinction between inspire and motivate
- Learn how to appeal to the hearts and minds of the audience
- Learn to use “juicy language” to energize and influence your audience
- Leverage whole-brain communication techniques for maximum message impact
- Use technology to inspire your audience
Class #4 – Galvanize Your Audience To Take Action
- Deliver a clear, concise, compelling closing
- Create and deliver a rousing call to action
- Get audience buy-in for next steps, action(s) to be taken
- Craft a strategy for follow-up and ongoing communication
Four, 60-minute sessions |
You spend less time away from work and more time applying your new Virtual Presence™ skills at work |
Small groups, 9 people, max |
You receive lots of individual attention |
Interactive design |
You are engaged in active practice and peer-peer learning in every session Virtual Presence™ |
Workbook |
You can use this guide during and after the sessions as a resource for quick tips and practical tools |
Virtual Presence™ Lab |
You receive follow-up coaching, after the program, to reinforce learning |
“The course was exciting and definitely taught me about the importance of personal branding and presence.”
– Consultant, A Fluent Vision at Cisco
“The expert coach masterfully handled the classroom, creating a learning environment that encouraged participants to stretch and soar. She was effective and rigorous in making sure each participant left with practical skills appropriate for our business culture.”
– Senior Vice President, American Express
“I have had many, many leadership courses in 25 years of military service. This one far exceeds those in utility, practical application and allowing me to openly look at myself and my leadership. Thanks!”
– Consultant, Booz Allen Hamilton
I am a certified Leadership Coach (Georgetown University) and President of TAO Leadership Development, Inc., a coaching firm specializing in Personal Branding, Leadership Presence and Virtual Presence™ for leaders.
I have coached and trained over 1,000 leaders in organizations such as: American Express, Cisco, Ferrero USA, General Electric, HBO, PayPal, Booz Allen Hamilton, The Central Intelligence Agency and Harvard Business School, and more.
As the host of the #1 radio show on personal branding (The Leader & The Muse), I demonstrate mastery of the Virtual Presence™ techniques she teaches, as I engage established and emerging global thought leaders in inspiring conversations.
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