Workshop

Presentation skills and rhetoric

Benefits

We do much of our work in our heads, in a “quiet little chamber” at the computer. Even when we ultimately want to share our thoughts with an audience, we sit there and work in silence.

No matter how good our thoughts, how groundbreaking our results, how innovative our ideas: if we fail to convey them to our target audience, success will still elude us.

We maintain: “The messenger IS the message!” So this course is about you. You are the messenger. If you feel confident delivering your message, your audience will sense it. Do you have good reasons to believe in your messages? Then that will come across.

In our open workshop «Presentation Skills and Rhetoric» you will learn in the shortest possible time how to professionalize your impact.

You will stand in front of the camera several times, receive feedback and work on your presentation. Our feedback is concrete and immediately actionable.

Objectives

  • make the most of your impact on stage
  • know what to do with your hands
  • know how to use your gaze
  • You know how to accentuate your voice
  • You can get your topic across concisely and to the point
  • You know how to prepare for a presentation

Content

  • What does it mean to come across as convincing?
  • Self-image vs. external image: How do I see myself? How do others perceive me?
  • How the nonverbal, paraverbal and verbal levels of communication interact
  • Speaking without words: the importance of body language
  • Creating mood with your voice: volume, modulation, pauses and pace
  • The importance of the first impression
  • The bridge of contact to the audience: gaze and presence
  • What is the connection between impact and personality?
  • How you can make your presentations more impactful
  • Confident and composed: applying the key points of presentation skills
  • Radiating what matters: making your inner attitude visible and audible
  • The power of the beginning and the end
  • Applying rhetorical techniques purposefully
  • Free speech: getting to the essence in one minute
  • Exercises for voice and articulation
  • Exercises against nervousness and for good energy

You register as an individual and train in a group. The workshop lasts one day. The focus is on DOING IT YOURSELF:

You will try things out, practice, receive feedback and stand in front of the camera several times.

We look forward to seeing you!

Until then: pay attention in conversations or meetings to how you come across when explaining or advocating something. When do you feel clear, present, authentic? Presentation skill doesn't begin on stage – it shows in every moment you become visible.

Coach

Sibylle SommererInhaberin Speak GmbH
Trainerin, Coach und Dozentin für Auftritte
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Feedback

What participants say.

  • Ich fand den Tag äusserst interessant und hoffe, dass ich einiges für die Zukunft mitnehmen konnte. Insb. die Tipps, welche du uns am Morgen übermittelt hast, sind mir in Erinnerung geblieben und ich werde bei künftigen Präsentation sicherlich immer wieder daran denken (Sätze fertigmachen, Position der Hände, Publikum abwechselnd anschauen, Aufbau einer Präsentation etc.).
    NinoMarch 2026
  • Liebe Sibylle Vielen herzlichen Dank für den inspirierenden Tag! Die gemeinsame Zeit war nicht nur äusserst lehrreich, sondern hat auch richtig Freude gemacht. Ich konnte wertvolle Tipps mitnehmen und bin bereits dabei, diese in die Praxis umzusetzen. Ein grosses Dankeschön an dich und an Speak! Regula
    RegulaDecember 2025
  • Gestern durfte ich eine Präsentation vor dem gesamten Team halten. Und ich denke, es ist mir gut gelungen:-). Ich konnte einige von deinen Inputs umsetzen und war deshalb nicht mehr so nervös wie auch schon;-). Eigentlich schade, bin ich nicht schon früher in deinen Kurs gekommen. Das hätte mir sicher in vielen Situation schon geholfen.
    TobiasSeptember 2025

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