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Communication Skills for the Professional
Presentations, Business Etiquette, and Networking Skills for Washington

10 seconds! That's all your staff get to make a favorable first impression. Our training can help them shape their first impression and all that follows.
Don't send your staff to any more business meetings or networking lunches without first scheduling this course.
Your staff will gain the confidence they need to communicate any message clearly and effectively. In this course, they will learn the basics of planning, structuring and delivering winning presentations.
They will also learn business etiquette basics, including:

Appropriate attire for different occasions

Projecting a professional image

Working a room with authenticity and class

How and when to offer your business card, and what to do when someone else offers theirs

How to join and exit conversations gracefully

How to balance your plate and navigate your way at receptions

What's wrong with this picture?

Caution: this is a professional actor. Do NOT attempt this at an actual business meal!
Your staff can wine and dine your most valued client ... and still lose the account--or not get asked back.

Good table manners should be second nature so that your staff can concentrate on the meeting, not on which fork to use. During our working lunch, our faculty review business meal etiquette, so all of your staff can make a good impression and not make the eight etiquette mistakes demonstrated in the picture above.

This course is ideal for

Sales staff

Editorial staff

New attorneys and accountants

Managers

Anyone newly posted to Washington

GS 5-15

Anyone seeking a job or wondering how to network in Washington.

More Information

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Agenda Audience
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Training Related Resources

Also see

Giving Great Presentations: Planning, Practice, and PowerPoint

Effective Executive Briefings: The Art of Persuasion

Speechwriting: Preparing Speeches and Oral Presentations

The leadership competencies for this course include:

Influencing
Interpersonal Skills
Strategic Thinking
Written Communication
Resilience
Political Savvy

Custom Training Information
Sample Agenda	Welcome and Introduction From Thought to Talk: Communications and Presentation Skills Learn the necessary communication skills to give a successful presentation, including thinking about a topic, getting thoughts on paper, and structuring and timing a presentation. Briefings: What are They and What Should They Look Like What is a briefing and what should it look like? You will learn how to structure and conduct a successful briefing, including delivery styles, appropriate handouts, and visual aids. Professional Image and Business Etiquette In the DC environment of rubber chicken lunches and awards and fundraising dinners, having good table manners or the lack of them says a lot about you. You want to be remembered for your great presentation, not that you slurped your soup. Attendees will be taken through the etiquette of proper table manners for a standard business meeting lunch. Working and Meal Etiquette Business Lunch (Business Etiquette continued) Professional Image and Business Etiquette (cont'd) Wrap-up any last minute questions from the previous etiquette session and lunch. Keys to Effective Presentations: Using Positive Emotion to Persuade Tips and techniques for delivering a presentation: breathing exercises, projecting your voice, answering Q & A, and common do's and don'ts will be discussed. Attendees will be given a chance to practice in an interactive manner. Working lunch and breaks scheduled as appropriate All custom training is tailored for each organization and audience. Topics from this program can be combined with topics from our other programs and with topics from your existing training programs.
Sample Agendas	Our public course See our Sample Agendas page for agendas from our other custom training.
Audience Level	3 to 4 years of work experience is recommended.
Audience Size	This program is most effective for between 15 and 30 attendees.
Previous Clients	This program has been customized for engineers and scientists. Our selected client list includes clients who have purchased custom training, sent staff to our public programs and who have purchased our publications.
Length and Location	Usually requires 1 day. This program is usually held in Washington, DC. It can be presented anywhere in the world.
Fee	The fee for this program depends on the location, number of attendees, length, and training materials. Call us for details, or complete our custom program information request for more information. If you don't have enough people for a custom, on-site program, see our Capitol Learning Audio Courses: Business Etiquette: Keys to Professional Success Keys to Effective Presentations: Invigorate Your Delivery and Increase Your Confidence Effectively Using Persuasion in Your Oral Presentations: A Trial Lawyer's Perspective
What is included in the fee?	TheCapitol.Net tailors each program to meet your training and educational objectives. Before we issue a cost proposal, we will work with you to tailor a program to meet your training objectives. The program fee includes pre-program development and design, materials for your internal marketing and promotion, all course materials, and faculty chosen for your topic and your audience at the time and location you choose. Our custom program clients provide the classroom/meeting space, all audio visual equipment, any food and beverages, all registration functions, and travel arrangements for attendees. When the program is held outside the Washington, DC metro area, travel arrangements for faculty can be made by the client or by us. We can also provide meeting space, audio visual equipment, food and beverage, registration, and travel arrangements, though this affects program cost.
FAQs	See FAQs About Our Custom On-Site Training.
Payment	Payment methods we accept for custom training include checks and EFT/ACH.
Related Custom Training	Effective Executive Briefings Giving Great Presentations Grassroots Advocacy on Capitol Hill How to Work With the Media Strategies for Working with Congress and Congressional Staff
About Us	TheCapitol.Net, Inc., is a non-partisan small business, and a Virginia corporation. We are registered with CCR. See our Capability Statement and our About Us page for more details. FEIN: 54-1917701 DUNS: 04-273-5071 CAGE: 1K5S4
Related Resources	Capitol Learning Audio Courses: Business Etiquette: Keys to Professional Success Keys to Effective Presentations: Invigorate Your Delivery and Increase Your Confidence Effectively Using Persuasion in Your Oral Presentations: A Trial Lawyer's Perspective
Need more information?	Phone: 703-739-3790 Email: custom -at- TheCapitol.Net Complete our online custom program information request. back to top
Non-Partisan	TheCapitol.Net is a non-partisan firm, and the opinions of its faculty, authors, clients and the owners and operators of its vendors are their own and do not represent those of TheCapitol.Net.

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Custom On-Site Training

All custom training from TheCapitol.Net is tailored for each organization and audience. Topics from this program can be combined with topics from our other programs and with topics from your existing training programs.

Public Course

If you don't have enough staff for a custom, on-site training program, you can still train your staff at our public course.

Rave Reviews

"Meal etiquette was extremely useful."

"It was good--new tips even for those who have taken courses in effective presentations."

"The tips, I learned today will help to make my next presentation or briefing better than the last one I did."
-- Congressional Relations Officer, DHS/FEMA

"Will allow me to accurately relay my ideas to my colleagues."

See what some of the attendees at our custom programs say about our custom training.

Faculty

Our faculty for this program all have more than 10 years of experience teaching business networking, business etiquette, and executive level briefings and presentations.

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