Speechwriting Preparing Speeches and Oral Presentations
Get expert guidance on writing speeches and preparing oral presentations. This course shows you how to prepare for and draft an effective speech, focusing on organization, sequence, support and style. You will get tips and guidance from an experienced speechwriter.
This course is for anyone with less than 3 years experience writing speeches or for those with more experience who want a refresher.
The leadership competencies for this course include:
Influencing
Strategic Thinking
Written Communication
Political Savvy
Bring this course to your site.
This course and any combination of its topics are available as custom on-site training for your organization. We have tailored this course for attorneys, program and budget analysts, managers, engineers, scientists, and others. For more information about how this training can help your staff, please contact our client liaison.
For this course, cancellations and transfers must be submitted in writing to us. Substitutions must be submitted in writing - include substitute's name, phone and email. Our transfer and cancellation fees are outlined below.
TCN reserves the right to cancel any course in the event of insufficient registrations.
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Next Course April 20, 2012 8:30 am to 4:00 pm Location (below) $495
Approved for .6 CEUs from George Mason University.
All of our courses and workshops include extensive interaction with our faculty, making our courses and workshops both educational and mini-consulting sessions with substantive experts.
Rave Reviews
"Very solid, authoritative. Gave me new ideas and organization tips." -- Course Attendee
"Very practical, usable info that I can easily apply." -- Communications Specialist, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
"This [course] has allowed me to understand structure AND style of speechwriting. Great combo of presenters! They covered very different, but equally useful info." -- Course Attendee
"Excellent presentation. Effectively answered questions and used real-world examples." -- Public Affairs Specialist, federal agency
"Very helpful and clearly presented." -- Course Attendee
"This was a great learning experience--practical, useful, tangible advice and skills." -- International Relations Officer, federal agency
"I am now confident with how a speech should be constructed." -- Course Attendee
"It gave me the tools/info I had been missing in speechwriting. Gave me confidence." -- Course Attendee
"Wonderful - far exceeded expectations -- offered practical, solid work suggestions/tools." -- Public Affairs Specialist, federal agency
"The examples given were very helpful. I was impressed by how much I was able to apply your tips to my work!" -- Deputy Communications Director, congressional office