Use Professional Acting Skills for Oscar-Level Presentations

with Barbara Niven
Speaking is a performance. No news here. However, few speakers fully integrate key acting skills and perspective into their presentations. Actors know the importance of setting the stage, using vocal nuances, creating characters through body language and facial expressions, and eliciting the desired emotions in their audience. By using simple acting skills you will dramatically increase your effectiveness and make yourself memorable.

Barbara Niven, a professional film and television actor for nearly three decades, will share acting techniques that speakers can immediately apply to their speeches. Barbara straddles both worlds, as she gives professional speeches in between her busy filming engagements.

You will learn how to:

• Understand your “role” and the “character” you want to project
• Identify the emotions you want to evoke in your audience and how best to accomplish this
• Scrutinize the podium as a director would, and avoid common pitfalls
• Get your mind, voice and body in the right frame off stage
• Begin with a dramatic bang to start the “show”
• Portray characters in your stories to make them memorable
• Use improv to be in the moment and connect with your audience

Register or order the CD or MP3 recording. Note our new policy: people who register for the teleseminar will get the MP3 recording of the session for free.

Date: Tuesday, February 17
Time: 7:00 pm Eastern, 6 pm Central, 5 pm Mountain, 4 pm Pacific
Length: 60 minutes
Cost: $25

Special Limited-Time Offer:
If you want more information on adding more drama to your presentations, we suggest the MP3 recordings of two earlier programs to complement Barbara’s program:

• “Get Standing Ovations Using Broadway and Film Performance Techniques” with Lou Heckler, CSP, CPAE
• “Add Oomph to Your Stories by Bringing the Characters Alive” with Jon Schwartz, a.k.a. Vinny Verelli

With your order of Barbara’s teleseminar, CD or MP3, at checkout you will be offered these recordings.