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Value proposition: In this 8-week course, you will acquire increased self-assurance, liberty to express yourself as you choose, better public speaking and presentation skills and a greater ability to influence others. The value received will be measurable by your substantially improved business results, personal growth, and your individual impact on this world.

Your Return on Investment: Picture yourself with or in front of a customer, prospect or a group of people. Visualize how you can effectively converse and connect with them all through authentic self-expression. Will that impact your business and personal results in a positive way? Will you benefit if you can build new relationships, qualify prospects better, convert more prospects into customers and close more business deals?.

Course Goals

1. Awaken the Real You and empower yourself for authentic self-expression.

2. Know the tools and their application to easily forge new relationships.

3. Be able to speak onstage and off-stage with ease and confidence and influence others.

Course Content

Session 1:  Awakening the Real You

Most of us show the world a version of ourselves that we think others want to see. This hampers our ability to present our true self to the world, and dilutes our ability to interact effectively with others.

In this first session, you will begin the process of being the real you with people so that people see all that YOU are and want to be.

Learning objectives:

At the end of this session, you will:

1. Feel ready to embrace change in a safe and supportive setting;

2. Feel self-assured in your new ability to initiate and carry on  meaningful conversations and build relationships with new people;

3. Begin creating your vision of the real you.

Homework: Create your vision for the “Real You” and be prepared to share your vision with the class.

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Session 2:  The Real You

This session shows you how to present the real you all the time by changing limiting beliefs that may have altered your expression of yourself. You will also begin allowing others to experience your real self in a safe, encouraging and supportive environment.

Learning objectives:

At the end of this session, you will:

1. Have your final vision and tools to embed it in your subconscious;

2. Begin to speak in public more powerfully;

3. Know specific principles and techniques of human relationships.

Homework: Apply the relationship principles learned to a specific person in your life, and prepare a two-minute report.

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Session 3: The Real Influential You

As you become re-acquainted with the real you, you will redirect some of your energy to the enhancement of existing relationships and the creation of new ones.  You will further develop your human relationship skills and your skills to speak effectively; all being built around the real you.

Learning objectives:

At the end of this session, you will:

1. Know how to gain the trust and respect of other people;  

2. Feel confident in your interpersonal communication skills;

3. Use a three-step formula for being a high-impact communicator.

Homework: Speaking to inform: Prepare a two-minute report which uses the three-step formula as well as visual aids to teach the class something new.

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Session 4: The Real You Comes Back to Life

By now you are going through life feeling more authentic and less pressured to be what you think others want you to be. Now it’s time to begin fully expressing the real you while honing your speaking and communication skills so that you can express yourself with clarity.

Learning objectives:

At the end of this session, you will:

1. Know how to use visual aids to add meaning to your conversations and presentations;

2. Be able to use a specific formula communicating complex information simply and with lasting impact;

3. Begin the process of releasing yourself from ego and feeling free to authentically express the real you.

Homework: Prepare a sixty-second talk in which you demonstrate to the class a process or activity that requires a high level of animation and action.

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Session 5: The Real You in Motion

Now that you know that it’s safe to fully express who you really are, you will further develop your communication skills by exercising artistic control over your voice, your body and the overall delivery of your message so that you can have the impact that you want to have.

Learning objectives:

At the end of this session, you will:                           

1. Feel confident in your ability to be highly expressive and animated when you communicate;

2. Know how to use your body and your voice to add impact, entertainment and expression into your communications.

Homework: Prepare a two-minute report where you express your strong opinion about an issue that is close to your heart.

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Session 6: When the Real You Speaks, the World Will Listen

Do you have something that you need to say? Do you have an opinion that you need to  express?  In this session you will voice your real thoughts about an issue or a subject that stirs your soul.  You will take the stage and be free to express your authentic thoughts and feelings as only the real you can.

Learning objectives:

At the end of this session, you will

1. Know how to win over an audience with your new conviction, self assurance and powerful communication skills;

2. Feel confident that you can speak without notice or preparation at almost any time;

3. Have the tools to deliver a powerful and persuasive formal presentation.

Homework: Prepare a five-minute promotional presentation about your business or a five minute informative presentation about a hobby, interest or a compelling issue.

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Session 7: Presenting the Real You

Now it’s time to take charge, and sell yourself and your ideas.  In this session you will make an informative presentation about your business, a hobby or an important issue in which you will offer us a compelling reason why we must act now.

Learning objectives:

At the end of this session, you will

1. Know how to capture your audience’s attention with a compelling opening;

2. Be able to move your audience into action with a powerful closing;

3. Have the tools to deliver a presentation that could change the lives of others.

Homework:

1. Prepare a two-minute motivational talk which compels your audience to act on or change something in their lives and…

2. Prepare a two-minute report about a specific incident which demonstrates the most significant benefit you have received from this course, and how it will impact your life going forward.

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Session 8: Your Real Future

In this final session, you will bring it all together by applying everything you have learned to motivate us to make a change in our own lives.  The real you is now ready to create your own future; a future based on authentic self expression, self assurance, strong human relationship principles and powerful communication skills.

Learning objectives:

At the end of this session, you will

1. Know that the vision you created for your life is that of the real you;

2. Feel confident that you are now empowered to influence people and forge strong relationships;

3. Have the tools to deliver a compelling message on the stage or off the stage, to anyone at any time;

4. Leave this course with a renewed sense of accomplishment and excitement about the future that “The Real You” will create.

$499 plus hst or 4 payments of $175 (including hst)

Each session runs from 6:00 PM to 9:30 PM

Location to be determined

Seating is limited to 16 participants, so register now!