Telephone Presentations Course: Old Tech Needs Training for New Uses in Today’s Dispersed Work World
In use in business for more than a century,
the telephone has no glamour and sparks little training at most companies
today. According to executive presentation skills
coach Gilda Bonanno, however, most people don’t know how to keep listeners’
attention during an important phone presentation, resulting in boredom,
frustration, miscommunication and added costs to correct all that. Bonanno’s new audio course, “Virtual
Presentations - How to Develop and Deliver an Effective Presentation Over the
Phone,” remedies this training oversight.
http://www.gildabonanno.com/Pages/VirtualPresentationsRecordings.aspx
“With globalization, off-shoring, some employees working
from home and others at remote locations, the telephone is an indispensable
tool for communicating with clients, partners, vendors and staff,” says
Bonanno, founder of Gilda Bonanno LLC, a presentation
skills coaching company. “It’s
definitely not true that anyone who is able to talk on the phone knows how to
make sure listeners stay tuned in, understand the information and will act on
it after the call ends. I developed a
course on this after seeing first-hand the negative consequences of poor phone
presentations for both entrepreneurs and corporate folks.”
Bonanno’s new course covers:
* Energizing your voice to command attention when listeners
can’t see your facial expressions or gestures and you can’t see their expressions
and body language
* Structuring your material so listeners can follow the
information more easily
* Deciding whether or not to use slides - and creating
effective, easy-to-read slides if you do
* The best posture to use when presenting over the phone,
and why (not what you’d probably expect)
* Tips for sticking to the allotted time, handling questions
and learning from feedback
* How to handle technical glitches or interruptions during a
high-stakes call - and much more
“Whether you’re presenting to potential clients or
investors, shareholders, company team members, vendors or strategic partners,
you need to know how to keep them focused on your message and motivated to take
action,” Bonanno says. “Business people
can get much better at this and eliminate a common obstacle to their
professional success.”
The Virtual Presentations audio course consists of three
one-hour MP3 recordings and PDF transcripts of the content. The cost is $397. For further information on the Virtual Presentations
course or to purchase it, go to http://www.gildabonanno.com/Pages/VirtualPresentationsRecordings.aspx
About Gilda Bonanno
Gilda Bonanno is a coach, speaker and trainer who helps
people improve their presentation and communication skills so they can be more
successful. She has worked with businesspeople throughout North America and in
South America, Europe, China, India and Thailand. She is a certified Project
Management Practitioner (PMP) and past president of the CT chapter of the
National Speakers Association (NSA) and the southern CT chapter of the American
Society for Training and Development (ASTD).