Engaging your Audience
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Speaker : YOKE VAN DAM
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When : Monday, January 20, 2025
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Time : 12 : 00 PM EST
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Yoke van Dam is a renowned Professional Speaker and Behavioural Change Coach specializing in neurolinguistic programming (NLP). With a focus on helping business leaders, executives, sales teams, and individual professionals, Yoke empowers her clients to discover their authentic voice, build confidence, and craft compelling stories that resonate both emotionally and intellectually.
With a proven track record in transforming presentations, Yoke began applying her NLP techniques while training national sales teams at AutoTrader. Her innovative approach significantly enhanced the effectiveness and retention of her presentations. Today, these advanced strategies form a core part of her acclaimed Power of Persuasion Presentation Bootcamp. This program equips leaders and client-facing professionals with the skills to deliver unforgettable presentations that leave a lasting impact for days, months, and even years.
Yoke’s expertise has guided her clients to notable successes, including:
- Thesis Presentations: Elevating academic and professional presentations to impressive levels.
- Conference Addresses: Helping speakers connect deeply with diverse audiences.
- Sales and Tender Wins: Enabling IT specialists to secure major contracts and positions in corporate banking vendor lists.
- Funding Success: Supporting actress Marianthe Stelle Smart in securing funding for her short film through Pitch SA.
Her career includes significant roles at Oxford Publishers, Pearson, and Entrepreneur magazine, where she honed her public speaking, training, and leadership skills through Toastmasters. Yoke's dedication led her to achieve Toastmasters International's highest honour, the Distinguished Toastmasters award, which recognizes exceptional communication and leadership achievements. She is also a Professional Member of the Public Speakers Association of South Africa.
Whether you're seeking to captivate your audience, make your messages memorable, or engage clients effectively, Yoke van Dam brings unparalleled expertise and passion to enhance your presentation and communication skills.
In today’s fast-paced world, keeping your audience engaged can be a formidable challenge. Whether you’re facing a live audience or presenting online, capturing and maintaining attention is crucial for effective communication. This course, “Engaging Your Audience,” is designed for professionals who want to elevate their presentation skills and foster meaningful interactions with their listeners.
Course Overview:
- Understanding Audience Dynamics: The first step in engaging your audience is understanding their needs and behaviours. This course begins by exploring various audience types and the dynamics that affect their engagement levels. Learn how to read audience signals, identify signs of disengagement, and tailor your approach to meet their expectations.
- Interactive Strategies for In-Person Presentations: For live events, audience interaction is vital.This section introduces interactive techniques that keep your audience involved and active. From engaging icebreakers to live polls and Q&A sessions, learn how to create opportunities for audience participation. Discover methods for handling interruptions and questions smoothly, maintaining control while encouraging interaction.
- Engaging Virtual Audiences: Presenting online comes with its own set of challenges. This part of the course focuses on strategies for engaging remote audiences, even when cameras are off, and interactions are minimal. Learn how to use virtual tools and platforms effectively to foster engagement. We’ll cover techniques for creating a virtual presence, using chat features, and incorporating multimedia to keep online audiences interested.
- Incorporating Fun and Activities: Infusing your presentation with fun can significantly boost engagement. Explore various activities and interactive elements that can add excitement to your presentations. Learn how to incorporate games, quizzes, and other interactive components that enhance learning and retention. We’ll also discuss how to balance fun with professionalism, ensuring that your activities align with your message.
Areas Covered
- Understanding audience dynamics and adapting your style to the audience
- Mastering delivery techniques
- Interactive strategies for in-person events
- Interactive engagement strategies for online events
- Adding fun and gamification to maximize engagement
Who Should Attend
- Corporate Trainers: Professionals responsible for delivering training sessions, workshops, and seminars who want to enhance their ability to engage and motivate participants.
- Sales Executives: Individuals who need to present product pitches, client proposals, and sales strategies effectively to drive conversions and build client relationships.
- Marketing Managers: Professionals who need to present marketing strategies, campaign results, and brand messages to internal teams and external stakeholders.
- Program Directors: Those who oversee events and programs, ensuring that presentations and sessions are engaging and impactful for various audiences.
- Master of Ceremonies (MCs): Individuals who host and facilitate events, seeking to improve their ability to connect with and energize live audiences.
- Executive Leaders: Senior managers and executives who frequently present to board members, clients, or industry peers and want to enhance their influence and presentation skills.
- Public Speakers: Professionals who regularly speak at conferences, seminars, and other public forums and want to refine their engagement techniques.
- Human Resources Professionals: HR leaders who conduct presentations, training, and onboarding sessions and wish to improve their communication and engagement strategies.
- Entrepreneurs and Business Owners: Individuals who pitch to investors, clients, or partners and need to effectively capture and maintain their audience’s attention.
- Educational Instructors: Teachers, professors, and academic leaders who deliver lectures and want to incorporate more interactive and engaging elements into their teaching.
Why Should You Attend
Do you find yourself struggling to keep your audience’s attention? Are you often faced with a sea of distractions, from phones to side conversations, while presenting? If you’re a Master of Ceremonies, a Program Director, or someone who regularly speaks to groups, this webinar is designed to transform how you connect with your audience and enhance your engagement skills.
- Tired of a Tough Crowd? Learn strategies to manage and captivate even the most challenging audience, ensuring they stay engaged and responsive throughout your presentation.
- Drowning in Distractions? Discover techniques to prevent audience members from drifting away or tuning out and keep their focus firmly on your message.
- Master of Ceremonies or Program Director? Find out how to establish a strong connection with your audience and make your events memorable and impactful.
- Presenting Online and Feeling Invisible? Get tips on how to effectively engage remote audiences, even when cameras are off and interactions seem minimal.
- Want to Infuse Fun and Activities? Explore creative tools and activities to add contrast and interaction to your presentations, making them more dynamic and enjoyable.
Join us to elevate your presentation skills, turn passive listeners into active participants, and make every presentation a captivating experience. Whether you’re presenting in person or online, this webinar will provide you with practical strategies and tools to ensure your audience is not only present but actively engaged.
Topic Background
Yoke van Dam has worked with many Professional speakers, trainers, and coaches to help them effectively present and engage with their audience in person or online.
Her well-known course: The Power of Persuasion boot camp has been offered since 2017 and has helped executives increase their confidence, win tenders, get listed on major corporate databases, and increase their contract sizes.
Yoke van Dam’s Presentation coaching clients keep returning to perfect their pitches as they see results in building their brands, increasing their sales conversions, and increasing their influence with clients.
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$160.00
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