Creating Executive Presence Thinking on Your Feet

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(Free-Press-Release.com) April 5, 2004 -- Creating Executive Presence

2003 International Conference & Exposition

San Diego, California

May 19, 2003

Objectives

In this session, you will learn to�

♦ Use the four-part SEER Format� to think on your feet and build

credibility during executive meetings and classroom sessions

♦ Respond to difficult question types with answers that build rapport

and increase learning

♦ Use gestures, space, voice, and movement confidently and creatively

Creating Executive Presence: Thinking on Your Feet ASTD

Communicate with Confidence! (McGraw-Hill),

E-Writing: 21st-Century Tools for Effective Communication (Simon & Schuster/PocketBooks),

and Speak with Confidence! (McGraw-Hill).

Handling Difficult Questions

with Authority and Poise

Hypothetical Question

Two-Option Question

Long-Winded Question

�Dumb� Question

So, when my boss

finished chewing me out,

I left the office. But then

this morning I asked Bob

Jones and he said�and

then I thought,�but that

couldn�t be the problem

because last month...

Creating Executive Presence: Thinking on Your Feet ASTD

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These ideas are excerpted from three books by Dianna Booher:

Communicate with Confidence! (McGraw-Hill),

E-Writing: 21st-Century Tools for Effective Communication (Simon & Schuster/PocketBooks),

and Speak with Confidence! (McGraw-Hill).

Hostile Question

Upstaging Question

Off-the-Record Question

Multiple Questions

Limited-Interest Question

Creating Executive Presence: Thinking on Your Feet ASTD

Copyright  Booher Consultants, Inc. 5

These ideas are excerpted from three books by Dianna Booher:

Communicate with Confidence! (McGraw-Hill),

E-Writing: 21st-Century Tools for Effective Communication (Simon & Schuster/PocketBooks),

and Speak with Confidence! (McGraw-Hill).

Maintain Confident Composure:

Using Gestures, Space, Voice,

and Movement Creatively

♦ Take �stage.�

♦ Be better than __________�don�t confuse ____________ &

______________ with boring.

♦ Use ___________ that command attention.

♦ Use ________ and ___________ appropriately.

♦ Vary your ________ to create the mood and attitude.

♦ Know when to appear �________________________� and when

to appear �___________.�

♦ Avoid �deer in the headlights� syndrome.

Creating Executive Presence: Thinking on Your Feet ASTD

Copyright  Booher Consultants, Inc. 6

These ideas are excerpted from three books by Dianna Booher:

Communicate with Confidence! (McGraw-Hill),

E-Writing: 21st-Century Tools for Effective Communication (Simon & Schuster/PocketBooks),

and Speak with Confidence! (McGraw-Hill).

�Demo� Notes.