Available Courses (23 Courses)

Research shows that 86% of the time we are persuading our audience. As a result, it is critical that we build a message that moves our audience to action. Rely on our proven road map to build persuasive presentations that get results.

Persuasion – more often than not, that’s the underlying reason why we give presentations at work. In this module, we will focus on learning how to organize the components of your message to best influence your audience with our Persuasive Message Roadmap.

To convince your audience, you need to build your case one step at a time so that the audience sees that your recommendation is the best recommendation. By this point in your persuasive message, you will have primed your audience enough times to get them to agree with you. You primed them with your purpose, your solution, your benefits and now your evidence. Repetition is one of the most convincing ways to persuade an audience.

From beginning with a clear understanding of the purpose and the intended audience for your persuasive message to the three elements of a strong close are restate purpose, recap main ideas and call to action - this module summarizes the Persuasive Roadmap with key review examples and a comprehensive exercise.

Giving an update or briefing to someone is effective when it is concise. Your audience doesn’t want to get lost in the details. They’d rather hear just the key headlines and vital details. The informative road map will help you make your point effectively and efficiently.

This course teaches you how to effectively apply the Dardis Communications' Informative Message Roadmap to create concise and impactful presentations.

This course teaches you how to effectively apply the Dardis Communications' Informative Message Roadmap by highlighting the significance of focusing on key facts, removing extraneous details, and being ready for audience interaction.

No one wants to deliver bad news, but it comes with the territory. Learn how to deliver bad news in a professional manner by using our proven approach. As a result, you will organize your thoughts, deliver the news, and focus on solutions.

Energetic, enthusiastic and easy to listen to – who doesn’t want to be described that way? Refresh your skills on how to engage your audience by looking and sounding professional. Remember, the overall impact of your message is 55% how you look and 38% how you sound.

Most people use hand movements as they describe concepts or explain abstract ideas in presentations, even if the listener can’t see them. Research shows when presenters use hand gestures they form clearer thoughts and speak in tighter sentences with more declarative language.

Gestures provide a visual representation of what you’re saying. Think of hand movements like painting a picture that emphasizes the most important elements of your message. This module covers the importance of gestures and a strong voice in your presentation.

You want to make sure that your signals don’t undermine your message. Beware of body language that implies nervousness or self-consciousness. This module covers the importance of body language during your presentation.

Often, we present to audiences through online meetings, teleconferences, or other technologies. It’s a fact that we cannot always present in person. In this course, you’ll learn tips and techniques so that your virtual meetings, presentations, and briefings are as effective online as they are in-person.

Eye contact matters to how you are perceived. How you make eye contact will impact how others will describe your communication effectiveness. Master focused eye contact so that you are seen as confident, believable and trustworthy.

This module focuses on the skills that impact your connection with the audience, including how to: connect with Eye-to-Eye, deliver complete thoughts, and to pause between thoughts.

To be successful at Eye-to-Eye, you must avoid predictability by delivering your thoughts randomly. Audiences are sophisticated. They can spot a predictable speaker and tune out within minutes. This module covers delivery skills and includes ideas on how to practice key concepts.

The Eye-to-Eye technique can be adapted for large audiences and even for phone conversations. This module covers these two key areas of communication effectiveness - allowing the presenter to be seen as confident, believable and trustworthy.

You have about ten seconds to capture your audience’s attention so open with impact! Build an effective opener that grabs your listener so they engage in your message. In this course, you’ll also learn to move the audience to action in your closing.

This course emphasizes the importance of impactful openings and closings in presentations, leveraging psychological principles to enhance audience retention. It covers essential elements and tactics for creating effective openings that engage and set the stage for your message.

This course emphasizes the importance of impactful openings and closings in presentations, leveraging proven principles to enhance audience retention - covering the essential elements and tactics for creating effective openings that engage and set the stage for your message.