Learn to overcome your fears and speak with confidence and enthusiasm.
Whether you are new to public speaking or have done it for a while but still get nervous, don’t worry we’ve all been there, at least most of us have. Think about the speakers you’ve heard - the best, the worst. What did they do that turned you on or off. In this session, you will learn how to prepare, what to do when something goes wrong, how to connect with your audience, and how to learn to love public speaking.
Agenda
Why People Get Nervous About Speaking
- It Doesn’t Matter If You Are an Extrovert or an Introvert
- Know Your Materials
- Technology
- Location
Know Your Audience
- How Large Is the Group
- What Do They Know About the Subject?
- Know Your Surroundings Too
Know Their Expectations
- Have an Agenda
- Plan Your Talk
- Talk Your Plan
Know Your Material
- You Are the Expert
Pump Yourself up
- Not With Caffeine or Beating Yourself Up for Accepting This Gig
Relax
- Yes, You Can Be Pumped up and Relaxed
Connecting With Your Audience
- To Podium or Not Podium
- Microphones
- Identify With Them
- Take Questions
- Make Eye Contact
- Remember How It Felt When You Were in the Audience
Speakers
Linda Lysakowski, ACFRE,
Linda Lysakowski, LLC- One of just over 100 professionals worldwide to hold the Advanced Certified Fund Raising Executive designation
- During her thirty years in the development field, she has managed capital campaigns, helped dozens of nonprofit organizations achieve their development goals, and has trained more than 40,000 professionals in Mexico, Canada, Egypt, Bermuda, and most of the fifty states of the United States
- Prolific writer, with more than two dozen books published for the nonprofit sector and six in the fiction and travel arena
- Developed and manages 14 online courses for the nonprofit sector
- Received the Outstanding Fundraising Executive award from the Eastern PA, Las Vegas, and Sierra (NV) chapters of AFP (Association of Fundraising Professionals), was recognized internationally with the Barbara Marion Award for Outstanding Service to AFP, and will be honored in November with the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Las Vegas Chapter of AFP
- Has written numerous books including The Development Plan; Charity Channel’s Quick Guide to Creating a Development Plan, Fundraising as a Career: What, Are You Crazy?; Capital Campaigns: Everything You NEED to Know; Are You Ready for a Capital Campaign? workbook; Raise More Money from Your Business Community; Raise More Money from Your Business Community - The Workbook; The New Donor (co-author); Fundraising for the GENIUS, 2nd edition; The Fundraising Feasibility Study (contributing author); YOU and Your Nonprofit Board (contributing author); The Leaky Bucket: What’s Wrong With Your Fundraising: And How You Can Fix It (co-author); The Essential Nonprofit Fundraising Handbook (co-author); YOU and Your Nonprofit (co-editor); The Nonprofit Consulting Playbook (co-editor); Nonprofit Strategic Planning (co-author); Recruiting and Training Fundraising Volunteers; and in addition to her full-length books, she has written three AFP Ready reference books and has been published in numerous other publications including International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing, Contributions, Advancing Philanthropy, Associations Now, CASE Currents, Major Gifts Report, Grant Station, New Directions in Philanthropy, and more
- Selected training and public speaking includes AFP International Conference; AFP Hemispheric Conference; dozens of regional and local AFP chapters throughout North America; various statewide associations including PANO, OANO, UNA; nonprofit management centers in TN, OK, TX; numerous national and international association conferences including Variety International, Ronald McDonald House Charities, Junior Achievement, U.S. Tennis Association, Points of Light Foundation, The Centre on Philanthropy, Bermuda, and the United States Olympic Committee; a variety of educational conferences sponsored by CASE, AHP, ALDE, CMA, AACSB, GPA, and others
- Graduate, with majors in banking and finance, theology/philosophy from Alvernia College in Reading, PA; graduate of AFP’s Faculty Training Academy and has received two AFP research grants
Who Should Attend
This live webinar is designed for business owners and managers, supervisors, associates, administrative professionals, sales and marketing professionals, accountants, and directors.
