2016 Digital Brochure for Executive Coaching, Workshops, Keynotes, and Online Learning At Global Public Speaking LLC, we help people communicate with confidence and authenticity in speeches, presentations, and important conversations. Global Public Speaking LLC info@allisonshapira.com AllisonShapira.com 0
Our Training Programs We offer high-quality workshops, executive coaching, keynotes, and online learning programs. All training is provided by our CEO and founder, Allison Shapira: a former opera singer who teaches public speaking at Harvard University and works with global Fortune 500 companies, governments, nonprofits, and international organizations around the world. Our training programs are 100% customized for the cultural background, level of experience, and subject matter of our participants. These programs are highly interactive and engaging with a focus on practical, skill-building techniques that incorporate role play, simulation, video recording, and peer coaching. We address strategic messaging, focusing on stakeholder analysis, speechwriting, and persuasion, as well as nonverbal communication, focusing on eye contact, body language, and vocal tone to help people with: Pitching to clients Building relationships with stakeholders Speaking to customers, investors, or constituents Leading virtual or in-person teams Facilitating meetings or conference calls Giving presentations or briefings Speaking on camera or to the media Answering questions in front of an audience Presenting at conferences or moderating panels Running webinars Inspiring and empowering an audience to take action We don t just teach people how to speak; we help them find their voice and their courage to speak. Global Public Speaking LLC info@allisonshapira.com AllisonShapira.com 1
Topics We work with you to create a customized program based on your budget and your needs. Topics include: Speaking with Confidence Executive Presence Client-Centric Communication Impromptu Speaking Calm your Nerves and Strengthen your Voice Answering Difficult Questions Business Networking and the Elevator Speech Media Training The Art of the Pitch Storytelling The essentials of public speaking and how to develop powerful and authentic public speaking skills. We demystify the concept of Executive Presence and provide concrete steps to help you balance authenticity and authority. Learn to speak confidently and authentically to build strong, lasting relationships of trust with prospects and clients. Learn strategies to help you speak off-the-cuff during meetings, conferences, or calls. Learn the breathing methods of opera singers to add confidence and authority to your voice, ensuring the power of your voice matches the power of your words. Learn to maintain composure while answering difficult questions and how to craft your message for a hostile crowd. Strategically network with confidence and authenticity and describe your work in clear, concise language. Through videos and mock interviews, learn to speak clearly, concisely, and authentically to members of the media. Pitch a business idea to a client, investor, or partner. Learn the art of storytelling to build a personal connection with your audience and bring to life an important point. Global Public Speaking LLC info@allisonshapira.com AllisonShapira.com 2
Who We Help Whether you are involved in talent management, leadership development, or capacitybuilding, we work with the heads of departments in any organization to build powerful speaking skills among their staff and affiliates at all levels. Women s Initiatives Executives Nonprofit Leaders Student Leaders Mid-Level Managers Sales Teams Technical Teams Emerging Leaders Multicultural Teams Entrepreneurs We help women at different stages in their careers overcome the most common challenges women around the world face in professional settings and create an empowering opportunity to help them speak with confidence. We help executives deliver powerful messages that empower and inspire their teams. We help nonprofit professionals use their passion for the mission to tell compelling stories to donors, staff, and volunteers. We inspire high school and undergraduate leaders to recognize the power of their voice and find the confidence to speak up on behalf of themselves and their peers. We help mid-level managers effectively communicate to and motivate the people they manage. Whether they speak on the phone or in person, we use role play and simulations to help sales teams create engaging and compelling sales pitches and build deeper relationships with prospects and clients. We help experts explain complex ideas in clear, concise, and actionable language so their target audiences can easily understand and follow their recommendations. We help groom rising stars within an organization to take on a more public or client-facing role and build their leadership skills. We help diverse teams communicate in a common language in ways that resonate across borders. We help people starting a business create powerful, authentic, and compelling investor pitches so their drive, energy, and expertise are quickly conveyed to investors, clients, and partners. Global Public Speaking LLC info@allisonshapira.com AllisonShapira.com 3
Workshops We offer engaging, educational, and interactive workshops for groups of all sizes and levels. These workshops are highly customized and create a safe learning space for all participants. Duration ranges from one hour to multiple days. Workshops Include Interactive discussion of speaking situations encountered by participants Strategies for powerful speaking skills Interactive speaking exercises, role play, and peer coaching (videotaping available when workshop size/duration permits) Breathing techniques to reduce nerves and strengthen the voice Opportunities for Q+A Anonymous post-workshop survey Proprietary handouts Learning Objectives Speak more confidently, concisely, and authentically Build a strong skill-set of public speaking and presentation skills Understand one s strengths and areas for improvement, with specific, actionable items to improve one s speaking skills Create a powerful network for continued peer coaching Feel empowered to give speeches and speak up regularly Workshop Options 45-120 minute interactive keynote 1-hour interactive webinar 1.5-2-hour workshop or conference break-out session 3-hour half-day training program 6-hour full-day training program Multiple-day training program Global Public Speaking LLC info@allisonshapira.com AllisonShapira.com 4
Executive Coaching We offer high-intensity coaching programs to improve your or your employees public speaking and presentations skills and make you a more confident and engaging speaker and communicator in front of an audience of any size. These comprehensive programs use personalized exercises, video recording, and expert coaching to focus on five main elements of speaking: (1) Crafting a powerful message using your own personal stories (2) Calming your nerves and adding power to your voice (3) Using engaging nonverbal delivery methods (4) Building and enhancing your executive presence (5) Creating an easy and repeatable structure for preparation and practice You won t learn to speak like anyone else; you ll learn how to develop your own authentic speaking style and incorporate your own personality, experience, passion, and energy into your speeches. We can mix and match the below options to put together a plan that works for your budget and your desired level of training. 1. Site Visit: Allison will attend one of your meetings or speaking engagements, observe you in action, and provide an assessment of your strengths and areas for improvement. 2. In-Person Coaching: Available in 2-hour, half-day (3 hours), or full-day (6 hours) sessions. Half- and full-day coaching is particularly valuable to prepare for an upcoming speech or presentation. 3. Virtual Coaching: Available in 1- or 2-hour sessions using WebEx, Skype, or any other virtual platform, Allison will help you prepare for upcoming speaking situations or look back to debrief past events. 4. Role Play/Semi-Private Coaching: Available in half- or full-day increments based on the length of the presentations. Each participant presents a work-related speech or presentation to the group and receives feedback from Allison and from their peers. Can also be used to practice group pitches or presentations. Global Public Speaking LLC info@allisonshapira.com AllisonShapira.com 5
Keynotes Speaking with Confidence: An Interactive Keynote Turn your next keynote session into an opportunity to both educate and entertain your team. Allison s Speaking with Confidence interactive keynote will engage participants through fun, unique content while inspiring them to understand the power of public speaking as a way to build relationships and amplify their leadership development. Participants will leave the session feeling like it was time well spent, with confidence and energy to exercise leadership through speaking with confidence and authenticity. Find Your Voice: Discovering Your Courage to Speak At its very essence, communication is about exercising leadership with your voice, connecting with your passion, and finding the courage to speak your mind. Calling on her own journey from a former opera singer to successful folk singer and business owner, Allison uses music as a way to help people find their voice at work or in their community. She has helped corporate executives feel a greater sense of purpose in their work, nonprofit leaders renew their energy and enthusiasm to make a difference, and young professionals feel more confident stepping into leadership roles. Global Public Speaking LLC info@allisonshapira.com AllisonShapira.com 6
Online Learning NEW: SPEAKING WITH CONFIDENCE Self-Paced e-course Provide your team members a virtual learning opportunity on their phone, tablet, computer, or other digital devices. For the first time, Global Public Speaking has made Allison Shapira s unique teaching methodology available in a self-paced online learning program. This program walks you step-by-step through the essential elements of public speaking; it s like having Allison at your desk to personally guide you through each and every upcoming speech, presentation, or important conversation. At the end of this e-course, you will: Speak more confidently, concisely, and authentically Create a strong skill-set of public speaking and presentation skills Have an easy and repeatable framework for speaking in any situation Available in a self-paced individual program or a guided, 6-week e-course with interactive webinars and virtual workshops. You can also host our videos on your company s platform or intranet, using your preexisting community to build an online network that amplifies the program and provides peer coaching opportunities. Global Public Speaking LLC info@allisonshapira.com AllisonShapira.com 7
Participant Feedback How do you feel after this session? See what our corporate, government, and nonprofit participants write in anonymous surveys: Confident Energized Encouraged Inspired Empowered Happy Awesome Reignited Delighted In 90 minutes, you improved the executive presence of 100 executives at our company. Allison takes the fear out of public speaking. By far, the most useful class I ve taken as part of the leadership forum. Top 10% of instructors I have seen. Allison s energy level was great. It made the time fly. Very engaging. I was motivated to listen and learn techniques that could be helpful for me in the future. Allison makes people feel comfortable, confident, and empowered. Allison is a rock star. She is an example to women everywhere. Our Clients Include Global Public Speaking LLC info@allisonshapira.com AllisonShapira.com 8
Testimonials Alvin Allgood, Chief Operating Officer, Vital Voices Global Partnership Global Public Speaking LLC & its founder Allison Shapira are more than communications consultants: they are true corporate partners. Allison is a great leader and facilitator of both large and small group sessions. In addition, she takes the time to work with people one-on-one ensuring they have the tools they need to perform and communicate at the highest possible level. Her skills allow her to connect with people in a personal and professional manner that helps her participants to be confident, prepared and organized in their delivery. I can and do highly recommend Allison for her coaching and workshops. Luciana Marchesini, Strategy Officer, International Bank in Washington, DC Our team had a special gender training program for women in the Latin America and Caribbean Region Allison s full-day workshop was truly top-notch, with many reporting that it was the best training they had ever taken in our organization! Allison was excellent and her exercises, tips and tricks on breathing, hands, voice and ways to handle Q&A sessions were extremely useful and practical Participants left energized, refreshed and confident to begin implementing their new skills. We are extremely satisfied with Allison s services. She truly offers a unique, high-quality program, leveraging her background in voice training. Lidija Nikolic, Market Manager, Multinational Fortune 50 Bank Allison has the magic to teach you how to transform even a banker s presentation into a compelling, engaging experience. She has done more for my confidence when speaking in public in just 2 days than all the practice in my 20-year professional career. She has guided me out of the wilderness. Thanks! Senior Vice President, Asset International [Name Available Upon Request] Our company recently had our first Public Speaking Class that we video conferenced to our London, Toronto, Boston and Stamford offices. The program was a huge success! Allison was so flexible and easy to work with. She listened to our needs and customized a program that was perfect for our group. The participants ranged from people that are just starting to speak publicly to people that have had years of experience and every one of them benefited from the class. Allison made the class fun, interactive and a safe place to learn. Global Public Speaking LLC info@allisonshapira.com AllisonShapira.com 9
About Us Allison Shapira is the CEO and founder of Global Public Speaking LLC. She is a former opera singer who teaches public speaking and presentation skills at the Harvard Kennedy School, gives keynote speeches, and develops training programs for Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, and nonprofits around the world. She has worked with elected officials, military veterans, businesswomen and businessmen, diplomats, nonprofit leaders, and entrepreneurs. For over a decade, Allison has helped people speak with confidence, network with authenticity, and handle difficult questions. Allison is a TEDx speaker and songwriter who uses music as a way to help others find their voice and their courage to speak. She also travels around the world with the nonprofit Vital Voices Global Partnership, teaching public speaking as a way to empower and equip women leaders to run for office, grow their business, or launch a nonprofit. She has taught training programs in Europe, South America, Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. She holds a master s degree in public administration from the Harvard Kennedy School and is a member of the National Speakers Association. She speaks Italian and Hebrew and has studied 8 other languages. Meghan Gonzalez is a Communications Associate with Global Public Speaking LLC. Meghan recently moved to Washington, DC from Plano, Texas, where she was a sales account manager for a large technology company. She has a Bachelor s of Arts and Sciences in Applied Technology and Performance Improvement, with a minor in music from the University of North Texas. At Global Public Speaking LLC, Meghan manages social media, business development, and client communications. Global Public Speaking LLC info@allisonshapira.com AllisonShapira.com 10
Contact Us Contact us for a free consultation or customized proposal We look forward to working with you! Global Public Speaking LLC 641 S Street, NW, 3 rd Floor Washington, DC 20001 (202) 495-1557 info@allisonshapira.com For videos of Allison, client testimonials, and more information, visit our website below. Visit our website and social media pages, read Allison s blog, and sign up for our monthly newsletter. www.allisonshapira.com www.facebook.com/globalpublicspeaking @GPSpeakingLLC and @AllisonShapira https://www.linkedin.com/company/globalpublicspeaking Global Public Speaking LLC info@allisonshapira.com AllisonShapira.com 11