Presentation Skills / Public Speaking Seminars & Workshops

Painless Presentations - The Proven Stress-Free Way to Successful Public Speaking

- This Brand New program is based on Lenny's latest Book by the same title, published by John Wiley and Sons.

What happens when you're asked to give a speech, professionally or personally? If you get nervous, start sweating, and hope it's all just a bad dream then you aren't alone, but you need help. Painless Presentations proves that speaking doesn't have to be painful, or even stressful. A speech is a means to giving great, helpful material to an audience and the speaker is the vehicle to achieve that goal.

This program discusses such topics such as:

- Explains how to gather information and materials
- Details the structure of a presentation
- Describes uses of visual aids and vocal variety
- Demonstrates how to handle questions

Painless Presentations offers wisdom derived from Lenny Laskowski's thirty-five-year speaking career, delivering more than 2,700 programs to clients in over 178 countries. It will give you no-sweat tips for delivering speeches that win over your audiences every time and teaches you that giving speeches doesn't have to be painful.

Each program is customized and can be adapted to ANY size group.
1/2 Day, 1 Day or 2 Day formats are available.
Contact us for more information how we can tailor a program for you.

Presentation Skills for Attorneys

This unique program is designed to help attorneys develop and deliver dynamic opening and closing arguments.
In this "hands on" program you will learn how to better connect with your audience and jury. Your ability to deliver an effective opening or closing argument can make the difference in your success and your ability to WIN your case.

This program discusses such topics such as:

- Speaking with confidence
- Establish and build credibility
- Create and deliver powerful opening statements - Create and deliver compelling closing argument
- How to captivate the jury
- Effective use of gestures and body language - effective use the correct tone of voice - and much, much more

This program is customized and tailored to address your specific areas of concern.

Each program is customized and can be adapted to ANY size group.
1/2 Day, 1 Day or 2 Day formats are available.
Contact us for more information how we can tailor a program for you.

Communicating with a Multigenerational Workforce -In this newly developed seminar, you will learn specific practices for effective and successful communication with every colleague regardless of age. During this workshop you will learn about the differences between the four generations in today's workforce and how you can all work together and communicate effectively. Learn what motivates each generation and what how organizations today need to modify and adapt so everyone gets along and plays nicely.

Learn to adapt your communication style to meet the needs of different generational members. This workshop can be adapted for any size group or organization.

Each program is customized and can be adapted to ANY size group. 1 Day or 2 Day formats are available. Click here for more information;.

Senior Management Development Seminar -This is a three-day workshop to help you become a more dynamic leader, speaker and presenter. This workshop will assess your current leadership skills and teach your how to improve your presentations and improve your confidence.

You will also learn how to interact with other team members as well as get a better understanding of your leadership style.

This fast paced course is designed for busy professionals who want to fine-tune their existing skills. Click Here for Program Outline.

This three day program is limited to 6 to 18 participants.

Advanced Executive Speech Writing -The program is designed to teach senior executives how to effectively write, develop and deliver a dynamic and effective speech. This program teaches you how to develop, prepare, and deliver your speech. This high level program is provided over a period of two days and includes videotape coaching.

This two day program is limited to 6 - 10 participants

Final Touches - Personalized Presentation Critique -This is the perfect solution to get professional feedback and critique to that important and critical presentation. Have Lenny sit in on your "dry run" Team Presentation or individual presentation and Lenny will provide professional feedback and coaching for you and your staff. Lenny will help identify any adjustments needed to make your presentation the BEST IT CAN BE! You have access to Lenny's expertise for the ENTIRE DAY!.

No limit on the number of presenters

How to Effectively Present Your Ideas -This is the perfect two-day workshop to help you become a more dynamic speaker and presenter. This workshop will teach you how to improve your presentations and improve your confidence. You will also learn how to properly structure your presentations, how to use visual aids, gestures and speaking postures. You will also be provided with some physical and mental techniques you can use to reduce your speech anxiety. Lenny will share with you his unique method for preparing presentations along with techniques on handling questions. All presentations will be videotaped and the videotape is yours to keep! Click Here for Program Outline.

Class size is limited to 6 to 18 participants.

Executive Presentation Skills -This course is specifically designed for Supervisors, Managers, Directors and above. This advanced course assumes prior experience with delivering presentations and is designed for those whose speaking and presenting play a critical role in the success of your business. This course will "fine tune" your speaking style to improve your spoken image. You will learn how to command your audience's attention and project a professional image which makes people take notice. Personalized videotape coaching will be provided for each participant. Click Here for Program Outline.

Two or Three day programs are available and class size is limited to 6 to 18 participants.

Persuasive Sales Presentation Skills -This course is specifically designed for involved with making sales presentations. This course is specifically designed to provide the presentation skills provided in Effecttively Present Yourself & Your Ideas seminar but with an emphasis on persuasive sales presentation skills. Personalized videotape coaching will be provided for each participant Personalized videotape coaching will be provided for each participant. Click Here for Program Outline.

Two or Three day programs are available and class size is limited to 6 to 18 participants.

How To Meet The Press And Win - Participants in this 4-hour seminar will learn specific techniques for communicating with the media during press briefings. The communications skills you employ during your meetings with newspaper, radio, and television reporters will determine how you and your organization are viewed by the outside world, especially during a time of crisis. Topics covered include: the importance of a first impression and introductory remarks, developing and delivering your message, managing the question and answer session, and much more. This seminar will be customized to your organization's specific media challenges and potential media crisis. The most exciting and valuable segment of this seminar is the mock press briefings that the participants will conduct. These press briefings will be videotaped to provide the feel of a television interview and to provide detailed feedback to the participants.

Success Via the Internet-Secrets of Growing Your Business Online -This intense, information-filled FULL Day seminar is the talk of the town. Lenny will teach you and share with you what specific steps you need to grow your business using the internet. This seminar is PACKED with practical ideas and specific steps you can put the use immediately to help your business grow using the tools of today...The Internet! Learn from an expert! Click Here for Program Outline.

This FULL day program has NO LIMIT to the number of attendees.

Communication Skills Seminar

Have you ever wondered why it seems so difficult to talk with some people and so easy to talk with others? Can you recall an occasion where you met someone for the first time and immediately liked that person?
Something about the individual made you feel comfortable. A major goal of this workshop is to help you understand the impact your communication skills have on other people, and how improving these skills can make it easier for you to get along in the workplace.

At the conclusion of this workshop, you will be expected to:
- Identify common communication problems that may be holding you back
- Develop skills in asking questions that give you information you need
- Learn what your non-verbal messages are telling others
- Develop skills in listening actively and empathetically to others
- Enhance your ability to handle difficult situations
- Deal with situations assertively

This ONE or TWO day program has NO LIMIT to the number of attendees.

Running Effective Meetings & Facilitating Groups

Do your meetings seem out of control? Do the meetings you attend see to have no direction and just wastes you time?

This very interactive workshop will teach you what it takes to have interactive, dynamic and productive meetings. This workshop covers everything from the 6 Stages of a Meeting, Key Meeting Rols, Developing a Meeting Agenda, Establishing Ground Rules, conducting the meeting and holding the actual meeting itself.

This facilitated workshop helps your group learn to develop ideas together, shows you how to share ideas and much, much more using a This facilitated workshop helps your group learn to develop ideas together, shows you how to share ideas and much, much more

This ONE day program is limited to no more than 60 attendees.

Fruitful Negotiation Skills

Negotiation is a process centered on a discussion that is intended to produce an agreement. In its simplest form, it could be considered to be about power. More than just about money, it involves issues of ego, leveraging, saving face, and being right. It can appear that the negotiator or team with the most power will triumph over a weaker team or win something important.
In current business practices, however, negotiation often leads to compromises, where both sides make concessions to get as close as they can to exactly what they want. Other times, no concessions are available and a power struggle can go on for a long time. When negotiation is not effective, there are other options, such as bringing in a mediator, which can help both sides speak to one another and move towards a resolution instead of walking away and resolving nothing.

Negotiation takes place over a period of time and moves through a series of steps that will be discussed throughout this course. Good negotiators share some very strong skills; they are excellent communicators and relationship experts.

This course will help you to become a stronger negotiator, and to understand the elements of negotiating. You can try these techniques out in many situations on the job and at home.

This ONE or TWO day program has NO LIMIT to the number of attendees.

How to Make Effective Team Presentations -This course is designed for anyone who makes team presentations. Two or more people will act as a team during this workshop. Team presentations involve specific techniques and are usually involved when the stakes are higher. Special preparation techniques and coordination efforts are critical to the success of the team presentation. Team Particpants (2 or more) come prepared with their own presentations and these are used during this workshop to "fine-tune" these presentations. This advanced course assumes prior presentation skills and is designed to coach you how to prepare and deliver a team presentation. Videotaping of all presentations will be provided. Click Here for Program Outline.

This two day program is limited to 6 to 10 participants.

Technical Presentations For Today's Engineer-This course is designed for anyone involved with technical presentations. The technical presentation usually involves the use of more visual aids, especially graphs, charts, and statistical data. This course is designed to teach you how to better display your ideas to those who may not be familiar with your area of expertise. Graphical display techniques along with methods to display and present technical information before and during the presentations will be discussed. Since many technical presentations involve teams, this course will also include some team presentation concepts. Click Here for Program Outline.

This two day program is limited to 6 to 18 participants.

Train-the-Trainer Workshop-This special workshop is designed specifically for trainers and educators who are looking to "hone" their speaking skills. Lenny will work with your staff and share the techniques he uses as a professional speaker to educate, motivate, inspire, and entertain his audiences. If you are looking for ideas on how to use various visual aids, ice-breakers, group discussions and how to make team presentations this is the course for you and your staff. Click Here for Program Outline.

Two & Three Day Programs are available - no limit on the number of participants

Effective Executive Briefing Skills - Many opportunities require one to provide a briefing to your staff, management or even the press. Our ability to quickly organize information in a logical, concise, and professional manner may be called upon at a moments notice. To do this effectively we need tools such as presentation skills, organization skills, the ability to use visual aids and know how to handle questions professionally, and quite often to speak extemporaneously. This 1 day intense seminar will provide the participants with the tools and techniques to do this effectively.

Simply Speaking..Selling Yourself and Your Ideas! -This is an intense one-day workshop designed to provide you with new ways to present yourself and your ideas. Lenny will present a collection of topics and limited hands-on training from his most popular keynotes and workshops. This is the perfect workshop for large associations and companies who are looking for something special. This workshop can also be added as an option to your existing conference or event. Half-day workshops are also available and can also be provided in conjunction with any of Lenny's dynamic keynotes. Click Here for Program Outline.

No limit on the number of participants

This Simply Speaking Seminar is now available on CD. For details and to order you copy today click HERE

Executive Speech Coaching / Upper Management Speech Coaching Lenny can also provide private "one-on-one" speech coaching. This includes personalized videotaping and coaching is provided along with a detailed assessment of speaking style. Lenny can work with each management team member on a personalized basis and can be scheduled to accomondate any number of people.

A Maximum of 2 people per day can be scheduled

Consultation Services -Are you looking for someone to provide all your presentation skills training? Lenny is also available as an on-going speech coach or trainer for your staff and can provide a package of workshops and/or seminars over the course of the year. If your training needs require several seminars, you can save money and time by contacting us for all your "in-house" programs. Discounts are available for multiple programs and can be customized to meet any of your needs. Call, write, or E-mail for details and ask for a FREE consultation! Click here for details about our consulting services.

Speech Writer -Are you looking for someone to write your next speech? Or maybe you just don't have time and need a professional to create a speech for you on short notice. We can help you. Lenny has ghost written speeches for CEOs, Company Presidents, Ministers, Priests, even Bride Grooms! Call, write, or E-mail for details and ask for a FREE consultation!

All seminars can be provided as "on site" seminars at your location. If your company or firm does not have its own training facility we can conduct any of our seminars at the Newington Office & Conference Center which is located in central Newington, Connecticut.