Finding Your Voice: A Public Speaking Series

Participants will leave this public speaking coaching series with a clearer, more confident way to talk about their organization's mission, values, and impact. Through workshop learning and guided practice, participants will develop and refine a presentation that tells the story of their work in a compelling, authentic way.

By the end of the series, participants will walk away with stronger storytelling skills, practical tools for structuring a presentation, and greater confidence speaking in front of audiences.

Dates: October 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29.

Facilitator: Patrick Clark

What to expect each week:

1. Week 1 – Trail Mapping: Establishes a baseline for participants' speaking skills, with personalized feedback.
2. Week 2 – Personal Branding: Uses an adapted Johari's Window to connect participants' history and values to their speaking persona.
3. Week 3 – Mechanics: Explores breathing, movement, body language, and vocal control to build a menu of physical tactics for engaging an audience.
4. Week 4 – Strategy: Introduces rhetorical, psychological, and persuasive devices as frameworks for structuring presentations for maximum impact.
5. Week 5 – Implementation: Participants deliver a prototype presentation incorporating the techniques they've learned and receive individualized feedback.

The Lakeshore Nonprofit Alliance (LNA) often takes photographs during our events for use in print and on the Web. By registering, you agree that LNA may use any image of you that might appear in photographs taken at a Lakeshore Nonprofit Alliance event. Member contact information, including email addresses and phone numbers, will not be shared with presenters or other third parties.