The ability to speak in a clear, comfortable, and confident manner is a key skill for all biotech industry professionals. Whether presenting internally to a small group of peers, entire departments, management, or externally to clinicians, patient advocates, other medical professionals, the press, or investors, telling your story effectively, delivering meaningful messages, being persuasive, and speaking confidently in a variety of settings takes skill development and practice. The workshop will be interactive, with practice, role playing, and exercises. Combining this approach with a comprehensive agenda ensures participants will gain important, practical, lifelong skills that they can put to immediate use.

Course Schedule:

• December 1st, 2020, 1:00-3:30 PM  
• December 3rd, 2020, 1:00-3:30 PM  
• December 8th, 2020, 1:00-3:30 PM  

The following topics will be covered in three 2.5 hour sessions virtually:

• Organizing Content
• Handling Questions
• Projecting Confidence
• Being Persuasive
• Managing Nervousness
• Using Technical Visuals
• Building a Cohesive Story

  
Session I

• Introduction
• Sharing Communication Challenges 
• Understanding the Listener’s Needs
• Understanding the Communication Environment 
• Identifying Theme
• Organizing Content
• Being Persuasive

• Controlling Nervousness
• Using Notes
• Working with Visual Aids
• Best Practices for Presenting Virtually
• Handling Questions

• Practice Strategies
• Delivering Presentation to Group for feedback and coaching