FEMGINEER'S CONFIDENT COMMUNICATOR COURSE Speak confidently & catapult your career! Our employees were happy and feel more confident about speaking! Ali Bickel, Salesforce San Francisco, CA Give talks that open you up to an abundance of opportunities. Femgineer's Confident Communicator Course is an 8-week online course that turns you into a happy, confident speaker. We all need an edge. If you speak in public and speak up in the workplace, you’ll be recognized for your expertise and rewarded for helping others with your knowledge. Your company will benefit for your ability to communicate too! Your ability to articulate will help win customers, attract talented employees, and build awareness as a company that cares about thought leadership in the community. You'll learn how to: Calm your nerves and ease your fears Establish yourself as an expert Deliver polished presentations Connect with an audience FEMGINEER CONFIDENT COMMUNICATOR COURSE Gain the confidence you need to speak up and catapult your career! In this course, you'll have access to instructors who will teach you the following (and provide one-on-one feedback): Have fun speaking in public Overcome performance anxiety Keep your audience at the edge of their seats Hold team meetings and present slides Speak in front of any size audience in all settings intimate, impromptu, or formal Look at your own knowledge and select a speaking topic Create lightning talks and long form presentations Submit proposals to speak at your company or an industry conference Get paid to speak The course transforms people who are afraid to speak up into confident communicators. Participants who are hesitant to speak in public and struggle to select a good topic will learn how to share their expertise and connect with their audience! Our program gives participants the hands-on help they need to become comfortable presenting talks and keynotes to any size audience, and in settings ranging from intimate conversations to large-scale conferences. FEMGINEER CONFIDENT COMMUNICATOR COURSE You can't advance your career without stellar communication skills. You’re an expert at what you do. Skills? Check. Experience? Check. You have the work ethic of a professional weightlifter. Unfortunately, you can still get left behind. A huge part of career success comes down to your communication skills and whether you can make a name for yourself. If you don’t speak up, opportunities will fly by. But if you can articulate your thoughts clearly, and do so to an audience of multiple people, career doors will open for you. People will listen to what you say and remember it, and their lives will be better for having heard you speak. You’ll gain the respect of your peers and more junior folks. Decision-makers will take notice of all your innovative ideas that have faded away in email chains or have simply been lying dormant. Use internal presentations and speaking opportunities at events to your career advantage! Not only can you learn to become a captivating public speaker, you can delight in it by tapping into your expansive inner desire to help people and share your expertise. Yes, even if you’re shy. FEMGINEER CONFIDENT COMMUNICATOR COURSE Say goodbye to sweaty palms forever! Trust us, we know how it feels. It’s time to give a presentation in front of your peers or management, and you feel … tongue tied. Your nerves don’t seem to care that you’re a veritable ninja in your line of work, and despite all of your expertise, you’re worried that no one will listen to you. People tell you to rehearse your talk. The truth is, it’s easy to spend lots of hours and still deliver a bad presentation. But with the right preparation and some expert feedback personalized to your individual speaking style, you’ll easily move past anxiety and make leaps in your speaking skill faster than you could on your own. FEMGINEER CONFIDENT COMMUNICATOR COURSE Who is this course for? This course is for anyone with either a technical or business background who is looking to gain the confidence they need to share their expertise in public. If you want to move your career forward, this course is for you. Whether you’ve never spoken in public or you’re preparing for your 5th speech, our instructors will move you to the next level of skill and sophistication in speaking up. Rising star employee You want to be more confident when you speak up in meetings, because your ideas matter. You’re becoming great at your job, and it’s time to showcase your expertise. You’re moving up in your organization and need to inspire your team. Emerging industry expert You want to make a name for yourself in your industry, whether you’re a blogger, an entrepreneur, or a stellar employee. You want to help others who are newer to your work than you are, and you can be a teacher in your field without decades of experience. I 'm less nervous than ever before, so thank you so much!!!! I’m just excited about this not being a horrible “I'm scared” thing anymore! Mysti Berry, Salesforce San Francisco, CA FEMGINEER CONFIDENT COMMUNICATOR COURSE What can participants expect? Convenient online instruction. Each week students will receive one new lesson. The lesson will be provided in video and audio format. Students are to complete the lesson and submit the homework assignment for instructor feedback. Homework will often consist of recording yourself speaking. Online office hours. Instructors will hold office hours 2 times each week, for one hour. Students are encouraged to attend office hours to connect with instructors, and submit their questions prior to attending. All office hour sessions will be recorded and the recordings will be made available for students. Hands-on help. Students will improve their speaking skills by doing, and receive ongoing feedback from instructors each week. A balance of group support with individualized attention. While the primary feedback will come from instructors, students will also get the chance to review their peers and receive feedback from them. A rigorous but manageable course. Students can expect to spend 3-5 hours a week total. Homework assignments will be given weekly, and will need to be completed before the next week’s lesson, so that instructors can provide feedback in a timely manner. Homework assignments will build on one another and give students ample practice to improve their speaking. By the end of the course, students will be armed with the tools and motivation to go book their first talk—and knock the delivery out of the park. Visible transformation! Student will be expected to record all talks, which will help them see their progress each week. Instructors who are available. While the course instruction is formatted for self-study, instructors will be available via email and will send a response within 48 hours. We encourage participants to complete all lessons each week, but we understand things come up. We allocate 2 weeks as makeup weeks for people to catch up on their assignments. FEMGINEER CONFIDENT COMMUNICATOR COURSE Course Schedule Week 1: Get bold! You'll learn how to: Get over stage fright Find your speaking style Extract your expertise Week 2: Keep them on the edge of their seats You'll learn how to: Engage an audience through body language, vocal inflections, tone, and storytelling Handle hecklers Week 3: Give a short 'n sweet talk You'll learn: How to write a persuasive proposal The mechanics of a lightning talk Week 4: Makeup week Practice and catch up on your assignments FEMGINEER CONFIDENT COMMUNICATOR COURSE Course Schedule (continued) Week 5: Go long! You'll learn: The mechanics of a long form talk How to make stunning slides How to get paid to speak Week 6: Improvise and scale your talk online You'll learn how to: Get comfortable going off the script How to modify your presentation for podcasts, webinars, and other mediums Week 7: Makeup week Practice and catch up on your assignments Week 8: Final presentations All participants will deliver a final presentation FEMGINEER CONFIDENT COMMUNICATOR COURSE MEET YOUR INSTRUCTORS Poornima Vijayashanker is currently the founder at Femgineer, an education company focused on transforming women into leaders in the tech industry. She was the founding engineer at Mint.com, where she helped build, launch and scale the product until its acquisition in 2009. Over the past 8 years, Poornima has been invited to speak at TEDx, over 70+ conferences and events, and at companies like Fidelity, Principal Financial Group, and other Fortune 500s. FEMGINEER CONFIDENT COMMUNICATOR COURSE MEET YOUR INSTRUCTORS Karen Catlin develops powerful women leaders in the tech industry by coaching leaders and advising companies on how to attract and retain female talent. She has an extensive background in Silicon Valley software companies. Formerly, Karen was a vice president at Adobe Systems, where she led a shared services department within the office of the CTO and cofounded the “Adobe & Women” initiative, focused on attracting, retaining, and providing career development opportunities for women at Adobe. Karen is a TEDx speaker and has spoken at dozens of women’s leadership conferences. She has published articles in Fast Company, Inc., The Daily Beast, Women 2.0, and other leadership websites. You can find her online at karencatlin.com. FEMGINEER CONFIDENT COMMUNICATOR COURSE Why our course? When it comes to choosing a training, we know there are a lot of experts out there, and that you have options. We encourage you to pick the course that is right for you. Participants love our course because Femgineer’s instructors, Karen Catlin and Poornima Vijayashanker, share their proven strategies that work for their students and themselves! They have given 100+ talks over the last 10 years, to audiences have ranged from 20 to 2,000+ people. They’ve given inspiring TEDx talks, deep technical talks, and even been paid 5 figures to speak at prominent companies like Fidelity, Principal Financial Group, and other Fortune 500s. While they’ve had their bouts of stage fright, they’ve learned how to overcome them, and most importantly, they’ve taught others how to do the same! Finally, Karen and Poornima are mission driven. Their goal is to educate, encourage, and empower innovators and leaders in the tech industry by turning them into confident communicators! It was very engaging and was a top-level course. Karen and Poornima were giving a lot of great examples, which was very helpful. We received great feedback on our talks. Inga Bereza, Developer Experience at SAP Labs Palo Alto, CA Can we see samples of your work? Sure! Here is a sample talk taken from our workshop: Why You Should Speak at Technical Conferences. Please note that it’s a condensed version of the course, but the video series will give you a sense of our engaging teaching style. hanks to Femgineer, I've been T stepping out of my comfort zone and pitching a few ideas to some conferences, spoke at a women's org at NYU, and will be moderating a panel and leading a workshop over the next couple of months. Tiffany Yu, Director of Business Development New York, NY FEMGINEER CONFIDENT COMMUNICATOR COURSE Contact Info Poornima Vijayashanker, Founder of Femgineer 408.676.9661 poornima@femgineer.com Course pricing 1500 per student $ Payment plan available: 3 monthly payments of $599 ($1797) Group pricing options are available. If your company is interested in sending 3+ students, contact us to receive special group pricing. Reference Client Inga Bereza Developer Experience at SAP Labs inga.bereza@sap.com FEMGINEER CONFIDENT COMMUNICATOR COURSE
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