Beyond Words Consulting

How you communicate is critical to your message being heard. We look at our programs as a lab where we dissect the art of credible communication. We’ll ask you to try on some new behaviors to see how they fit. Please, don’t let comfort be your guide. Sometimes new skills don’t feel comfortable but they look confident. To get a glimpse of our client trying on some new skills, take a look at the video below.

Before & After Videos

We thought it would be helpful to show a real client in our Present with Presence program. He participated in our two day version. The before is the first taped exercise of the day and the after is the  3rd taped exercise. We liked the improvement we saw.  Btw, on day one, we videotape participants 5 times. Yes, 5. We want our clients to see a lot of progress.

Before

After

Present With Presence

This program is for the person who just stared their career to the VP, SVP or Managing Director level. The reason we can have a mixed audience is our facilitators meet you where you are. What enables us to do this is? Lots of coaching about your specific communication style.

More About This Program

What’s the content? We have (4) key modules that make up most of our programs:

Delivery Skills: We focus on everything from how you stand to how you look at someone. The goal is to present with confidence, credibility and presence!

The Message Builder Tool: Our clients love this tool because it helps them structure their messages so they are listener and action focused. We work with you on your opening and closing for any presentation (or message) and help you stay succinct with the rule of 3.

Power Point: As long as Power Point has been around, we find people still default to reading the slide, standing in front of it and don’t use this tool effectively. We have a robust module that will help you look like a pro versus being robotic and sounding scripted.

Handling Objections/Tough Questions: At times, we all find ourselves being challenged with questions from the board, a prospect, a client or our own team. There are certain behavioral skills we can use to address those questions with credibility and impact. We’ll teach you how.

How Long? We do different versions of this content in a 1/2 day, one day or two day format. Program size can be as small as 8 and up to 12 participants. We can also do large group format programs.

Team Coaching: Pitch with Presence

Some of our clients go through an RFP process and are expected to do a team pitch. It’s critically important for a team to come off as cohesive, engaging, conversational and credible. A team needs to look like they have worked together and enjoy each other. For our Pitch with Presence coaching session, we would work with the team on their introductions, opening statements, transitions, engagement strategies and closing statements not to  mention providing input on the visual aids being used. 

Team Coaching: Pitch with Presence

Some of our clients go through an RFP process and are expected to do a team pitch. It’s critically important for a team to come off as cohesive, engaging, conversational and credible. A team needs to look like they have worked together and enjoy each other. For our Pitch with Presence coaching session, we would work with the team on their introductions, opening statements, transitions, engagement strategies and closing statements not to  mention providing input on the visual aids being used. 

1-1 Exec Consultations

This half day is all about you. Our consultations can be event driven or for those executives that don’t want to attend a group program and want flexibility with scheduling. We can work with you on your message, delivery skills, handling resistance, your Power Point deck or anything else on your list.

We’ll have a discussion with you prior to meeting so we are clear on your goals for the session. Our recommendation is to bring content for a presentation you have delivered in the past or one you will be delivering in the future.

The Message Builder

What do you do first when you’re asked to deliver a presentation? Many people go right to Power Point and start creating their deck. That’s not our recommendation! Instead, start with our Message Builder. What our clients tell us is they like this tool’s simplicity and structure. This helps you easily manage the flow and direction of your message. It will help you create listener oriented opening and closing statements so your audience is clear about where you are taking them and what’s in it for them...btw, we use Post-it notes for flexibility and we like the colors!

The Message Builder

What do you do first when you’re asked to deliver a presentation? Many people go right to Power Point and start creating their deck. That’s not our recommendation! Instead, start with our Message Builder. What our clients tell us is they like this tool’s simplicity and structure. This helps you easily manage the flow and direction of your message. It will help you create listener oriented opening and closing statements so your audience is clear about where you are taking them and what’s in it for them...btw, we use Post-it notes for flexibility and we like the colors!

Interactive Speech: Be inCREDIBLE

Sometimes our clients invite us to their conferences for breakout sessions so we developed a unique one hour, Be inCREDIBLE! session.  This is a jam-packed hour of information and involvement so that our clients literally leave with skills they can use the minute they walk out the door.

Customized Programs

Depending on the industry and goals of our clients, we are always tweaking and customizing our training sessions so they are as relevant as possible to meet your needs. One of the COO’s I used to work with said, “Rose, when you say you are going to customize a session, you actually do it”. For instance, we work in commercial real estate and designed a one day program specifically for brokers. For our clients that want a sales focus, we conduct sales role plays relevant to their industry. For our clients that do seated versus standing presentations, we easily adjust the program format. Bring us your communication challenge and watch us create magic for you. (like we did for our zebra)

Customized Programs

Depending on the industry and goals of our clients, we are always tweaking and customizing our training sessions so they are as relevant as possible to meet your needs. One of the COO’s I used to work with said, “Rose, when you say you are going to customize a session, you actually do it”. For instance, we work in commercial real estate and designed a one day program specifically for brokers. For our clients that want a sales focus, we conduct sales role plays relevant to their industry. For our clients that do seated versus standing presentations, we easily adjust the program format. Bring us your communication challenge and watch us create magic for you. (like we did for our zebra)