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Event

WYBA 2020 - The Art of Public Speaking

Monday, January 20, 2020 17:30to19:30
Brown Student Services 3600 rue McTavish, Montreal, QC, H3A 0G3, CA
WYBA 2020 - The Art of Public Speaking

Do you get nervous before giving a speech? Want to feel more confident while presenting? Or just want to make your presentations more interesting, rather than reading verbatim from slides?

In this workshop, persuasion researcher Jay Olson will cover the communication skills necessary to give an effective presentation. Topics include handling nervousness, enhancing clarity, improving body language, and holding the audience’s attention. These tools will help presenters engage and persuade their audiences, in both academic and business settings.

By the end of the workshop, you will:

1.ÌýKnow practical methods to deal with nervousness.

2.ÌýKnow how to engage audiences from the beginning of your speech.

3.ÌýBe able to identify strengths and weaknesses in presenters, including yourself.

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Jay Olson, M.Sc., is a Ph.D. candidate in Psychiatry at McGill. He studies suggestion and effective persuasion. Spending most of his life as a professional magician, Jay has won several international awards for both performing and public speaking. He now helps companies, organizations, and students apply the science of public speaking to become more persuasive, engaging, and confident speakers.

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