Leadership roles can involve a wide range of communication challenges— updating key stakeholders, persuading investors, rallying a group of people, or running team meetings in ways that elicit candid conversation and learning. Communication skills are vital. Understanding how to impact people and policies enables you to impact change. This course prepares professionals at all levels for their next leadership challenge by focusing on key elements of informative and persuasive workplace presentations. Gain confidence in your own voice, and learn to communicate your ideas concisely and to a variety of audiences.
In this course, you will learn to communicate complex ideas with ease while engaging your audience. You will also explore aspects of body language and vocal tone that can affect your audience’s perception, and make all the difference between a decent presentation and a great one.
^^Participants are required to complete guided self-paced work between live Zoom sessions (total time commitment: approximately four hours)
**Class is split into two groups for live presentations between from 1:00 to 2:00 AND 2:00 to 3:00; participants are required to attend the hour correlating with their presentation group and encouraged to attend both hours
For JHU benefits eligible faculty and staff members only: If you are a full-time, benefits-eligible faculty or staff member who has been employed by JHU for at least 120 days, and continue in a full-time position while enrolled in courses, you are eligible to receive tuition remission. This benefit covers only noncredit courses offered through a Continuing Education Unit of one of JHU’s academic divisions, the Berman Institute, Institute for Clinical and Translational Research, Sheridan Libraries, or Executive Programs offered through the Carey Business School. This plan is available to full-time faculty, staff, and bargaining unit members only. Retirees are not eligible for this benefit. You receive 100% remission if your department certifies the course benefits your professional development and your department is willing to pay if you do not attend the course or if you cancel with less than one week’s notice. The one-week cancellation notice is waived only for emergencies with written documentation. There is an annual limit of 2 classes per calendar year for noncredit professional development courses taken at JHU (effective 2023). For more information on this policy, please refer to the HR website.