Effective Verbal Communication Skills for Professionals (with Workbook): Rise Up!

In this class, you'll learn the fundamentals of Effective Verbal Communication Skills for Professionals! 

Effective Verbal Communication is consistently ranked as a Top 10 Communication Skill that employers and hiring managers want their people to have. It's the foundation of many other skills.

There's also a 30-page downloadable workbook to help you stay on track! 

In the class, you'll learn the following: 

• How to communicate concisely so you sound more credible
• How to make your communication an engaging dialogue rather than a boring monologue
• How to use clear main points to make sure listeners follow your message easily
• How to translate needlessly complex language into words that are easily understandable
• How to clean up common distracting verbal habits: "Powerful" vs. "Powerless" language.

The class is designed for employee-level professionals (team members, individual contributors, etc.).  

The lessons take a hands-on, practical approach, and provide lots of examples and illustrations. Each lesson wraps up with a practical application step.

The class is also designed so that you can go through it as an individual or with a group or team. 

The instructor, Alex Lyon, is a full-time Professor in Communication. He has numerous classes on Skillshare, a successful Youtube channel (i.e., Communication Coach Alex Lyon), and has been consulting and speaking to organizations for almost 20 years.

• Welcome and Overview
• How to Get the Most Out of This Class
• Concise Communication: "What's Your Question?"
• Take Short Talking Turns: Make it a Dialogue, Not a Monologue
• Using Clear Main Points is the Key
• Use Plain Language as Often as Possible
• Clean Up Bad & Distracting Verbal Habits
• Putting into Practice
• Working with Your Team (Bonus)
• Wrap Up and Next Steps