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Presentation Skills for Technical Professionals (APPEL-vPSTP)Building & Leading NASA TeamsNASA Fundamentals

PARTICIPANT TESTIMONIALS

  • Building & Leading NASA Teams
    Building & Leading NASA Teams
  • NASA Fundamentals
    NASA Fundamentals

Skill Level: Open to all.

Successful persuasion depends on the ability to present with confidence and authenticity. For a technical workforce, this calls for developing an advanced set of skills that are broadly applicable in contexts ranging from team meetings to senior leader briefings to professional conferences before larger audiences. This course will give participants a practical understanding of effective public speaking skills, covering a range of issues including: tools for persuasion, nonverbal communication, storytelling tactics, and performance techniques to manage anxiety. Learning methods include instruction, discussion, video clip demonstrations, and interactive exercises and simulations that integrate visual aids.

All technical professionals and managers at every level who must persuade others through talking.

Common Competencies
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All supplemental resources are NASA accessible only unless otherwise noted.

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Diagnose communication challenges.
  • Establish credibility, trust, and likability.
  • Validate audience point of view to disarm skeptics and defuse preconceptions.
  • Use nonverbal cues to establish an emotional connection and support key messages.
  • Construct an effective message.
  • Create a narrative that connects with audience concerns while advancing new ideas.
  • Develop compelling, clear, and concise messages that maintain audience engagement.
  • Choose language that resonates with their audience.
  • Use memorable elements including stories, images, metaphors, analogies, and thought-provoking phrases.
  • Use visual aids, slides, and notes effectively.
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Schedule & Registration

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Platform: Virtual - MS Teams
Central May 2, 2024
Central May 14, 2024
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Registration Overview

Registration Question? Contact the training specialist below for assistance.

Tyler Waddell
tyler.c.waddell@nasa.gov
(321) 861-1112

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About the Instructor(s)

Matthew Kohut

Matthew Kohut is the managing partner of KNP Communications. He is co-author of Compelling People: the Hidden Qualities that Make Us Influential. He has prepared speakers for events ranging from live television appearances to TED talks. In addition to conducting communications training for clients in the government, private, and nonprofit sectors, he has served as a communications consultant to organizations including NASA, the Department of Energy, the Environmental Protection Agency, and Harvard University. Matt holds a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University and a B.A. from the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University.

Seth Pendleton

Seth Pendleton, a founding partner of KNP Communications, has spent more than two decades preparing leaders and experts for high-stakes public appearances ranging from live television interviews to keynote addresses to investor meetings. He has co-facilitated Presentation Skills for Technical Professionals for NASA’s Academy of Program/Project & Engineering Leadership since 2015. Prior to co-founding KNP, he served as a senior speechwriter for the Director of the National Science Foundation. He holds master’s degrees from Harvard Kennedy School in Public Administration and Villanova University in Theater Arts. Seth is a longtime member of the Screen Actors Guild.

CURRICULUM LEAD

Curriculum Question? Contact the curriculum lead below for assistance.

Diana Wehrell-Grabowski
diana.m.wehrell-grabowski@nasa.gov

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