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“The way we communicate
with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality
of our lives.”
– Anthony Robbins
At RiverWays, you will overcome your fear of public
speaking.
And you’ll go beyond that. You’ll
learn strong communication skills. The kind that lead to connection
and rapport.
Imagine:
- Delivering presentations, both
inside and outside your organization, that accomplish your
goals and inspire your audience.
- Leading more productive meetings,
where everyone’s voice is heard and all are committed
to reaching a common goal.
- Creating a strong, genuine rapport,
not just with your audience, but with clients, employees,
supervisors, students, even your family and friends.
- Developing an authentic leadership
presence.
- Feeling relaxed all the while -
even enjoying speaking!
How can I be so confident that RiverWays programs are that
effective? Because I’ve watched my clients make huge
shifts. I’ve received many lengthy letters describing
the significant improvements they’ve experienced.
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before we get to that, let me introduce myself. My name is
Carla Kimball, and I’m the developer and trainer of
the RiverWays programs. My programs gently address your fears
from the inside out, in a safe, friendly environment, with
others who feel much the way you feel.
Oddly enough, the method I use to
reduce your anxiety is also what makes you a better speaker.
My “trick”?
I teach
you to develop a sense of presence.
You’ll work with three
levels of presence:
- Staying centered and grounded with yourself;
- Engaging and connecting with your audience authentically;
and
- Speaking about your content with purpose, passion and
enthusiasm.
As you develop this sense of presence, public speaking becomes
increasingly easy. You feel more calm and relaxed. Your words
don’t come from a pre-planned script. They come from
the relationship you establish with your audience.
The usual pressures of public speaking are lifted as you
focus on the fundamentals of presence and public speaking.
You speak naturally and conversationally, and you experience
a sense of real discovery as you speak authentically from
the connection you make with each person.
This level of communication is invaluable for establishing
trust, facilitating teamwork, and persuading your audience.
“I have sent many
of my executive clients to Carla's Speaking Circles
to develop presence and comfort in presenting to top
management audiences, leading challenging meetings,
and acting as highly credible contributors in any forum.
What has amazed me is that this method really
works and gets results quickly. Within a few
sessions, each client has made improvements noticeable
to himself and others in the organization. Any manager
or executive would benefit from this unique program.”
- Jane Hodgetts, Principal
of Hodgetts Associates, Executive & Career Coaching |
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| “I think that a lot
of public speaking programs focus on tricks or techniques
that would make people effective. Carla assumes that people
know what they have to talk about. She allows them to
eliminate the barriers so that they can do the best of
what they are already capable of doing. What they
end up getting is not a checklist of 10 things that they
have to be really nervous about remembering, but rather,
it's easy access to what's already there.”
- Elizabeth Liebow, Sr. Director
of Business Development for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute |
Programs
I offer several programs to the public and they all have
one thing in common: they’ve helped hundreds of my clients
advance their communication skills; develop a strong, vital
sense of presence; and conquer their public speaking fears.
You will too.
Small groups are essential to your success, and none of my
public programs allow more than eight participants.
The most comprehensive RiverWays program, Speaking
with Confidence for Results, runs 12 weeks and allows
you to master all the elements of becoming an effective, confident
speaker.
If you can’t commit to a 12-week program, RiverWays
offers monthly Wednesday evening SpeakingPresencesm
classses, as well two-day Friday and Saturday Successfully
Speaking intensives.
Private coaching is always available.
More details about each program can be found in the Programs
section of this site.
I can also come to
you.
Organizations are increasingly recognizing just how essential
it is to develop the leadership presence of mid- and senior
level execs. Several success
stories on this website illustrate how organizations
that have identified presence as a crucial leaderhip competency,
have found that RiverWays' customized programs are perfect
for helping people uncover their leadership potential by developing
an effective speaking presence.
All my programs can be customized for the specific needs
of your workplace for groups of four to twenty people. I can
travel to your location whether you are located in Massachusetts
or elsewhere.
You’ll use your new skills every day whenever you communicate
with anyone.
You’ll find the tools you learn at RiverWays can be
used every day, whenever you communicate with anyone.
Through this frequent practice in ordinary, non-stressful
situations, your new skills will become integrated into your
normal responses. You will find yourself able to call upon
them more readily when a stressful (public speaking or other)
opportunity presents itself.
This creates a significant shift. Rather than feeling as
though you have to remember a long list of things to do to
be a better speaker, you instead find that you can just be
yourself.
I think of the changes my clients experience as happening
on a cellular level. They begin to own this new way of being,
rather than making changes because someone told them how to
be.
| “Perhaps most importantly
to me, this change feels permanent, like I've
stepped over some kind of line — a threshold —
and I'll never revert back to the way I used to be.
“I no longer feel like I'm
just getting by. Instead I feel like I'm pretty good
at public speaking and I can now work on getting better.
I now have faith in myself and my abilities. The things
I perceived as negative I now see as relatively small
and fixable.
“It feels like I have
overcome a large personal stumbling block and that I've
moved to a different plane. It's incredible!”
- David Wolf, director of
a financial firm in Boston
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Register for a Program
You owe it to yourself to develop fearless communication
skills. These skills will give you a competitive edge. And
they’re skills you’ll use every day in every relationship
– skills you’ll use your whole life long.
To enroll in any class or program, email
us or call my assistant, Anne Braudy, at 617-232-3644
with the name of the program and she’ll let you know
its availability and help you schedule your session(s).
Warm wishes,
Carla Kimball, M.A., M.B.A.
P.S. Check out the rest of our Testimonials
and Success Stories.
You’ll find stories from many more clients whose marked
improvements in their communication skills have made a real
difference in their lives.
P.S.S. Can’t wait to improve your public speaking skills?
Here are some public speaking tips from our Elemental
Speakingsm model:
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Public
Speaking Tips |
| Air |
Remember
to breathe. |
| Space |
Pause and
return to center. |
| Fire |
Remember your
purpose. Be yourself. Tell relevant stories. |
| Earth |
Find your
physical, emotional and audience support. |
| Water |
Stay soft,
fluid and trust yourself in the moment. |
P.S.S.S. This web site has a great deal of helpful information
about speaking and presence, as well as a calendar
of classes, registration
forms and directions
to our office at 185 Alewife Brook Parkway, Suite 407, Cambridge,
MA.
For $19.95 you might also want to purchase a subscription
to the 26 week article email series entitled
The ABCs of Presence in Public Speaking Toolkit.
If you'd like to be on our mailing list to receive public
speaking tips and succcess stories as well as announcements
of our programs, products and services to support your public
speaking, please subscribe to our free monthly RiverWays
News.
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