MBAexpress: Key Concepts of Powerful Communication - V 2.0 | BUNDLE (6 COURSES)

Overview

This course provides an overview of the key elements of a traditional MBA to help you improve your business writing, presentation, social media, and professional networking skills.

Highlights

Key Topics

Social networks
Professional Networks
Clique versus entrepreneurial networks
Types of Influential People
Building Your Network
Following-up with new clients
Characteristics, Strengths, and Weaknesses of Personality Styles
Connecting with Personality Styles
Audience Demographics
The importance of scheduling time and environment
Types of listening
Levels of listening
Listening to respond
Introverts and Extroverts
Listening bias
Body language
Using visualization
Practice is essential
Positive energy
Slide count calculation
A speech versus an experience
Fear of questions
Know your audience
Communication styles
Turn off the adrenaline
The power of a pause
Presentation Tips
The importance of audience demographics
Winning the trust of your audience
Providing context with your numbers
Tables and charts
Formatting words for readability
Making your point
Active versus passive writing
Choosing words for understandability
Using emoticons and punctuation
Bad writing examples

Prerequisites

None

Designed For

Who Will Benefit

CPAs, corporate finance teams, business leaders and other financial professionals.

Objectives

Learning Outcomes

This course will prepare you to:
Identify network types
Identify four steps to building your network
Recognize key influencers for building your network
Recognize best practices when attending conferences or business networking events
Describe the three types of misconceptions of communication
Identify the different types of personality styles in the workplace
Recognize how to communicate with the different types of personality styles effectively.
Recognize why listening is harder than we think.
Identify eight listening "don'ts"
List three steps for quality listening
Illustrate techniques in increasing your confidence before your presentation
Identify ways to connect with your audience and capture their imagination
Recognize the importance of restating questions during a presentation or Q&A
Describe steps to becoming a more polished presenter
Identify techniques for presenting to various audience demographics
Identify the importance of your presentation opening and closing remarks
Identify 5 tips that are key for presenting financial information
Recognize the value of using charts in financial presentations
Describe ways to give context to help explain your data
Describe how to write more effectively with increased clarity and a stronger impact
Recognize the benefits of being a good writer
Identify 9 rules of effective writing