Persuasion Training – What's Your Message?

The Vivid Persuasion Skills course is the successor to 3 previous Vivid courses that have over 50,000 raving fans:

Remote Meetings, Presentations and Public Speaking are simply different channels to use persuasion skills.

The goal is to speak with certainty and persuade with clarity – and the Vivid Method shows you how to do this.

Most communication is forgettable…

The 3-part training course format:

3 remote sessions LIVE using Zoom videoconference software.
Each session is 2 hours.
Preferably conducted over 3 consecutive days.
Delivered by Cam Barber (for a limited time).
Small group: 5-7 people.
Each participant receives the Vivid Kit.
We work on real presentation scenarios, so participants are instantly ready to persuade.

The ClarityFirst Principles: How to think clearly and manage nerves.
Teaches the core aspects of the Vivid Method (as outlined in Cam’s book What’s Your Message?).
Principle 1: All anxiety is caused by uncertainty.
Principle 2: Message transfer is your measure of success 🔴⇨⇨🔴.
Principle 3: We all have the Closeness Problem.
Principle 4: Your natural style is the right style.
Principle 5: You can control anxiety by understanding it.

Create a Vivid Outline – Message page + Chunk Structure page:
Each person builds an Outline for an idea/presentation (using Vivid Outline hard copy or software template).
Why does it work so well? The Vivid Outline as checklist…
Crafting your message, step-by-step.
The magic of chunking, structuring your ideas, step-by-step.
How to leverage Structure to engage your listener.
Test the Chunk Structure out loud (using the 1-minute rehearsal technique)

How to give Great Explanations:
How to start a talk.
How to end a talk.
Techniques to engage your listeners from start to finish.
Visual explanations – leveraging slides and visual support.
Vivid writing and email communication using the same principles.
Tips on mastering remote meetings / online presentations.
Answer participants questions: whatever they need to feel ready.
Refer to sections in What’s Your Message? so participants have personalized reference points in their copy of the book.
Wrap up… bring your ideas to life!