BURST TRAINING MODULES
1 / ENGAGING MEETINGS AND ANXIETY
When meetings are monotonous, predictable, and drag on longer than necessary, you immediately lose the interest of your audience. However, when your meetings are engaging and effective, your audience retains the information delivered, there’s buy-in, and you accomplish more in less time.
4 / ACTIVE LISTENING AND DIVERSE IDEAS
Many senior executives use active listening skills to better understand differing opinions and diverse ideas. Active listening creates empathy and helps the other person feel that they’re being heard. This is the foundation of trust and moving ideas forward together.
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7 / CONVERSATIONAL INTELLIGENCE
What does it mean to be neurologically collaborative and innovative through conversations? Our brains identify others as friend or foe in less than 1 second. Make sure you don't fall into the foe category.
Your coach is an expert in transpersonal psychology, design thinking, and interpersonal neurobiology.
10 / WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
Clear and concise emails and reports exude confidence and executive communication skills. Unlike oral communication, emails don't have the benefit of vocal tone or non-verbal cues like facial expressions. Produce concise and clear emails that build collaboration (even if your answer is "no").
*This module also requires module 5 as a prerequisite.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Begin your presentation with the solution​
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Secondly, identify and offer key options for next steps
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End with data and supporting information
2 / CONCISE MEMORABLE MESSAGES
In this module, you’ll learn the Burst 3 Act Story Structure™ which will make planning and executing your presentations powerful and unforgettable. . The 3 Act Storytelling Structure will remove presentation “stiffness,” increase the effectiveness of delivering data, and make your message memorable and concise.
5 / RENEGOTIATING NO
Sometimes saying “NO” is necessary. How you deliver the response can either create resentment or lead to collaboration and a solution. In this highly interactive session, we will use Burst’s AVR Technique (Ask / Verify / Renegotiate) to open “mental gates” and establish a collaborative atmosphere.
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8 / OWN YOUR VOICE
Identify communication patterns that may have been learned through gender roles (Reacting vs. Responding, Perfectionism, Minimizing Language, and In-Effective Body Language).
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Own your most effective "voice" by communicating your strength as a woman, and maximize your impact.
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11/ "LEAD" POWERPOINT FRAMEWORK
Executives and clients often don't have time to sit through a long presentation. The Lead Presentation Builder helps you get to the point, provide memorable options, and wrap your presentation up powerfully with data and information in 6 to 10 slides.
*This module also requires module 6 as a prerequisite.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Begin your powerpoint with the solution​
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Include data into your powerpoint slides
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Begin the deck with the answer
3 / EXECUTIVE PRESENCE & GRAVITAS
Audiences often judge how they feel about us from the weak language and non-verbal communication we use while delivering our message. Controlling "filler words" (uh, basically, um, I think, etc.) and eliminating constant hand gesturing will keep the audience's attention span high and improve message memorability.
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6 / THE BURST DIAMOND
A clear, concise, and logical presentation maintains the audience's attention and effectively delivers key takeaways. The Burst Diamond will give you a framework for delivering a powerful presentation that builds to a solution.
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9 / OVERCOME CONDITIONING
Understand the impact of cultural conditioning, heighten self-awareness of communication patterns, and practice ways to successfully transform gender communication rituals.
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We will deconstruct "triggers" to understand the neurobiology of interaction dynamics regardless of the circumstances.
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