Before You Say a Word

<p><strong>Learn what the best speakers do and don't do and communicate with more confidence in both formal and informal situations with audiences big and small.</strong></p><p>Before you got into leadership did you expect you'd be doing so much <em>speaking</em>? It seems you're always talking--in faculty meetings and one-on-one evaluations; in PD sessions and department meetings; at parents' night and awards ceremonies; to colleagues supervisors and the school board; and in front of dozens or hundreds or just a webcam and a ring light. You need to move and motivate inform and edify and sometimes pitch policy directives you know will be unpopular. Spoken communication and effective messaging is a huge component of your leadership role and yet <em>you were never trained for this part of the job</em>!</p><p>Packed with practical and actionable advice <em>Before You Say a Word</em> gives school and district leaders the essential oral communication training that graduate programs leave out. Author Erik Palmer a speaking specialist and former teacher stresses proper preparation and explains everything from the basics of audience analysis to how to rescue a terrible set of presentation slides. You'll learn how to plan for and deliver even complicated and sensitive messages to all kinds of audiences in person and virtually and in a way that is professional clear authentic and <em>never boring</em>.</p>