Provide your students with an opportunity to learn Public Speaking
and
Presentation in a way that will in increase their confidence and build
their skills. Give them practical experience in a supportive environment.
There
are two phases.
First, a Large Group Workshop actively involves the
entire class and their teacher with exercises that teach live presentation
techniques. Several Small Group Sessions, of 5-7 students, follow.
These
provide each student with individual attention.*
In Large Group Workshops, students learn to:
- Focus Attention
- Anchor the Body in Space
- Create and Maintain Appropriate Eye Contact
- Use Headlines and Sound Bites
- Blend Reading, Memorization and Improvisation
- Shape a Presentation by:
Targeting the Beginning, Middle and End
Identifying the Most Important Moment
Using Hooks and Key Phrases as Markers
In the Small Group Workshops, students get one-on-one
coaching and receive
tips tailored to the individual student's style and personality.
The process is designed to be fun yet rigorous and comfortable for
even the
shyest of students. For this session each student prepares a
three-sentence "speech" based on a book they are reading
or topic the class
is studying.
CALL 212-675-6944 FOR INFORMATION
or email Karen at karendemauro@earthlink.net
Karen
DeMauro is Artistic Director of the Acting Center and has been an
Artist-In-Residence for over 25 years. She currently coaches
Broadway actors and corporate executives. Her highly interactive
style is drawn from her experience in Theater Education in England,
Japan and the US. She
received a BFA from Boston University. In addition to creating
over 50
original musicals for young people, she directed for the Smithsonian
Institution and the United Nations.*The artist can do 2 Large
Group Workshops and 4 Small Group Workshops per day.