Remember the last time you “listened” to a public speaker with your head bent over your BlackBerry? You managed to get some work done, but imagine how the speaker felt! Don’t let that happen to you! Learn to use your voice to captivate your audience and deliver your message effectively. Bonnie Gross will lead this interactive session, offering tips and tools to ensure that your next presentation won’t be delivered to a sea of bowed heads. Bonnie is a speech language pathologist and a professional trainer focusing on fearless public speaking, voice, language training and communication skills.
Five Good Resources:
- Jones, Chuck. Make Your Voice Heard: An Actor’s Guide to Increased Dramatic Range Through Vocal Training. Watson-Guptill Publications, 1996.
- Gottstein, Deb and Buzz Mauro. Taking Centre Stage: Masterful Public Speaking Using Acting Skills You Never Knew You Had. Berkley Books, 2001.
- Ashley, Joy. Overcoming Stage Fright in Everyday Life. Three Rivers Press, 1996.
- Maisel, Eric. Fearless Presenting: A Self-Help Workbook for Anyone Who Speaks, Sells, or Performs in Public. Watson-Guptill Publications, 1997.
- Lowndes, Leil. How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships. McGraw Hill, 2003.
Bonnie Gross
President, SpeechScience Inc.
Bonnie Gross is the President of Speech Science International Inc, a firm which specializes in public speaking, speech, language and communication skills training. Her varied list of clients includes large corporate clients such as IBM Canada, Loblaws, Proctor and Gamble as well as government and nonprofit organizations. As a Speech Language Pathologist, she is the creator and lecturer of the Professional Speaking Skills course at the Ivey Business School MBA Program at the University of Western Ontario since 1993 and is the former president of the Ontario Speech and Hearing Association. She has been honoured by the Ontario Association of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology for outstanding contributions to the profession.
Bonnie is the producer, host and writer of the award-winning television series “Ethnicity” as well as the nationally syndicated television series “Second Chance” and “Giving Voice”. She is currently producing a television documentary for OMNI TV called “Word on the Street”, teaching idiomatic English with humour.