TEDxMelbourne’s Jon Yeo | Advanced Communication
Leading from the front –connect, influence and engage
Leaders are having to connect in an unprecedented busy, distracted world.
Learn the principles of great communication – corridor conversation, with your peers, in the boardroom or on stage
Learn how to:
- Create a universal message that connects to your stakeholders
- Have clarity on what makes a great message and how to craft one
- Articulate your message or brand in a meaningful and engaging way
- Consistently develop rapport formally and informally
- Replicate this skill with any client-facing staff
This is an immersive workshop where participants will actively design, develop and deliver a compelling pitch, presentation or conversation.
Learn about the psychology of influence, the craft of speaking (tone, volume, speed, pitch, position and dynamic) and the mechanics of impact (slide, prop and body language use)
Foundation Workshop
Use this predictable model to build rapport quickly and
- Message vs influence – why subject matter expertise is no longer enough
- Build rapport, trust, engagement and empathy in 90 seconds or less
- Why communication is harder today than ever
- Deconstructing Storytelling for influence
- Managing multiple stakeholders simultaneously
- Talk types – when to use speeches, lectures, lessons, orations or talks
Foundation: continued
- What makes effective message delivery
- How to design for impact and create compelling messages
- Influential language use – basic tone, position and dynamic
- The Intention Architecture – how people consciously and unconsciously resist your message
- The 3 types of audience feedback
- Speaking confidence and managing nerves
- Memorise or improvise? How to use both effectively
Advanced Communication and Message design
- Impact Mapping – Saying the right thing, at the right time, to the right person in the right way
- A flexible preparation model to manage different stakeholder types and talk lengths
- The psychology of Influence – Vocal tone and body language basics
- Influential language structures and positioning an argument for influence
- When to use props and slides including slide design
- How detailed is too detailed? How do you know? – 3 levels of detail
Advanced Communication: continued
- Creating relevant and engaging content
- Managing different audiences – size, type, attentiveness
- Practice and memorisation techniques
- Advanced management of stakeholders – understanding structural, social and political influences on decision-making
- Advanced communication – how to adapt your message or improvise to get your message through
- Managing known weaknesses or threats to your message
- Finalise an actual 2-3min pitch you could use when you leave
- Technique and tech required for Virtual Speaking
- Using analytics to create compelling Virtual events
Advanced Communication Continued:
- Conference speaking
- Managing stakeholders
- Working a stage
- managing a/v teams and event teams to work with you
- Working a room
- room size, room types, room layouts, room acoustics, a/v tech use
- managing energy and state of yourself and your audience (even when you can’t see them)
- working a stage
- Designing Brand messaging and positioning
- Designing programs for influence, engagement and attention
Meet Jon
Jon is passionate about “What does it take to create a visceral experience when you speak?” and “What if you could articulate the complex, simply and powerfully?”
Jon works with CEOs and senior leadership teams to build trust, empathy and engagement in an increasingly distracted world.
Jon is a past National President of Professional Speakers Australia (formerly National Speakers Association) and leads TEDxMelbourne, one of the world’s largest and longest-running TEDx events in the world. As Licensee and Curator, he selects and prepares all speakers as well as leads 55+ volunteers around the TED vision of “ideas worth spreading”
