What: Present Yourself Workshop

When: 21st of November // from 11:00 am - 6:00 pm

A (future) professional must be able to convincingly present himself. Weather a presentation succeeds depends not only on the content of your argument but also on the way you communicate the message. In this workshop we will look at your choice of words, your posture and movement, your appearance and the use of your voice.

WORKSHOP CONTENT:

In this workshop is not about the right way, but about your way of presentation. We start with your skills and teach you to optimally deploying them. To achieve this we work with exercises that are derived from theater. By exercising yourself and watching other participants, you get a clear picture of how you come across and what way of presenting suits you.

First Part of the Workshop you will focus on the ability to play with the audience attention and Storytelling skills. In the Second we will look into how to create a Pitch and each contender will get feedback on an individual Pitch presentation.

When it comes to working with empathy, charisma and expression, theatrical methods can be an important tool to train these.

In teaching you these methods, we will focus on:

Contact & expression:

• Attitude / Posture
• Making (eye) contact
• Use of voice
• Mimic
• Supporting expressive gestures

Storytelling

• Construction of a good story
• Making your story vivid

Pitching

• Constructing a good sales Pitch
• Be convincing
• Authenticity

The theatrical exercises are taught in groups, with a focus on the individual.

COURSE HOLDER: Bjørn de Wildt

Bjørn successfully studied at the Fontys Academy for Theater in Tilbug (NL) and was named “Talent of the year 2008”. He is a socially critical theater maker that is concerned with the participatory role of the audience. At the moment Bjørn is artistic director of theater group PlayBack Berlin. Next to PlayBack Berlin he also works as a freelance theatre lecturer, internship coordinator and career coach at various Dutch universities and conducts various amateur groups. As an actor he played several years in productions of playback NL and build up a lot of experience in working with different kind of audiences. As a presentation coach Bjørn works for Wooga, AKQA and Freie Universität Berlin.

REQUIREMENTS:

For the session bring your enthusiasm!

ANY QUESTION? Drop us a line at education@betahaus.de

WHERE AT BETAHAUS?

Once you arrive, just go straight through the Cafe and the Loft is waiting first door to your right!

Please print your ticket and bring it to the workshop!

BETAHAUS EDUCATION TERMS OF CANCELLATION

A free cancellation of your order is possible until 7 days before the workshop/ course starts.

A cancellation within 7-0 days before the workshop/ course will be charged with 100% of the ticket price.

In case of illness you have to hand in a doctors certificate. Then we can refund you 100% of the costs even within 7-0 days before the workshop/ course starts.

Without a doctor’s certificate we will charge 100% of the ticket price.