I Wasn't Prepared For That: Overcoming the Fear of Making Presentations
Aim
To give staff at all levels the confidence and skills to prepare and deliver effective presentations.
The video
A young executive (Dawn French) is panic-stricken when she's told that she has to present a written report in person to the board. Her first run-through is a disaster, but with encouragement from a colleague she soon learns the secrets of making an effective presentation. He reassures her that she knows more about the project than anyone else. She has no reason to worry, providing she approaches the task methodically. By following a number of simple steps; Position, Options and Proposal, she is able to conquer her fears and make a successful presentation. She then discovers that no two audiences are the same and that she must adapt her presentation accordingly.
Features and applications:
Ideal for first-time presenters and for experienced presenters wishing to review their technique
Proves that you don't have to be a 'natural' presenter to make a professional presentation
Teaches people how to communicate complex proposals effectively
Shows how to tailor presentations for different audiences
Learning resource pack includes:
Video (30 mins)
Course Leader's Guide
Delegate worksheets on disk
Powerpoint slides
Self-study workbook on disk <> Prices: Purchase: $999.00 - Rental (5days) $350
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Whether you are presenting an idea to one person, 100 people or 1,000, and you have a definite purpose in mind, you are “making a presentation”. Join Neil Young as he demonstrates and explains what it takes to improve your presentation skills.
You may be telling an employee about a new system, a group of clients about a new product, or talking to an industry group about the impact of new technology on work practices, whatever your purpose and your audience, in each of these instances you are making a presentation.
This is a complete turnkey workshop with facilitator's guide, participant guide, overhead slides, and video included.
Key Learning Objectives:
Prepare a presentation
Identify your audience’s needs
Develop key messages that your audience will remember
Reduce presentation nerves
Become an effective confident presenter
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Invisible Rules: Men, Women and Teams (cc)
"Successful organizations of the future are going to have leaders, are going to have team members who understand the rules of both cultures."
-- Dr. Pat Heim
According to Dr. Pat Heim in this customer-requested sequel to THE POWER DEAD-EVEN RULE, men and women grow up in different cultures, learning different lessons about what it means to be a leader and what it means to be a team player. The hitch is that the rules of these cultures are typically invisible and these invisible rules are the cause of many misunderstandings as men and women work together on teams.
In her thoughtful and lively presentation, Dr. Heim sorts out some of these INVISIBLE RULES.
Among her insights:
Men and women have radically different ideas of what it means to be a team player. Our meeting behaviors are different. For men, the meeting often doesn't happen in the meeting and women may not know this. Women often use disclaimers, hedges, and tag questions in their linquistic behavior which can backfire when talking to men. Our non-verbal communication is different. For example, when women nod it means "I hear you," while men nod in agreement. These differences are not right or wrong but they can result in confusion and conflict. By making these INVISIBLE RULES visible, Dr. Heim provides the basis for better understanding, communication and teamwork.
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Length: 34 minutes
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Purchase Price: $495.00
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Video - Purchase $645.00, Rental 7 Days $295.00 (Item#PDDC-COALET000-VHS)
Using feedback is a skill central to the success of any team and its leader. Everybody needs recognition when they are doing well and guidance when they could be doing better. Learn how to take the time to talk to your employees in order to tell them how they are doing.
- Communication skills
- Critiquing skills
- Importance of recognition
- DVD comes with both English and Spanish versions
Item #COALET000-DVD-ESP; 25 minutes; purchase $645; 7-day rental $295.
For Purchase $645.00 (PowerPoint and Leader's Guide - Call 1-253-759-6639 for additional copies)
For Rental $295.00
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Media Power - Series - DVD
The mass media plays a powerful and controversial role in shaping perceptions. But because the mediums of print and broadcast often overlap and are so integrated into daily life, most Americans are unaware of their effects. This eight-part series probes the reciprocal dynamics of the media/audience relationship, in all its many forms. 8-part series, 28 minutes each.
The Series Includes:
Mass Media in Society Media Rights and Responsibilities Media Ethics Media Impact Audience and Feedback Global Media Public Relations Advertising Item: PDDC-CAMBVL8567
Format: DVD
List Price: $1,899.95
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Mass Media in Society - DVD
The world is quickly becoming saturated with information, entertainment, and advertisements. In this program, academic and industry experts examine the globalization of information exchange, the way in which it has altered the social distance between nations and individuals, and the future of mass media. In the U.S., viewers watch an average of 4.5 hours per day of television, willingly lending their eyes and ears to advertisers. However, the 1990s have seen a growing fragmentation of America into demographically segmented audiences, driven by niche programming and narrow-interest advertising. The enthusiasm for interactive communication is growing, spurred on by the desire for news and entertainment tailored and delivered on demand and the possibilities of one-to-one marketing. Is the concept of mass media on the verge of extinction? (28 minutes, color)
Part of the Series Media Power
Item: PDDC-CAMBVL8521
Format: DVD
List Price: $309.95
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Media Rights and Responsibilities - DVD
Tabloid journalism. Kinky TV talk shows. "Gangsta" rap music. Sexually explicit and violent movies. The media have established new outposts in the frontiers of taste that were thought impossible 30 years ago, and all in the name of First Amendment rights and giving the public what it wants. But with these rights come responsibilities that are seldom respected. What leverage can society use beyond the boycott and angry letter to put curbs on the more outrageous forms of media expression? What is the rightful role of government? How do we balance these measures with a healthy respect for creativity and freedom of expression? This program looks at all of the issues surrounding the media’s pursuit of the advertising dollar versus its responsibility to exercise some concern for the public good. (28 minutes, color)
Part of the Series Media Power
Item: PDDC-CAMBVL8522
Format: DVD
List Price: $309.95
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Media Ethics - DVD
Is a political candidate’s past personal life fodder for the front page? If a child commits murder, should the offender’s name be released? If a CD by a top recording artist has strongly antisocial lyrics, should the record label consider its impact on kids? In this program, news professionals and executives from NBC, CBS, Capitol-EMI Records, and Mercury Records speak out about the ethical dilemmas their industries face. The program also examines the case of Janet Cooke, who wrote a Pulitzer Prize-winning story about an 8-year-old heroin addict in 1981. The message was heartfelt, but fact-checking later proved her story to be closer to fiction than fact. In addition, the need for honesty and fairness, the subtle pressure of commercial interests, and the lure of sensationalism are discussed in this frank investigation of the pressures and circumstances that make up the context of media ethics. (28 minutes, color)
Part of the Series Media Power
Item: PDDC-CAMBVL8523
Format: DVD
List Price: $309.95
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Media Impact - DVD
This program emphasizes the seductive nature of films and television. The pervasiveness and sheer volume of electronic images in daily life make it extremely difficult for viewers to discern fact from fiction, as with Oliver Stone’s controversial JFK. The manufactured reality of films and TV also plays a role in popularizing certain behaviors—some of which are unhealthy or antisocial, like smoking and violence. Studies show that as audiences become saturated with violent images, they can all-too-easily become desensitized to real-life situations. In addition, some suffer from media narcosis, a form of addiction which, when TV is removed from the environment, causes symptoms of withdrawal. This program is an essential component of any course that addresses the importance of critical viewing skills and an awareness of the media’s impact on perceptions. (28 minutes, color)
Part of the Series Media Power
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Format: DVD
List Price: $309.95
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Audience and Feedback - DVD
This program explores the characteristics that define a desirable audience, the history of audience ratings, and the ways in which audiences are assessed. Because the mass media is supported largely by selling time and space to marketers, it has evolved into the main delivery vehicle for advertising, in which the company offering a product or service is the true consumer and the attention of the viewer is the product that is being bought. With billions of advertising dollars at stake, marketers, social psychologists, and statisticians carry out sophisticated demographic and psychographic studies to narrow audiences into well-defined consumer groups. On the back end, the Nielsen television rating system uses "people meters" on TVs to determine if viewers are in fact watching what advertisers thought they would. This program also debates the manipulative nature of television and includes a portion of Newt Minnow’s "Vast Wasteland" speech. This video is an indispensable resource for understanding the dynamics of media/audience interaction. (30 minutes, color)
Part of the Series Media Power
Item: PDDC-CAMBVL8525
Format: DVD
List Price: $309.95
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Global Media - DVD
Sixties’ media philosopher Marshall McLuhan predicted the coming of a Global Village in which telecommunications technology would figuratively shrink the world. Satellites, the Internet, multinational communications giants, and the ubiquity of televisions and computers have more than helped realize his prophecy. Who are the big players and what kind of village have they wrought? As American music, TV, film, sports, fashion, and food spread worldwide and push aside the local fare, are we guilty of cultural imperialism? This insightful program looks at a variety of issues surrounding the growth of media in the era of the international audience. (28 minutes, color)
Part of the Series Media Power
Item: PDDC-CAMBVL8526
Format: DVD
List Price: $309.95
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Public Relations - DVD
Since the first written account of public relations-like activities in ancient Greece, PR professionals have been on record as shapers and reshapers of public opinion. This program defines the role of public relations, differentiating it from advertising, and examines the way in which PR operates. In addition, industry professionals discuss the contributions of Ivy Lee and the founder of modern PR, Edward L. Bernays; the role of public relations in America’s two world wars; the shamefully successful Lucky Cigarettes campaign to make smoking in public fashionable for women; and the Ad Council and public service announcements. Crisis intervention is examined, as in the well-handled case of the tainted Tylenol scare, and the botched damage control of the Exxon/Valdez disaster. The program does an excellent job of explaining a difficult-to-understand and often-maligned industry. (28 minutes, color)
Part of the Series Media Power
Item: PDDC-CAMBVL8568
Format: DVD
List Price: $309.95
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Advertising - DVD
Some Americans charge that the advertising industry promotes materialism and compels them to buy things they don’t want. However, most are unaware that the TV and radio shows, newspapers, and magazines they enjoy for virtually no cost are paid for almost entirely by the sale of advertising time or space. This program features a historical survey of the methods of advertising in the U.S. Topics include the mass-marketing triumph of Lydia Pinkham’s 19th-century patent medicines; the role of sponsorship in radio and early broadcast television; the application of marketing principles to the 1964 Johnson/Goldwater campaign, which featured the well-known daisy/atom bomb ad; and a step-by-step look at how a Ford Ranger TV spot was made by the J. Walter Thompson agency. The program is a valuable aid in understanding the persuasive, pervasive nature of advertising. (28 minutes, color)
Part of the Series Media Power
Item: PDDC-CAMBVL8569
Format: DVD
List Price: $309.95
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The Power Dead-Even Rule and the Other Gender Differences in the Workplace (cc)
Join Dr. Pat Heim, Ph.D., the dynamic, best-selling author of Hardball For Women: Winning at the Game of Business and Smashing The Glass Ceiling: Tactics For Women Who Want to Win in Business as she explores the different cultures men and women grow up in... the "rules" each culture uses to define appropriate adult behavior...why these cultures clash...and what to do about it.
Women and men communicate more effectively when they understand the cultural differences unique to each gender.
Pat Heim is a nationally acclaimed consultant in the fields of leadership, team building and gender differences. THE POWER DEAD-EVEN RULE AND OTHER GENDER DIFFERENCES IN THE WORKPLACE video succeeds in getting people to laugh and talk about the culture differences between men and women as the first step in dealing with these differences.
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Length: 36 minutes
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Purchase Price: $495.00
One Week Rental: $165.00
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Aim
The better you understand human behavior, the better you can communicate, effectively. This two-part video explores the four most common behavior styles...and shows how to communicate successfully with each. Key Training Points:
How to identify the four common styles of behavior How to determine your own behavior style How to adapt your communications to the behavior style of the other person Length: 20 min.
Includes Training Leader’s Guide, 10 Workbooks, The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback book
Product Code: #PDDC-COACAM0086
Added features and benefits of DVD training include:
English and Spanish versions
A customizable PowerPoint presentation
Informative training points and bonus material for refresher or training talks
Video-enriched training organized by learning objectives that facilitates discussion
A printable Leader's Guide
Resourceful web links to organizations such as OSHA, FEMA, NSC and the CDC, where viewers can download and print information on regulatory standards
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7-Day Rental: $225
Purchase: $575
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Aim
The better you understand human behavior, the better you can communicate, effectively. This two-part video explores the four most common behavior styles...and shows how to communicate successfully with each. Key Training Points:
How to identify the four common styles of behavior How to determine your own behavior style How to adapt your communications to the behavior style of the other person Length: 18 min.
Includes Training Leader’s Guide, 10 Workbooks, The Art of Giving and Receiving Feedback book Product Code: #PDDC-COACAM0087
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7-Day Rental: $165
Purchase: $525
Added features and benefits of DVD training include:
English and Spanish versions
A customizable PowerPoint presentation
Informative training points and bonus material for refresher or training talks
Video-enriched training organized by learning objectives that facilitates discussion
A printable Leader's Guide
Resourceful web links to organizations such as OSHA, FEMA, NSC and the CDC, where viewers can download and print information on regulatory standards
To Rent Relationship Strategies II on DVD - $225.00
To Purchase Relationship Strategies II on DVD - $575.00
Aim
To appreciate the skills required to write and present an easy-to-read, informative and forward-thinking report. The Video
This program outlines the six steps to successful report writing: focusing on the objectives, organizing points into related groups, and using the four P's (Position, Problem, Possibilities and Proposals), report authors will ensure their document forwards a constructive and compelling argument. The video shows how avoiding the use of jargon and keeping words, sentences and paragraphs short and simple, will contribute to a report's overall effectiveness. Additionally, making the report look readable will encourage its recipients to read and respond to it. Including headings, sub-headings, double line spacing, and appendices, great ideas that may have otherwise been overlooked, stand a better chance of becoming reality.
Features and applications:
Suitable for any staff member at any level who may need to write a report Engaging and humorous plot to make messages memorable Clearly defined report-writing structure incorporating the four Ps Promotes freedom of thought within an organized framework Learning resource pack includes:
Video (20 mins) Course Leader's Guide Delegate worksheets on disk Powerpoint slides Self-study workbook on disk Style: Humorous drama
Prices: Purchase:$999 - Rental (5 days) $350 Related training issues:
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Video - Purchase $595.00, Rental 7 Days $125.00 (Item#PDDC-COAEML000-VHS)
E-mail and the Internet have revolutionized the way many organizations do business. In fact, e-mail is now considered to be a business necessity: it’s fast, direct and inexpensive. This timely video program — which was selected by Human Resource Executive magazine as one of the Top Ten Training Products of 1997 — discusses e-mail etiquette, privacy and how to protect the rights of everyone in the workplace.
- The benefits of e-mail
- Time management and communication skills
- The legal issues of e-mail
- The general rules of "Netiquette"
Item #COAEML000-VHS; 22 minutes; purchase $595; 7-day rental $125; includes ten employee handbooks and comprehensive leader’s guide (Call 1-253-759-6639 for additional purchase of handbooks and guides).
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To Rent The Straight Scoop on E-Mail on VHS (English) - $295.00
To Rent The Straight Scoop on E-Mail on VHS (Spanish) - $295.00
To Purchase The Straight Scoop on E-Mail on VHS (English) - $595.00
To Purchase The Straight Scoop on E-Mail on VHS (Spanish) - $595.00
Straight Talking: The Art of Assertiveness
Aim
To equip people with the confidence to get their views and ideas noticed.
The video
Techniques of assertive behavior are shown in action in a series of different settings from a management meeting to a one-to-one conversation between colleagues. Straight talking shows that the basic rule of assertive behavior is honesty and that it's usually for fear of the response that honesty is avoided. However, this fear is generally over-exaggerated. The video is highly reassuring on this point for anyone who has doubts about volunteering what they think, even when asked to do so.
It also demonstrates why aggressive behavior doesn't work in the long run and why it's important to establish a negotiating position and stick to it.
Features and applications
Particularly suitable for junior management, sales personnel and purchasing staff The key lessons are explained by a presenter and illustrated by realistic action sequences in a variety of situations Dramatic sequences and subtle humor deliver the messages in a powerful and convincing fashion Also Available in SPANISH
Program includes:
Video (27 mins) Course Leader's Guide Delegate worksheets on disk Powerpoint slides Self-study workbook on disk Style: Humorous drama
Prices: Purchase: $999 DVD
Rental (5 days) $350
Related training issues:
Assertiveness Negotiating Office behavior Item #PDDC-TRNMBM5
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Talking to a Wall (cc)
You are dining out at a restaurant and the person seated at the table directly behind you is having a conversation while you are trying to converse with your spouse. You find it difficult to pay attention to your "other half" because the person at the other table just keeps talking and talking. Are you male or female?
In a revealing segment, ABC News 20/20 answers this and other questions about how men and women listen differently.
Correspondent Deborah Roberts takes viewers into the home of baseball scout, Al Goldis and his wife of 15 years, Linda. Linda has spent the last 15 years trying to get Al to listen to her -- she claims he always tunes her out. To date, Linda has chalked it up to the fact that Al is on the telephone night and day, focusing on the careers of the young baseball players who count on him. Are the Goldis' communications problems a by-product of Al's demanding job? Is Al simply a "listening burnout," as Linda suggests? Or is Al's brain built to listen to only one thing at a time, and as long as he is focused on his work he will not be able to pay attention to what Linda is saying?
Listening experts like Kitty Watson of Tulane University suggests there are several distinct categories of listeners and that maybe Al is not an insensitive guy -- he's just listening like a man. The impact of this revealing 20/20 investigation may have a profound effect on how women and men communicate -- both at home and on the job.
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Length: 19 minutes
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One Week Rental: $165.00
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Aim
To give all staff members the skills to use the telephone effectively in a business context.
The video
In this engaging, amusing, and highly memorable story, an assistant manager of a marketing department is preparing to give the local business community a short seminar on professional telephone skills. Her own skills leave a lot to be desired, fortunately someone is on hand to show her the mistakes she makes, and help her overcome her shortcomings.
The lessons include understanding that the call starts with a verbal handshake. Also, answer the phone within four rings and introduce yourself properly with a smile in your voice. It shows that preparation is vital; people should have facts and figures to hand and repeat key phrases to show callers they're understood. During the call, people should ask open questions to gain information, and use the caller's name frequently to establish trust. When closing the call they must confirm that the message is understood, and make a note of what they are required to do. Finally, the video tackles voice mail, showing that the same rules apply
Features and applications:
Targeted at anyone who uses the phone at work To improve the way their business is represented on the telephone Practical rules for conducting a call from start to finish Highly effective presentation of the skills required, with memorable on-screen triggers Learning resource pack includes:
Video (34 mins) Course Leader's Guide Delegate worksheets on disk Powerpoint slides Self-study workbook on disk Style: Humorous drama
Prices: Purchase: $999 DVD
Rental (7 days) $350
Item #PDDC-TRNBEH2C
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Video - Purchase $250.00 (Item#PDDC-IRCTILII)
This program is an essential tool for any manager or human resources director who has to deal with and pull diverse individuals together to function together as a productive team. Strong individuals from diverse backgrounds are often challenged when the need to pull together and function as a productive team. This program confronts audiences and educates them about negative stereotyping and racial conflict in the workplace, helping them to understand varying perspectives and to take advantage of their differences. A poignant and honest discussion of real-life workplace conflicts, this program helps audiences, including corporate management, develop awareness in cross-cultural team building and creating an effective and efficient workplace.With candor and humor, Joan Fountain, a leading management consultant, brings the audience into some of her own experiences as an African-American woman, trainer and teacher. Thoughtful and concrete suggestions for teaching and training are interwoven with provocative personal stories. Fountain addresses topics including: ·racism and cultural identity ·the power of words ·post-discrimination trauma ·nonverbal communication ·sexual orientation ·the power of healing.
Length: 60 Minutes
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That's Show Business: The Rules of Exhibiting - DVD
Aim
To maximize the opportunities created by participation in an exhibition.
The Video
Having planned and staffed an exhibition stand that has absorbed a sizeable chunk of your marketing budget, how can it be made a real success? Too often it's regarded as a grand PR exercise, but it should be treated as a wonderful opportunity to sell to both new and existing clients.This video demonstrates the secrets of successful exhibiting: know your objectives, your visitors, and the role you are expected to play.
Features and applications:
The essential do's and don'ts presented in an entertaining format This video production has an online preview. Click Here!
Video (31 mins)
Style: Humorous drama
Prices: Purchase: $695
Item #PDDC-TRNEXB3
You may purchase That's Show Business: The Rules of Exhibiting on DVD for $695.00.
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To ensure managers inform and involve their teams in order to improve motivation and productivity. 
When Lori and Rich Boulware of Kendall Park, New Jersey, hit the road recently, their navigational radars were tuned into different frequencies. Rich used a mental map while Lori used landmarks to get around. As the couple tried to get around a tricky area of town, Rich said, “Turn left on Webster,” while Lori said, “You have to turn before the ice cream cone.” 
Company President Harvey Snodgrass talks to a salesman for a production company while flying back from a business trip. When he gets to his office he passes on a business card and communicates information about producing a sales video for the company . . . or at least he thinks he does. As the information is passed on to others up and down the grapevine, it gets twisted about and changed from a sales video for the company and becomes 500 electric toasters for Christmas gifts for clients. This original production from 1962 has been re-edited for today's audience. It comes with a list of discussion starting questions concerning communications in your organization. The movie is funny and contains many character actors from the early 1960s.
The Communication Series - This series outlines effective speaking, writing, and listening skills in a business environment.
To give people the skills to communicate effectively with colleagues and customers. 
