{"id":5268,"date":"2006-02-01T16:23:54","date_gmt":"2006-02-01T20:23:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=5268"},"modified":"2014-11-14T16:04:37","modified_gmt":"2014-11-14T21:04:37","slug":"speakers-polish-their-skills-in-executive-and-professional-education-course","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2006\/02\/speakers-polish-their-skills-in-executive-and-professional-education-course\/","title":{"rendered":"Speakers polish their skills in Executive and Professional Education course."},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong>Rick Harty<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Rick Harty<\/strong>, director of internal audit at AvMed Health Plan, speaks to groups often.<\/p>\n

\u201cI present at least quarterly to our board of directors and to audit committees, which consist of CEOs, CFOs, or board members from other companies who want to hear about what controls are in place at our company,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Despite his experience, Harty wanted to improve his skills and found what he was looking for in \u201cPresentation Skills for Managers,\u201d a two-day course offered through the Executive and Professional Education office in the college.<\/p>\n

\u201cAny organization depends on people being able to stand up, be assertive, use props well, and present ideas clearly and understandably,\u201d said James R. Bussey<\/strong>, (EMBA \u201999), chief of staff in the Executive Dean\u2019s office in the college and an officer in the International Toastmasters organization, who teaches the course. \u201cYet most people find it uncomfortable to do, and it\u2019s rare that a speaker leaves the audience with something more than that with which they arrived.\u201d<\/p>\n

Bussey said that when he joined Toastmasters, he was \u201cawful\u2014unable to organize my ideas or articulate them. But when I got good at it, I realized that many people don\u2019t understand how easy it is.\u201d<\/p>\n

He\u2019s been sharing his expertise to help professionals who want to overcome their fears of public speaking, sharpen their ability to present comfortably, learn tips about how to use visual aids effectively, and much more. The program will be offered next on March 16 and 17, 2006.<\/p>\n

For Harty, who has since joined Toastmasters, the class \u201cwas a good introduction to learn how to communicate to groups of people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong>Rosie Pagan <\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

For Rosie Pagan<\/strong>, PhD program manager in the Chapman Graduate School of Business who hadn\u2019t made a presentation in a long time, the course was a chance to \u201crefresh and practice my skills. Also, I suffer from presentation anxiety,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Pagan felt the program helped her learn about her weak areas, get acquainted with new techniques, and \u201cperform, perform, perform.\u201d<\/p>\n

It paid off right away.<\/p>\n

\u201cShortly after the sessions, I had the opportunity to do a presentation for the Chapman School\u2019s staff at a strategy meeting,\u201d she said. \u201cThis time, it was a real group and a very important meeting. I found that I was better able to manage my presentation anxiety. More importantly, Bussey mentioned that I had improved.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPresentation Skills for Managers\u201d is one of dozens of public offerings available through the college\u2019s Executive and Professional Education office, which has been collaborating with businesses in Miami on professional certificate and training programs since 1992. In addition to its array of standardized offerings, the office\u00a0 customizes courses, which college faculty, faculty members from other universities, or qualified business people teach at the university or the customer\u2019s site.\u00a0 It also offers a number of programs in Spanish.\u00a0 More information can be obtained by calling 305-348-4217 or visiting http:\/\/business.fiu.edu\/epe\/overview.cfm<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Rick Harty Rick Harty, director of internal audit at AvMed Health Plan, speaks to groups often. \u201cI present at least quarterly to our board of directors and to audit committees, which consist of CEOs, CFOs, or board members from other companies who want to hear about what controls are in place at our company,\u201d he […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[7,10],"tags":[388,823,1234,2251,2326],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5268"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5268"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24462,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5268\/revisions\/24462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}