WHAT: How to Talk Like a Leader  – Breakfast Seminar

This fast-paced presentation will reveal the five keys that accomplished speakers utilize to inspire and engage their audiences; you will learn how to do the following:

1. Overcome nervousness
2. Organize content quickly and effectively
3. Employ compelling verbal and physical techniques to forge a solid connection with listeners
4. Deliver messages that stick

REGISTER:  http://bit.ly/tr5Uxn

WHEN: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 – 7:30 to 9:30 a.m.

WHERE: Marriott Downtown Eaton Centre Hotel, 525 Bay Street, Toronto, ON

SPEAKER: Jim Gray is a successful speaker, writer, and media and presentation skills coach who helps clients throughout North America communicate with clarity and power. As a former journalist with The Toronto Star and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Gray has been counseling clients for over 20 years on their communications initiatives while conducting hundreds of focused, practical media and presentation skills sessions with achievers from every sector. 

The Principal of Media Strategy Inc., a boutique public relations firm, Gray serves on the faculty of the Canadian Management Centre. While speaking regularly on communication issues, Gray also contributes articles on communicating effectively to The Globe and Mail and is a published author of his first book, How Leaders Speak.

IABC/Toronto’s professional development series are made possible through the generous sponsorship of CNW Group.

INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITY: The morning’s featured speaker is available for interviews. Please schedule an appointment.

-30-

About IABC/Toronto:

With more than 1,700 members, IABC/Toronto is the largest IABC chapter in the world. The organization provides these members with multidisciplinary resources and a global network of more than 16,500 business communication professionals, in 70 countries, working in diverse industries and disciplines to identify, share and apply the world’s most effective communications practices. Website: http://toronto.iabc.com

For further information:

Media Contact: 
Ashley Weinhandl
VP,
Marketing Communications, IABC/Toronto
toronto-marketing@iabc.com