Pitch and Public Presentations: how to prepare yourself

Àpd 78.19 C$ /h

Being able to express your ideas and projects in public is a fundamental ability for your professional career. In the audiovisual field where I have been working for fifteen years, giving a good convincing pitch was the only way to find investors for my documentary projects. Later, working as a teacher at a Faculty of Media and Communication, I had the opportunity to help students prepare their presentations, and very especially their Final Thesis Presentations. All and all, I have my personal toolbox for preparing anyone (welcome shyness!) to feel confident and at ease in order to communicate with the verbal language, the body language, and the visual language.

Informations supplémentaires

You will have to use keynote, prezi or any templates you wish.
You will have to record yurself talking to the camera.
We will analyze your performance together and we will find out what are the personal traits that you can explore.
We can schedule and prepare together a real presentation that you have in your agenda.

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Présentation

At the age of 36 I was making documentaries when a Media School asked me if I could give a workshop and a new adventure started with the discovery of teaching. To my surprise (I always thought I wasn't good enough to teach) the students made more short videos and reports than ever in the previous years of the school. It seemed that I was good for them and to share my knowledge and skills was a great experience.
Nowadays, I give workshops and short courses or lessons, and I am developing games for education too. I am a passionate person who loves whatever I do because I like to know more, to have challenges and to work with others.

Education

Masters Degree Cinema and Television, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, 2007-2008.
Philology Degree, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Bachelor of Audiovisual and Media, EMAV, Barcelona.
English for Teaching Purposes, Coursera Online Course.
Design and Development of Games for Education, MITx Online Course.

Expérience / Qualifications

Documentary Filmmaker. Game Designer.
Lecturer at Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya. 2005-2016. Started teaching at Audiovisual Communication Studies and ended with a full-time job, completely devoted to my students and dedicated to creating new study projects and to the needed research. Meanwhile, I directed 18! Final Thesis Projects.
Guest Lecturer at International Institutions and much more.

Age

Adolescents (13-17 ans)

Adultes (18-64 ans)

Seniors (65+ ans)

Niveau du Cours

Débutant

Intermédiaire

Avancé

Durée

45 minutes

Enseigné en

anglais

espagnol

catalan

Compétences

Techniques de présentation

Disponibilité semaine type

(GMT -05:00)

New York

Cours par webcam

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20-24

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Trained in Grande Ecole post-preparatory classes & Ivy League university in the United States, specialized and has been working for more than 15 years, in Europe and North America, in the field of communication , in reputable international public and private establishments, intervening in forums and conferences, and oriented on two axes: training and coaching, with pedagogy and careful methodology as key words.

➤ PLACE, TIMETABLE,
- Locations: Geneva-Lausanne-Friborg-Zurich-Neuchâtel-Lugano-Montreux-Bâle-Neuchâtel-Berne-Lucerne-Bruxelles-Luxembourg-Paris-Lyon. But currently and until further notice, only by videoconference in accordance with national recommendations on Covid, this format also unanimously suitable for those accompanied.

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-Sessions in English / French
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Experienced French language instructor

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➤ LOCATION, TIMETABLE

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✓ Languages: French/English.

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