On February 24, 2009 the ICBE presented a lecture by Susan Murphy on presentation skills. This timely event was well attended.
Volunteers from the audience helped Susan illustrate her points, and we watched them improve as she corrected problems with their delivery. Learning skills such as making eye contact is hard work, but nothing worth doing is ever easy.
Valory introducing our speaker.
Susan began by asking the audience what they wanted to cover.
One important skill: Make eye contact with an individual audience member, reach a natural pause in the delivery, and shift to another member. Our volunteers initially quickly scanned the audience instead of making eye contact. Susan helped them break the habit.
Don't keep your elbows against your body.
The event was well-attended.
Susan Murphy, President of Murphy Motivation & Training, specializes in helping individuals and organizations hone their communication skills. She has the reputation of being a tough coach who uses her high energy and humor to keep her participants engaged and happy while they sweat and struggle to try new skills and practice changed behavior. Whether she gives a lunchtime presentation, or runs a multi-day seminar, Murphy guarantees results and will not give up until they are achieved.
Susan arrived in the communications training world by a circuitous route. She is originally from St. Louis, Missouri, where she began her career as a high school English teacher. After two years of teaching, she hit the road and spent the next twenty years in the travel industry. Her first job was a tour director; her last job in the industry was Director of Travel Industry Marketing for Club Med.
In 1988, Murphy changed careers. She left the travel world and joined Communispond, an international communication skills training company, where she worked with Fortune 500 companies as a consultant trainer.
In 1992, Susan went out on her own. She founded Murphy Motivation and Training which provides training, consulting, seminars and lectures to companies, organizations and individuals. Her areas of expertise include presentation skills, relationship building and maintenance, selling skills, coaching colleagues and employees, meeting planning and management, team building, personal counseling and coaching.
Susan divides her time between Edgewater, New Jersey, Union Dale, Pennsylvania, and Bozouls, France. She was recently featured in financial writer Joanne Gordon's book, "Career Bliss: Secrets from 100 Women Who Love Their Work." She was also included in Apprentice finalist, Amy Henry's book, "What It Takes: Speak Up, Step Up, Move Up - A Modern Woman's Guide to Success In Business."
Contact:
Susan Murphy
Murphy Motivation and Training.
Bossy@Murphymotivation.com
