Cleveland Park Library 
1st Floor Large Meeting Room 
3310 Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
(map) 

How To Become a Great Presenter:
Being Dynamically Engaging and Interactively Funny
Speaker: Mark Gorkin, LICSW, Therapist, Motivational Psychohumorist, Founder of "Stress Doc" Enterprises

Description: Want to become more compelling and creative as a presenter or speaker? Want to deliver a message that will grab your audience's attention, speak their language, playfully provoke new ideas, and sustain group attention? Want to generate some laughter, thereby helping others become more receptive to your serious or "bottom line" message?

Overcome your own presentation/performance fears. Ingeniously structure and deliver serious and playful content that "keeps them on the edge" (of their seats). Use relevant, interactive, and fun-filled exercises that have the audience engaged and interested in what you have to say or teach!

1. Quickly grab an audience's attention
2. Playfully confront your "Intimate FOE": Fear of Exposure
3. Use the "Four P" Model for Powerful Presentations
4. Illustrate key concepts through relevant warmup and interactive exercises that stimulate sharing, bonding, creative problem solving, team synergy, and fun
5. Integrate humor throughout a presentation
6. Field audience questions and stimulate large group discussion
7. Deliver a dynamic, fun, and memorable close

  Speaker: Mark Gorkin, LICSW, President, "Stress Doc" Enterprises, is an internationally known keynote speaker, syndicated columnist, team-building consultant, on-air media resource (for networks including CBS and BBC), trainer, and "motivational humorist." He has created and led inspiring, fun, dynamic, and interactive programs, workshops, and retreats for hundreds of major corporations, associations, and government agencies. While an adjunct professor at Tulane University, Mark earned the title of Master Teacher of Crisis Information and Techniques. Also an "Online Psychohumorist,"™ Mark Gorkin has contributed to communities at America Online/Digital City (running a weekly "Shrink Rap and Group Chat"), WebMD, AdviceZone.com, Financial Services Journal Online, HRHub, and WorkforceOnline.

Mark is the author of two books—Practice Safe Stress: Healing and Laughing in the Face of Stress, Burnout, and Depression and The Four Faces of Anger: Transforming Anger, Rage, and Conflict Into Inspiring Attitude and Behavior. His articles have appeared in HR.com, WorkforceOnline, Paradigm, Networking Today, and The Bright Side. His Web site, stressdoc.com, designated a National Public Radio "workplace resource," won the USA Today Online "Hot Site" award.

In 2003, Mark Gorkin received the National Association of Social Workers, Metro-DC Chapter, Social Work Entrepreneur Award.  

Mark may be reached via e-mail.

Agenda 

12:45 pm	Check-In
1:00 pm	Welcome & Announcements
1:15 pm	How To Become a Great Presenter
2:40 pm	Q&A
2:55 pm	Closing announcements
3:00 pm	Informal queries, conversation, networking

Presentation Description | Speaker Information | Meeting Agenda | Location  | Sponsors | Registration 

Location: One-half block south of the Cineplex Odeon Uptown movie theatre on Connecticut Avenue, NW, Washington, DC. (There are many restaurants suitable for pre- or post-meeting gathering/networking/refreshment in the block north of the library.) 

Parking: Very small lot, off Macomb St., to left of library. 

Metrorail--Cleveland Park Station on the Red Line (on Connecticut Avenue, just 1.5 blocks north of meeting site) 

Several times a year a smaller group (usually about 8 to 15) goes to Nanny O'Brien's (directly across the street from the Cleveland Park Library at 3319 Connecticut Avenue, NW, 202-686-9189, open 2 pm Saturday to 2 am Sunday) or another local establishment for continued conversation, networking, and refreshment following the meeting. (Participants pay for their own beverages and  food.)  

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