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Module 1026

Persuasive Communication Skills for Career Advancement

Apply this towards your professional development requirements

Tuition: $225 complete

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What You'll Learn

Today's leading women professionals are confident and competent. They recognize that gender plays no role in performance and assertively get things done. Unfortunately, some women are still reluctant to voice their opinions or ask for want they want, for fear of being seen as pushy or aggressive. If you are looking to further hone your ability to express yourself effectively and tackle tough situations, this module is perfect for you. In it, you'll learn:

  • Ways to express your opinions with confidence and tact
  • How you can avoid coming across as overly aggressive — or weak
  • Techniques for responding to criticism with poise and professionalism
  • 10 golden rules of interacting effectively and clearly with others
  • Handling challenges women face when communicating with men

Highlights

Communicating Assertively — not Aggressively — for Success

  • Building confidence in your own judgment — and communicating it
  • Powerful words all women should use and weak words to avoid
  • How to speak up without coming across as pushy
  • Clear examples of aggressive, assertive and weak behavior

Tips & Techniques for Women Professionals Today

  • Finding balance between "being too nice" and "coming on too strong"
  • How can you say "No" without feeling guilty?
  • Becoming more aware of your voice, body postures and tone
  • Dressing the part — how wardrobe influences assertiveness

Handling Criticism and Difficult Situations with Composure

  • The skill you need to artfully defuse unfair criticism
  • How to handle any form of criticism or feedback professionally
  • The 10 commandments of getting along with others — even those who drive you nuts

The Virtual Teachers Lounge™

Check in with your peers and get answers to your questions – any time, 24/7. Taking this course will give you exclusive access to the thoughts, insights and experience of other educators and K-12 experts discussing your topics and giving you solutions and ideas for whatever is on your mind. In the Teachers' lounge, you can:

  • Learn new, working strategies and solutions from other educators – live!
  • Get answers to your toughest questions from top K-12 experts
  • Discuss course topics with your peers and benefit from their experiences
  • Share your success stories and best practices to benefit other teachers and administrators
  • Get new perspectives, fresh ideas and guidance – whenever you need it.
  • You can log whenever is most convenient for you, 24/7

All you have to do is sign up for this course, and you're in!

Connect with, hear from and get help from you peers.


Materials & Assessment

Lectures Your lectures, delivered by one of the nation's leading, recognized experts on this topic, are presented in multiple parts to make listening and tracking your progress easier. You can listen to each as often as you like by playing it on your computer, downloading it to your iPod or other MP3 player, even burning it to CD. Listen wherever it is most convenient for you: at home, in your car; at the park; and whenever you like: before or after work, at night or on weekends. Many educators can complete a module in only a week.
Text Resources Virtual text resources are downloadable and expand on the material covered in your lectures. They may include articles, web links to related materials and web sites, definitions of important terms and concepts, and a bibliography. All materials can be viewed on your computer or downloaded and printed.
Assessment To receive your Certificate of Completion or Certificate of Attendance and earn Professional Development/Continuing Education units/credits/hours, you will need to complete all assessments and submit all final projects.
Virtual Teachers Lounge To gain Professional Development credits or hours for any of these three modules, you must participate in the Virtual teachers Lounge discussion for that module. If you are not seeking credits or hours, participation in the Lounge is not mandatory, but you are still welcome to connect with and share your thoughts, questions, insights and experience with your peers at any time.
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Persuasive Communication Skills for Career Advancement

Tuition: $225
Contact us for our quantity discount policy at questions@americancenterforeducators.org