Programs in framing & delivering persuasive messages, finding & sharing stories, & public speaking | Thaler and her partners are expert at designing and delivering customized communications, story elicitation and storysharing, presentation, and media skills programs to a wide range of people, including legislators, lawyers, executives, Board members, chefs, academics, and Congressional staff.
Thaler Pekar & Partners has developed the highly regarded Heart, Head & Hand™ framework for persuasive communication, and is now offering the practical StorySharing™ program.
Thaler has worked with over 3000 people across five continents, and she assists clients in identifying their individual strengths and reconnecting with the passion driving their work. Participants receive highly developmental feedback that allows them to build on their natural communication styles. They identify and develop powerful personal stories; gain the confidence to communicate both passionately and persuasively; and increase their competence to control the message.
Thaler's most recent keynote speeches and public programs include:
- The Basics of Organizational Storytelling, Smithsonian Institution
- Story as a Persuasive Sales Tool, Intrado Inc. National Sales Meeting
- Let Your Ideas For Change Be Heard: Conquering Complexity with Story, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Local Funding Partnerships 2011 Annual Meeting
- Why Story Matters to You, Your Organization, and Your Donor, Keynote, 2010 Midlands Nonprofit Summit
- Harnessing the Power of Your Story, Intel Computer Clubhouse Network Annual Meeting
- Motivate & Communicate through Story, public seminar
- StorySharing™: The New Communication Paradigm, public seminar
- Heart, Head & Hand™: Leadership Through Communication, the Women's Empowerment Institute of the American Medical Student's Association
- Grand Rounds, Residency Program in Social Pediatrics, Montefiore Medical Center
Thaler's programs result in demonstrable behavior changes, as determined by the participants themselves, their employers and boards of directors, and the audiences to which they present.
All programs are personalized, experiential, and highly interactive, and are supported with practical tools. Click here to download several tools, including Heart, Head & Hand™: An Introduction to the Science of Communication; Framing for Advocacy Communications; How to Headline, Highlight, & Bridge Your Way to Effective Communication; and How to Craft a Elevator Speech.