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The Orals Process

In the highly competitive proposal environment, effective orals coaching can make the difference between a win and a loss. TightRope Communications brings proven best practices to your team and saves your presenters valuable time while climbing the learning curve. Additionally, we give your team the needed confidence to do their best individually and collectively. 

Strategy Formulation Phase – Content Focus

Conduct Orals Kick-Off Meeting
Common Myths of Orals
Common Mistakes in Oral Preparation and Analysis
Strategic Orals Planning Process
RFP check-list
Storyboarding of Orals
Unifying Message Themes
Discriminators, Win Themes, etc.
Correlation between written document, PP and Oral Presentation
Organization of Content
Pre-screen presenters and evaluate skill sets
Customer/Audience profiling and analysis
Story-Line Development
Answer the Three Key Questions:
1. What do you have to say? 
2. What do you want to say? 
3. What do they (customer) want to hear?

In-Process Review Phase – Presentation Focus

Communication Skills Training
Personal Coaching
Content clarity and logic
Team Cohesiveness 
Introductions/Summaries/Transitions
Win Themes
H – M – L
Fine tuning of presentation
Tipping Point
Story-Line 
Continuous evaluation and feedback
Stress Management
Leadership analysis and development
Assist with Red Teams and Reviews

Just-In-Time Training Phase – Customer Focus

Communications Skills Training
Personal Coaching
Fine tuning
Video-taping/review/analysis
Story-Line
Introductions/Summaries/Transitions
Techniques for excelling during the Q&A
Presentation Day Logistics
Rehearse! Rehearse! Rehearse!

What makes TightRope Communications so unique?

We are professional speakers – not just orals trainers
We have done orals coaching on Capitol Hill – the Senate – the Congress – The White House – NASA – Fox News – The University of Virginia … and Lockheed Martin – General Dynamics – Northrop Grumman – SAIC – etc…
We understand the correlation between effective leadership and communication.
We bring that understanding to bear on the orals process.
We have the ability to ascertain and then maximize the speaking skills of each presenter.
We assess and manage the stress levels inherent in every orals process.
We analyze the leadership style and skill level of those responsible for the orals proposal.
Our OralsCcoaching is not Speech 101 (Don’t jingle the change in your pocket and don’t stand in front of the power-point screen)- If you want Speech 101 you don’t want TightRope.
We move the Orals Team from individuals to a unified team with a cohesive and compelling message.
We believe that having at least two sets of eyes and ears for orals guarantees a very strong presentation and team. From the beginning we normally have two coaches on site so that nothing falls through the cracks.

Benefits to You:

Master the ability to communicate professionally
Increase ability to Persuade
Increase ability to Motivate
Enhance Credibility
Gain Trust and Respect from your Customer
Identify and Overcome your Weaknesses
Increase Confidence
Increase ability to Think on your Feet
Increase Presentation Skills
Become more Articulate
Develop ability to analyze your audience/customer
Develop a valuable and competitive edge
Increase Company Credibility
Increase Revenue
Learn Effective Leadership Skills
 

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