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Public Speaking Coach

Help Kentucky Youth Advocates refine their presentation and speaking skills to better engage an audience and deliver key messages.
Kentucky Youth Advocates
Louisville, KY, USA
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Louisville, KY, USA

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Posted December 6th

Public Speaking Coach

Project details

What we need
  • Personalized feedback and up to 5 coaching sessions with one member of the Organization
  • Document outlining strengths, weaknesses, and suggested next steps and/or resources for the member
Additional details

We have a staff members who need feedback on ways to improve their public speaking skills, especially for media interviews

What we have in place
  • We have links to recent media interviews (news, radio and TV) that you can watch and give input on.
How this will help
This project will save us $8,660 , allowing us to focus on our upcoming legislative session.

We believe that what gets measures gets changed. We have a robust communications effort to raise awareness of the challenges facing kids in Kentucky, including high poverty rates, poor health outcomes, and lack of opportunities and build policymaker will to implement solutions. We would like some professional feedback on how to improved our skills when conducting media interview.

Project plan

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Prep: Initial Assessment & Goal Setting
  • Volunteer Manager provides Professional with information about goals of the presentation/media relations, audience, and any other relevant factors (e.g., other presenters, previous public speaking experience, professional development goals, personal objectives, etc.)
  • Professional and staff member receiving coaching discuss perceived strengths and areas for improvement
  • Professional and Volunteer Manager decide on specific areas to focus on and goals for coaching sessions
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Milestone 1: Brainstorm & Coaching Plan Draft
  • Professional reviews presentation materials and information (if applicable)
  • Professional drafts coaching plan
  • Professional and Volunteer Manager discuss presentation goals
  • Professional and Volunteer Manager discuss coaching plan and agree on/set dates for coaching sessions, as well as any preparatory work required
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Milestone 2: Coaching Sessions
  • Professional and Volunteer Manager connect up to 5 times to practice and tailor presentation for specific audience(s)
  • Professional begins to draft document with feedback and next steps for Volunteer Manager
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Milestone 3: Wrap-up Session
  • Professional and Volunteer Manager meet for wrap-up session to review feedback and learnings
  • Professional presents a detailed written document with an analysis of strengths and weaknesses with resources (such as websites, books, organizations, etc.), strategies, and tips for future presentations
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About the org

Kentucky Youth Advocates
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Human services Health & nutrition Youth development
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Patricia T
Patricia T.

Chief Operating Officer

Our mission

We are the independent voice for Kentucky's children.

What we do

Kentucky Youth Advocates (KYA) has over forty years of experience successfully advocating for policies that give children the best possible opportunities for a bright future with a vision to make Kentucky the best place in America to be young. As a multi-issue organization, we take a holistic approach that keeps kids in the center, advocating in the arenas of economic security, education, health, safety, and justice.

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