Provocative rhetoric

Convince with quick-wittedness and professional dialectics

This training is held in German.
Say what's important, talk straight, ask/appeal and ... make an impact! Rhetorical skills on all channels are an absolute must for executives and managers! Every day, you have to be persuasive and quick-witted in challenging situations - even remotely. In this training training course, you will acquire professional argumentation strategies and gain situational repartee. Learn the rhetoric code for business communication with the renowned rhetoric professional and communication strategist Prof. Dr. Karsten Bredemeier and refine your conversation skills, directly and remotely. Master difficult contacts and leave a lasting impression!

Contents

The training training course with Prof. Dr. Karsten Bredemeier

Impressive and provocative rhetoric - pointed as a rhetoric code

  • Your voice/speaker profile: Convincing impression through correct expression.
  • Clean up your language style - communicate clear messages. Concise messages without bankruptcy phrases and softeners.
  • Build trust and inspire with charisma and cordiality, the surprising tips from sociopsychology.
  • Personality performance through ritualized and interpretative body language and confident tells.

The "Trojan horse" of communication ... (let yourself be surprised)

Persuasive dialectics - simply easier to be right

  • The charm and magic of the "miracle weapon of age-centering": the right positioning in a conversation.
  • The Bermuda triangle of role allocation, argumentation models and consistent discussion management.
  • Resolve conflicts with effective solutions or simply bury them (3-T rule).
  • Bredemeier feedback as a result of modern research principles.
  • Dealing confidently with tough and difficult contacts who would have been better off holding back ... - politeness and (!) consistency.
  • Convincing through professional countering: "interest rhetoric" and the dialectic of super thinkers.
  • Use language and let thoughts arise.
  • Cognitive dissonances - the preventive minefields of interactive communication.

Situational quick-wittedness - so that you think of the right thing beforehand ...

  • Yes: You are quick-witted - use your existing patterns.
  • Quick-witted with the addressee trick.
  • The art of dosed provocation.

Ritualized and interpretative body language - the magical mirror of your thought sovereignty

  • No more stage theatrics - interactive gestures for successful dialog.
  • Professional argumentation with positive signaling.
  • The gestural rule of three of modern performance.
  • Overt and covert effects in the communication process - pure influence.
  • Excursus: The importance of body language in virtual space, remotely or online.

Learning environment

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Your benefit

  • In this training you will develop your personal tools and techniques as well as methods of confident conversation and a convincing appearance with excellence.
  • You will learn methods of offensive communication and techniques for target- and partner-oriented speaking - on virtual and direct communication channels.
  • You master critical situations with difficult contacts with flying colors or know where you have lacked consistent firmness because you were simply polite.
  • You apply the rules of dialectics skillfully and thus convince with confidence and quick-wittedness even in tough discussions - your personal upgrade and your authenticity check.

Methods

In-person events

Theory input, video training, individual trainer feedback/coaching, practice-oriented work on difficult situations.

Live online events

Theory input, video training, individual trainer feedback/coaching, practice-oriented work on difficult situations.

The seminar concept of the live online seminar is optimized and adapted for online implementation. We use a tried-and-tested virtual seminar environment that is adapted to your specific learning needs and supports interactivity between the trainer and participants.

Recommended for

Board members, entrepreneurs, managing directors, managers, middle and senior managers, management consultants, sales managers.

Open Badges - Show what you can do digitally too.

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What you can expect from the training: Provocative rhetoric
What you can expect from the training: Provocative rhetoric

Learn how to train yourself to give quick-witted answers

Do you sometimes lack the right words in various situations? Do you often only come up with suitable, quick-witted arguments afterwards? Are you overwhelmed when someone argues provocatively and cheekily against you? There are many reasons why you should train your repartee skills in our "Provocative rhetoric" training . 

You can learn to be quick-witted! 

In this practical rhetoric training course, Prof. Dr. Karsten Bredemeier - coach to numerous top managers in the media industry and advisor to both large and medium-sized companies in matters of personnel and organizational development and communication issues - will show you how to systematically acquire quick-witted answers in terms of provocative rhetoric. Our communication training and numerous rhetoric tips will support you positively in the following areas:

  • You always remain confident, even in unpleasant discussions.
  • They are able to effectively slow down opposing speakers.
  • They learn not to allow themselves to be pushed into a corner and to defend themselves.
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41070
€ 2.190,- plus VAT
2 days
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2 days
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07.08.2025
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Thursday, 07.08.2025

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23.09.2025
Cologne
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Best Western Plus Hotel Köln City
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Innere Kanalstraße 15, 50823 Cologne
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Wednesday, 24.09.2025

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08.12.2025
Stuttgart
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Parkhotel Messe-Airport
Parkhotel Messe-Airport
Filderbahnstrasse 2, 70771 Stuttgart
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Monday, 08.12.2025

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Tuesday, 09.12.2025

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  • extensive working documents.

The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.

26.01.2026
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Monday, 26.01.2026

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Tuesday, 27.01.2026

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26.03.2026
Berlin
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centrovital Hotel
centrovital Hotel
Brauereihof 6, 13585 Berlin
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Thursday, 26.03.2026

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Friday, 27.03.2026

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  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.

The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.

22.06.2026
Frankfurt a. M.
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Flemings Hotel Frankfurt Main-Riverside
Flemings Hotel Frankfurt Main-Riverside
Lange Straße 5-9, 60311 Frankfurt a. M.
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Monday, 22.06.2026

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Tuesday, 23.06.2026

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The participation fee includes

  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.

The participant will settle the hotel accommodation costs directly with the hotel. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.

23.07.2026
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Thursday, 23.07.2026

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17.09.2026
Hamburg
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Boston Hotel Hamburg
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Missundestr. 2, 22769 Hamburg
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Thursday, 17.09.2026

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Friday, 18.09.2026

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  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.

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