Effective rhetoric for women

Convince confidently, confidently and successfully

Training
This training is held in German.
Convincing rhetoric will get you ahead in your job - whether it's a meeting, presentation or difficult conversation. In the intensive training course for women, you will learn how to present yourself clearly and confidently, argue convincingly and reach your audience. You will strengthen your rhetorical skills, practise speeches and presentations and learn how to deal with challenging situations. This will enable you to convey your ideas in a targeted and confident manner, win over your audience and appear competent and confident in any situation.

Successful training: over 2100 participants already!

Targeted use of rhetoric 

  • Clearly define your speech objectives and pursue them consistently. 
  • Use questioning techniques for persuasion and leadership. 
  • Understanding the conversation strategies of men and women. 

Using language and body language consciously 

  • Expand effect: Voice, articulation, tempo, pauses, volume. 
  • Expand individual vocabulary in a targeted way. 
  • Emphasize self-confidence through verbal and non-verbal communication strategies. 
  • Language as an instrument of power. 

Building on individual strengths and strategies  

  • Video analysis of self-assessment and external assessment. 
  • Use personal resources and develop them in a targeted manner. 
  • Reduce stage fright. 
  • Targeted strategies for more quick-wittedness. 

Assert yourself effectively in difficult situations

  • Targeted structure of an argumentation. 
  • Confident behavior in the face of disruptive and manipulative objections. 
  • Dealing effectively with male dominance strategies. 
  • Questions as an integration and management tool. 

In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this training course once you have registered.

  • Increase your own rhetorical impact and appear more confident. 
  • Gain more self-confidence through a purposeful argumentation structure, a confident self-presentation and a consistent pursuit of goals.
  • Mastering difficult situations through the right combination of empathy, assertiveness and strategy.
  • Learn how to deal professionally and calmly with destructive tactics. 
  • Achieve communicative goals faster and more sustainably because you control information and content in a targeted manner.

Practice-proven exercises, video analysis of participants' presentations and speech tasks, trainer input, working on practical examples, and individual feedback from the trainer and group.

Women who want to convince with strong rhetoric and a clear presence.

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Questions about the seminar content

A compelling presentation isn’t just about strong arguments—it’s also about your voice, body language, and a clear sense of purpose. In this training, you’ll learn to consciously define your communication goals and phrase your statements in a way that ensures they come across as clear and effective. Through practical speaking exercises and personalized feedback, you’ll identify which behaviors already enhance your presence and where you can further refine your impact. This will make it easier for you to clearly and confidently represent your position even in challenging discussions.

When good arguments have little impact, it’s often not just because of the content. How well-structured, precise, and focused you are in conveying your thoughts is also crucial. That’s why, during the training, you’ll focus on building effective arguments and learn to consciously guide the flow of information. You’ll also practice using questions strategically to guide conversations and engage others more effectively. This will help you present your points more clearly and increase the likelihood that your arguments will actually be heard and taken into account.

The impact you make is significantly influenced by how you say things. Your voice, articulation, speaking pace, volume, and body language all play a role in determining whether you come across as confident and persuasive. During the training, you’ll focus specifically on these factors and receive concrete feedback on your own impact through exercises and video analysis. This will help you develop a better sense of which modes of expression suit you and how you can strengthen your personal presence without having to pretend to be someone else.

Assertiveness does not mean acting as dominantly as possible. A combination of clarity, empathy, and a deliberate strategy is often particularly effective. It is precisely this combination that is addressed in the training. There, you’ll learn to consistently pursue your goals, structure your arguments clearly, and still be responsive to the other person. This will help you develop ways to clearly communicate possibilities, boundaries, and positions without unnecessarily straining the relationship.

A powerful rhetorical impact isn’t achieved by copying someone else’s communication style. Rather, the key is to recognize your personal strengths and develop them in a targeted way. During the training, practical exercises, video analyses, and feedback on your self-perception and how others perceive you—provided by the trainer and the group—will help you better assess your individual impact. You’ll have the opportunity to experiment with how language, voice, body language, and reasoning work together. This will help you develop an authentic communication style that allows you to present yourself more clearly while remaining true to yourself.

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8580
€1,590 plus VAT
2 days
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Ratings and feedback from our participants

4.7
932 reviews
training content:
4.6
Content comprehensibility:
4.9
Practical relevance:
4.6
Trainer expertise:
4.9
Participant orientation:
4.8
Method variety:
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Isabella Harter
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Autostadt GmbH, 38440 Wolfsburg
The seminar content was very well tailored to the participants. The speaker's presentation style was very inspiring.
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Birgit Puchta
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Schaltbau GmbH, Munich
I particularly liked the way the topics were tailored to the participants.
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Viktoria Nikiforova
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Telemotive AG, Mühlhausen im Täle
We covered many examples related to work and everyday life. Our approach to the exercises was analyzed thoroughly and usefully.
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Dr. Karin Graf
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Deutscher Sparkassenverlag GmbH, Stuttgart
Very pleasant working atmosphere, individual approach to the participants.
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Mirja Kallies
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marbet Marion & Bettina Würth GmbH & Co. KG, Künzelsau
Very lively, empathetic and flexible speaker with great background knowledge.
JB
Josephin Brümmel
Confirmed participation
Evidia, LLC
Ute Höfer used various practical examples and exercises to convey the content in a practical way, and the course provides a valuable toolkit that every woman should have in her repertoire.
What Our Participants Say
Participants training describe the training as enjoyable, engaging, and closely aligned with their own professional practice. Special mention is made of the facilitator, Ute Höfer: Several participants highlight her empathy, flexibility, and in-depth background knowledge. Praise for the personalized approach is equally common—according to the feedback, the content was specifically tailored to the group, and the approach to the exercises was helpfully analyzed. According to participants, real-life examples from work and daily life formed the central theme. One participant sums it up this way: “The content covered provides a valuable toolkit for everyday life.”

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14.09.2026
Düsseldorf
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18.02.2027
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Monday, May 24, 2027

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Mannheim
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Monday, June 14, 2027

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Booking number: 8580
€ 1.590,- plus VAT.
€ 1,892.10 incl. VAT.
Plan course
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Fee includes
The participation fee includes
  • one joint lunch per full seminar day,
  • Catering during breaks and
  • extensive working documents.
Participants will be charged directly by the hotel for their hotel accommodation. You will find a reservation form for hotel bookings in your learning environment.
Transfer coaching bookable
2 hours of transfer coaching - live and online with your trainer ensures that you can put what you have learnt into practice in your day-to-day work.
If you book at the same time as your training, you save 10 % on the price of the transfer coaching of € 390,- excl.
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