Contents
Principles of rhetoric
- What makes you persuasive when you speak?
- Be convincing - speak convincingly - appear convincing.
- Authenticity, self-confidence and personality.
Using the voice successfully
- Creating a mood through voice.
- Becoming aware of the effect of the voice.
- Using the voice skillfully: Volume, modulation, tempo, pauses.
- Voice, body and breathing exercises for your expressiveness.
Using body language
- Becoming aware of your own body language.
- Improve posture, gestures, eye contact, self-confidence and charisma.
- The external appearance.
Speak and convince effectively
- Rhetoric in the assistance sector.
- The structure of a speech: preparation, planning, delivery.
- Respond appropriately to questions, interjections and personal attacks.
Language and argumentation
- Argue in a structured and comprehensible way.
- Speak in a goal- and result-oriented manner.
- Formulate positively and achieve more.
Dealing confidently with stage fright
- Use stage fright positively.
- Effective strategies before and during your "appearance".
- Exercises for more calm and serenity
- Anti-stress and decoupling techniques.
Learning environment
In your online learning environment, you will find useful information, downloads and extra services for this training course once you have registered.
Your benefit
You learn,
- to represent a point of view confidently,
- assess your verbal and non-verbal impact,
- refine your speaking technique and vocal expression,
- to gain in self-confident body language,
- to contribute confidently in conversations, meetings and presentations,
- to deal with language in a reflective way: to formulate concretely and appreciatively,
- to argue in a partner-, benefit- and solution-oriented manner,
- to make prepared and spontaneous structured contributions,
- react confidently to counter-arguments and objections and
- how to deal constructively with stage fright.
Methods
Theoretical input, group work, practical exercises, e.g. on self-presentation, argumentation, discussion and persuasive speeches with video analysis (optional), individual feedback, exercises to improve your ability to deal with stage fright and to strengthen your verbal and non-verbal expression skills.
Theoretical input, group work, practical exercises, e.g. on self-presentation, argumentation, discussion and persuasive speeches with video analysis (optional), individual feedback, exercises to improve your ability to deal with stage fright and to strengthen your verbal and non-verbal expression skills.
Recommended for
employees from assistance, secretarial and administrative positions who want to improve their rhetorical skills.
Attendees comments
"I was absolutely satisfied with the training - an excellent speaker, very good practical exercises with film recordings and an individual assessment of the presentations."

"The course exceeded my expectations and the whole organization around it was great."

"The course exceeded my expectations and the whole organization around it was great."

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Start dates and details
Thursday, 11.09.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, 12.09.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
Thursday, 27.11.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, 28.11.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
Tuesday, 09.12.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, 10.12.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.

Wednesday, 04.02.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 05.02.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 26.03.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, 27.03.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
Monday, 18.05.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday, 19.05.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
Thursday, 09.07.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, 10.07.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.

Tuesday, 04.08.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, 05.08.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 03.09.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, 04.09.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.
- one joint lunch per full seminar day,
- Catering during breaks and
- extensive working documents.