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 qualification measure after 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,
- gain in self-confident body language,
- to contribute confidently in conversations, meetings and presentations,
- using language in a reflective way: formulating concretely and appreciatively
- to argue in a partner-, benefit- and solution-oriented manner,
- to make prepared and spontaneously structured speeches and
- react confidently to counter-arguments and objections
- 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 help you deal better 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 help you deal better with stage fright and to strengthen your verbal and non-verbal expression skills.
Recommended for
Employees from assistant, 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."

Seminar evaluation for "Rhetoric - voice - body language"







9127
Start dates and details
Monday, 02.06.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday, 03.06.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
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.

Thursday, 24.07.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, 25.07.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Thursday, 11.09.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, 12.09.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
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.
Thursday, 27.11.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, 28.11.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
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.
Tuesday, 09.12.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, 10.12.2025
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
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.

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
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.
Monday, 18.05.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday, 19.05.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
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.
Thursday, 09.07.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Friday, 10.07.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
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.

Tuesday, 04.08.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Wednesday, 05.08.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Monday, 07.09.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday, 08.09.2026
09:00 am - 5:00 pm
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.
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.