How to effectively teach and present online while being cool, calm and engaging (offered through UNON STDU) - Part 2
2023-05-25 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Moscow)
Wondering what a roller coaster, raccoon, vacuum cleaner, and elephant have to do with effectively teaching/presenting online? Keep reading.

Lectures that drone on and on. Overwhelming unread notifications of online events. Workshops that are drier than the Sahara desert and more boring than watching paint dry. We’ve all been there.

Online meetings, courses, workshops, check-ins are never-ending. Some research shows we are spending up to 16 hours a day on digital media! Globally, we doubled our online content consumption in 2020.

We are bored, exhausted and we’re struggling. Mental health challenges are up in most countries and yet mental health service provision is down.

There is hope, however.

Notwithstanding the tremendous costs of the global pandemic, there are hidden benefits to Covid and all that time online. Help is in sight. Teaching and presenting online CAN (and should) be engaging, interesting, and impactful. We can make a difference. We can use tools to help us engage with dignity, inclusion, and impact. And we can do all that without inducing suffering in ourselves or those we’re working with.

Here’s how.

Join me for a series of fun, interactive workshops where I’ll introduce you to a helpful framework and success signposts to aim for on your online journey. The workshops will be very practical. I’ll demonstrate a number of interesting yet simple tools and techniques that you can use right away.

Contact UNON-HR to register (for UN staff only but contact me if you’d like to chat about having a similar workshop for your organization).

Delivery: The course is divided into five sections →

Self-facilitated: Learning activities you’ll complete online, on your own time, before we gather in real-time (approximate time investment: 90 minutes)
Facilitated by the instructor: A two-hour in-real-time workshop
Self-facilitated: Learning activities you’ll complete online, on your own time, before we meet again (approximate time investment: 90 minutes)
Facilitated by the instructor: A two-hour in-real-time workshop
Self-facilitated: Learning activities you’ll complete online, on your own time, (approximate time investment: 90 minutes)

Total learning time: 8 ½ hours

In this workshop with the instructor, Lee-Anne Ragan, you’ll:

Discover eight success signposts for your online teaching/presenting
Uncover two opportunities hiding in plain sight for increasing engagement
Learn the abysmal retention rates for the dreaded lecture and three easy things to replace them with that scale engagement and retention
Understand your preference in teaching/presenting and how to be more engaging by using the S.A.K.E.© tool
Uncover the seven deadly sins of online presenting/teaching so you know what NOT to do
Discover your tech personality, what a raccoon, vacuum cleaner roller coaster, elephant have to do with it and why it’s important to know all this
Get a chance to practice teaching/presenting online and receive supportive feedback
Have fun experimenting with 16 tools for online presenting/teaching that include tools for managing information, collaborating/sharing online, managing learning, and teaching/presenting
Come away feeling inspired, hopeful and with an online resource portal full of tips, tools, worksheets, surveys, and more

Effective Public Speaking Training Workshop- Part 1
2026-03-24 09:00 - 12:00
Yes, it’s true.
There IS research suggesting that people fear public speaking more than death.
In a 1973 study by R.H. Bruskin Associates, which surveyed Americans about their fears, public speaking ranked as the number one fear, even above death.
This led to the famous quote by comedian Jerry Seinfeld:

“Most people would rather be in the casket than giving the eulogy.”
Glossophobia (fear of public speaking) is extremely common, affecting up to 77% of people.
Public speaking can trigger immediate anxiety because it involves social judgment, potential embarrassment, and high stakes, all in real time.
But, it doesn’t have to. Trigger anxiety, fear, embarrassment, and more, that is..

Join me to learn effective public speaking, both online and in-person.
Note: this workshop is for UN staff (but if you’re not a UN staff and you’re interested in this workshop, reach out – let’s talk!)
You’ll have opportunities to practice and improve your public speaking skills.
Your comfort and confidence levels will increase and you’ll get easy tips and techniques to boost audience engagement.
You’ll have access 24/7 to a learning resource portal so you can continue to hone your skills long after the workshop is finished.

Is your interest piqued? Read on.
In this two-part workshop with me, Lee-Anne Ragan, you will:

Understand the essentials of public speaking
Get tips on how to craft your message
Overcome nerves and build your confidence through my A.B.C. method (including 5.5 science-backed ways to calm your nerves in 60 seconds or less)
Learn how to grab and maintain your audience’s interest
Learn how to create engaging content and deliver that content in engaging ways
Discover how to use simple tech tools to support your public speaking (seriously, if you don’t ooh and ahh with these magical tools, I’ll be concerned for you)
Take advantage of the opportunity to practice and receive customized feedback (if your blood pressure has just gone up with the mere thought of public speaking, don’t worry, the environment will be very safe and supportive)

Questions?
Simply reach out to me laragan (@) rpsinc.ca
How to register
Easy peasy, Simply email unon-hrlearning (@) un.org

Effective Public Speaking Training Workshop- Part 1
2026-04-23 15:00 - 18:00
Yes, it’s true.
There IS research suggesting that people fear public speaking more than death.
In a 1973 study by R.H. Bruskin Associates, which surveyed Americans about their fears, public speaking ranked as the number one fear, even above death.
This led to the famous quote by comedian Jerry Seinfeld:

“Most people would rather be in the casket than give the eulogy.”
Glossophobia (fear of public speaking) is extremely common, affecting up to 77% of people.
Public speaking can trigger immediate anxiety because it involves social judgment, potential embarrassment, and high stakes, all in real time.
But, it doesn’t have to. Trigger anxiety, fear, embarrassment, and more, that is..

Join me to learn effective public speaking, both online and in-person.
You’ll go from dreading public speaking to “this is totally doable!”
You’ll have opportunities to practice and improve your public speaking skills based on whatever your need is. For example, this could include practicing your pitch, your workshop, or a speech, as you wish.
Your comfort and confidence levels will increase, and you’ll get easy tips and techniques to boost audience engagement.
You’ll have access 24/7 to a learning resource portal so you can continue to hone your skills long after the workshop is finished.

Is your interest piqued? Read on.
In this two-part workshop with me, Lee-Anne Ragan, you will:

Understand the essentials of public speaking
Get tips on how to craft your message
Overcome nerves and build your confidence through my A.B.C. method
Practice 5.5 science-backed ways to calm your nerves in 60 seconds or less
Learn how to grab and maintain your audience’s interest
Discover how to create engaging content and deliver that content in engaging ways
Uncover how to use simple tech tools to support your public speaking (seriously, if you don’t ooh and ahh with these magical tools, I’ll be concerned for you)
Take advantage of the opportunity to practice and receive customized feedback (if your blood pressure has just gone up with the mere thought of public speaking, don’t worry, the environment will be very safe and supportive)

Fee
The cost for this two-part workshop, including 24/7 access to all the workshop resources, including a workbook is:

$85.00 USD per person OR
$150.00 ($75.00 USD each, a savings of $20.oo) for two people

Questions?
Simply reach out to me laragan (@) rpsinc.ca

How to register
Easy peasy, simply:

Click here to register for one person ($85.00 USD) OR
Here to register for two people ($150.00 USD)

Effective Public Speaking Training Workshop- Part 2
2026-04-24 15:00 - 18:00
