Masterclass: The Public Speakers Toolbox: Presentation Skills

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Masterclass: The Public Speakers Toolbox: Presentation Skills

By BabsonARTS

Date and time

Wednesday, December 3, 2014 · 7 - 9pm PST

Location

Olin Auditorium, Babson College

19 Babson College Dr Wellesley, MA 02482

Description

The Public Speakers Toolbox Master Class Series

Techniques of theater performance offer valuable skills for people who want to be more effective and comfortable in front of an audience. Three accomplished professionals from Boston's theater community work with you to build those skills. Master classes are open to Babson students, faculty and staff only

Presentation Skills with Steve Maler

Tuesday, December 2, 7 p.m.

OR

Wednesday, December 3, 7 p.m.

Both classes will cover the same material.

Please come prepared with a pitch or a segment of a presentation or project to work on. It should be two to three minutes in length. It can be something that you’ve prepared for another class or even something that you plan to present this semester. You may use PowerPoint or other presentation materials, however it’s not required; the focus will be on how you present information to a group of people, regardless of the format. Please dress comfortably.

Steven Maler: is the Founding Artistic Director of the Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. His 2011 production of All’s Well That Ends Well won the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Production - Large Theatre. His CSC production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream won the Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Director – Small Resident Theatre Company. His production of Suburbia for the SpeakEasy Stage Company won Best Production – Fringe Theatre Company. Other productions include Coriolanus, The Comedy of Errors, The Taming of the Shrew, Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth, Henry V, Romeo & Juliet, As You Like It, Julius Caesar, and The Tempest for CSC; Without You, written by and starring Anthony Rapp, which has played New York, Boston, Toronto, Edinburg, London and Seoul; and The L.A. Plays by Han Ong for the American Repertory Theatre, where he was the Artistic Associate for New Plays. He directed the American premiere of Peter Eötvös’ operatic treatment of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, and the New England premiere of Thomas Ades’ Powder Her Face, both for Opera Boston. Maler is a graduate of the American Repertory Theatre Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University, where he was the Associate Director of Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 and Henry V. He was also Associate Director for Titus Andronicus and Hamlet in Tokyo. His feature film, The Autumn Heart, starring Tyne Daly and Ally Sheedy, was in the Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival and won the Audience Choice Award at the Nantucket Film Festival. He is a graduate of the American Repertory Theatre Institute for Advanced Theatre Training at Harvard University and of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was a John Motley Morehead Scholar.

Attendees are encouraged to sign up for two other master classes in The Public Speakers Toolbox Series:

Voice and Speech with Paul D'Agostino: Monday, September 29, 7 p.m.OR Thursday, October 2, 7 p.m.

https://bamasterclassvoiceandspeech.eventbrite.com

Physicality and Presence with Yo-el Cassell: Monday, October 20, 7 p.m. OR Thursday, October 23, 7 p.m.

https://bamasterclassphysicalityandpresence.eventbrite.com

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BabsonARTS offers a diverse array of programming in theater, dance, music, film, video, literary art, and visual arts for on-campus audiences and the general public at the College’s award-winning Sorenson Center for the Arts and Sorenson Family Visual Arts Center. It also supports the creative and performing experiences of student organizations while offering field-based learning opportunities for students working within business and liberal arts curricula. 

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