Use good posture with your shoulders back.

Propose bringing in The Moth's Mothworks to conduct a training for a U-M leadership organization that you are involved in. If approved, organize that training.

Give a presentation on behalf of your department at a workshop or conference.

Create a plan and an outline for the next message or announcement you need to make. Determine your audience, the main message, and your main objective as well as facts or a story that substantiate your topic and objective, and your closing.

Create a communications coaching program for your unit.

Craft a compelling message to motivate people to donate to a cause that you are passionate about.

Choose how to close your message (e.g., a call to action).

Adjust a message that you have created for a professional or civic organization so that two different audiences can understand and derive maximum impact from it. Use stories to drive your message.