Introducing Orai Enterprise
Every wise organization gives its teams communication skills training.
Why?
Because face-to-face selling and collaborating — human touch — are as important as never before, both in growing a business and just getting anything done.
Think of the different contexts in a working day where a team member might need to get across key points succinctly and persuasively:
· Making a sales pitch
· Giving an internal presentation
· The famous ‘elevator pitch’ — what we do and why it’s great, in just a few seconds
· Presenting at a conference
· Running a demo booth to get people interested fast
· Leading or taking part usefully in conference calls
Each of these and more can be done well, or done badly. The person speaking can come across within seconds as confident and knowledgeable, or unsure and unconvincing. Good training that explains what’s going on in these different situations and that shows people how to do well can make a huge difference.
But does it make a lasting difference? Does it stick?
What if someone is trained in giving snappy presentations or engaging booth demos, but then gets re-assigned for a few months and gives no presentations or booth demos? When the time comes finally to do them, maybe all that training has vanished into the fog of memory? Not good.
Try as they might to think back to what they learned, they’ll end up doing their best. Maybe winging it. And while spontaneity in speaking is good, improvisation is the road to sounding amateurish or inept or worse. Not good.
What if you decide to give extra refresher training to a few key colleagues, but then on the day they get delayed and someone else has to be thrown into the mix to deliver a key business case to rich but cautious clients? Not good.
What if a team member has to give a key pitch or presentation and needs someone to help practice it, but no-one is free? Not good.
So, question!
Is there a way to help team members practice and refresh different speaking skills that is not time-intensive and/or expensive and/or wasting training-time?
Yes.
Orai lets your team members practice and keep up their speaking and delivery skills.
The app gives each person bite-sized practice modules and instant feedback.
Orai points out immediately when you’re using useless filler words. It tells you if you’respeakingmuchtoofast — or much too sloooooooow.
It gives you a transcript of what you’ve just said, and highlights how your speaking tone and energy vary in the right places, or not.
You can input your own words and practice them in different ways, to see what works best.
We’re working on upgrades that will bring in video analysis too: how you’re standing, your body language and your facial expressions as you talk.
An expert 24/7 trainer, ready to go. Right here, on your smartphone.
Everyone Benefits
At every level of any organization, good speaking skills are a vital part of showing competence and credibility. And getting results.
Training in speaking and presenting convincingly is one thing. Making those skills stick is something else. Orai helps achieve that.
The simplicity of tapping a few buttons on a phone and getting practical and shareable feedback makes Orai an invaluable tool your organization.
Orai has been featured in WIRED, Fast Company, and TechCrunch. Try a test drive: download it for free from Apple App Store or Google Play Store.
