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Keith Braden
Discipline:
Critical and Analytical Skills
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Biography:
Mr. Braden is an international training consultant and lecturer specializing in management skills training including: presentation, negotiation, meeting, marketing and sales. Mr. Braden has developed and conducted management skills seminars for major Japanese and foreign affiliated corporations in Japan. In addition, he tutors senior Japanese executives, focusing on business management principles and core business English.
Mr. Braden retired from the airline industry after a thirty-five year international career, during which time he was primarily assigned to Asia and Pacific Rim countries, including Japan. At the time of his retirement, he was Senior Vice President Marketing and Sales.
Others have characterized Mr. Braden as incisive in identifying problems, imaginative in finding and implementing solutions, ever ready to teach and develop subordinates, and one who is genuinely interested in people.
Faculty Message
"Every day millions of business presentations are delivered throughout the world. Ninety-five percent (95%) of them are dull, boring and non-engaging; not the least bit memorable or effective. The odds are your presentations are similar. If so, Business Presentation (BUP) is the course for you, because professional presentation skills are essential communication skills necessary to succeed in the workplace.
There are only two ways to present, the right way and the wrong way. There is no English way, or Japanese way. Obviously in BUP students are taught the right way. And, the skills they learn they will use for the rest of their business career, regardless of their presentation language. The skills never change; only the language.
It is my belief that good presentation skills are within everyone's reach. Therefore, it is my job to help students realize their presentation potential. I employ a variety of techniques to accomplish this objective, not the least of which is tough love. The results to date have been overwhelmingly successful. Take BUP and see for yourself."
