{"id":9100,"date":"2023-04-24T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2023-04-24T04:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/?p=9100"},"modified":"2023-04-25T12:49:37","modified_gmt":"2023-04-25T16:49:37","slug":"new-course-levels-up-fitness-pros-public-speaking-skills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/suppliers\/new-course-levels-up-fitness-pros-public-speaking-skills\/","title":{"rendered":"New Course Levels Up Fitness Pros\u2019 Public Speaking Skills"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/American-Council-On-Exercise-1-300x73.png\" alt=\"ACE\" width=\"300\" height=\"73\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2769\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/American-Council-On-Exercise-1.png 300w, http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/American-Council-On-Exercise-1-200x49.png 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>ACE<\/p>\n<p><strong>SAN DIEGO, CA<\/strong> &#8211; The American Council on Exercise (ACE) and the IDEA Fitness &#038; Health Association (IDEA) take a proactive step in supporting the career growth of health and fitness professionals by co-marketing a new speaking course, developed by experienced speaking coach Andrea Heuston of Artitudes Design Agency. The course \u201cCreating Connections: Speaker\u2019s Academy for Fitness Professionals \u2013 Presented by ACE and IDEA\u201d offers professionals the opportunity to learn from a seasoned presenter and speaker coach to enhance their stage presence, essential whether professionals are working one-on-one with a client, teaching a group fitness class or for presenting on stage or in video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a competitive fitness industry, developing a presence is essential in standing out among health and fitness professionals,\u201d commented Lauren Shroyer, MS, ACE vice president of product and innovation. \u201cImproved presentation skills may lead to more opportunities for teaching, speaking engagements and networking. This new course adds to ACE\u2019s growing library of resources to help health and fitness professionals advance their careers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 100% online, three-month course includes six modules, where health and fitness professionals can access video content, two video assignments that offer feedback from a skilled coach, and the option to participate in a live question-and-answer session available each month.  Upon completing the \u201cCreating Connections\u201d course, participants will be able to improve their storytelling skills, practice effective techniques to connect with audiences in various settings and demonstrate progression in vocal and body techniques that enhance confidence and engage audiences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor nearly forty years, IDEA Health &#038; Fitness Association has been offering educational opportunities to launch and boost fitness careers,\u201d says Amy Boone Thompson, IDEA\u2019s owner and CEO. \u201cEducation is the foundation to success and courses like \u2018Creating Connections\u2019 will help health and fitness professionals stand out from the crowd.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to be working with IDEA and Artitudes on helping fitness professionals everywhere give stronger presentations,\u201d says Shroyer.<\/p>\n<p>Andrea Heuston, the course developer of \u201cCreating Connections: Speaker\u2019s Academy for Fitness Professionals \u2013 Presented by ACE and IDEA,\u201d has spent the last 20 years coaching founders, leaders &#038; executives at Fortune 500 companies to build their stage and deliver signature talks that move audiences to act.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SAN DIEGO, CA<\/strong> &#8211; The American Council on Exercise (ACE) and the IDEA Fitness &#038; Health Association (IDEA) take a proactive step in supporting the career growth of health and fitness professionals by co-marketing a new speaking course, developed by experienced speaking coach Andrea Heuston of Artitudes Design Agency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2769,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[45,320],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9100"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9100"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9102,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9100\/revisions\/9102"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.clubinsideronline.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}