Release No. COC-02-063 / November 7, 2001

INFORMATION: Sue Bozman or John McElwain, (661) 362-3415 or 3494

Communications “Double Feature” Offered by Community Extension

Improving your communications skills by understanding body language and overcoming shyness are just two of the many things you will learn in a combined two-class “double feature” offered by College of the Canyons Community Extension.

Instructor Vandye J. Forrester III is a communication coach for Fortune 500 companies, colleges, universities and attorneys who has written 12 books on communications. He lectures worldwide.

In his first class, “How to talk to anyone and get along with them all,” he provides information, techniques and clinically proven tips to spice up your social, family and business relationships as well as tips and tactics to enable you to talk to anybody ­ comfortably. The class concentrates on how to overcome shyness in meetings, learn tactful, gracious communication secrets and become a better conversationalist.

The second part of the class, “Winning Body Language Etiquette,” reveals the hidden messages people communicate with their bodies when communicating. Forrester will teach you how to establish gender equity with your eyes and handshake, master the proper rules of meeting, greeting and parting with grace. He’ll even provide tips on how to escape the grasp of the inevitable bore!

MCLE credit is available for attorneys who complete the class.

This “double feature” is offered from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, November 17. The fee for the combined class is $35 plus a $20 materials fee collected in class.

For more information and to register, please call College of the Canyons Community Extension at 362 - 3304.

These classes are some of the many “fee-based, self-supporting” classes offered by College of the Canyons’ Community Extension and are not associated with the taxpayer supported, credit classes offered by the college.