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Body Language Essentials for the Working Professional

Madecraft

Body Language Essentials for the Working Professional

Madecraft

Instructor: Madecraft

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Beginner level

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3 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
Beginner level

Recommended experience

3 hours to complete
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Apply proven body language techniques to project confidence, build rapport, and increase your professional presence in any workplace setting.

  • Read and respond to nonverbal cues from colleagues and audiences to improve engagement in meetings and presentations.

  • Optimize your virtual meeting setup and on-camera body language to show up professionally in remote and hybrid work environments.

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May 2026

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5 assignments

Taught in English

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There are 5 modules in this course

First impressions happen fast — and the nonverbal signals you send in those early moments can shape how colleagues, clients, and leaders perceive you long before you have said anything of substance. In this module, you'll build a practical toolkit of body language techniques to make confident introductions, use facial expressions that increase likability and trust, and read your audience in real time so you can keep them engaged and responsive throughout any professional interaction.

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4 videos1 reading1 assignment

Your body communicates constantly - and the way you position your hands, hold your posture, set up your workspace, and make eye contact either builds trust and authority or quietly chips away at both. In this module, you'll apply targeted techniques for hand gestures, stance, environmental design, and eye contact so you can project confidence and credibility in every professional setting, from a casual hallway conversation to a room full of stakeholders.

What's included

4 videos2 readings1 assignment

Your ideas can only travel as far as your voice can carry them, and if your tone is flat, your delivery is cluttered with ums and uhs, or your pacing gives no room for ideas to land, even your best thinking gets lost in the noise. In this module, you'll apply vocal techniques for tonal variation, strategic breathing, and intentional pausing - and master a practical warm-up strategy that dramatically reduces filler words - so your voice becomes an asset that reinforces your credibility rather than a distraction that works against it.

What's included

2 videos1 assignment

Great leadership is not just what you decide - it is how you show up, how people feel when they are around you, and whether your presence invites others to bring their best. In this module, you'll apply nonverbal leadership strategies to increase your professional presence, project confidence and empathy, and build the kind of genuine rapport that motivates teams, strengthens working relationships, and keeps people invested in doing their best work.

What's included

4 videos2 readings1 assignment

The shift to virtual work has not eliminated body language - it has simply moved it to a screen, where poor audio, bad lighting, and a camera pointed up your nose can undermine your credibility before you have said a word. In this module, you'll build a professional virtual presence from the ground up, optimizing your setup for maximum audio, visual, and engagement impact, and applying specific digital body language techniques so you can show up with the same confidence, connection, and energy in a virtual room as you would in a physical one.

What's included

3 videos1 assignment

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