Description
OBJECTIVES
By the end of this course delegates will:
- Be able to make presentations with confidence and harness their nervous energy.
- Be able to plan and structure their presentation.
- Have developed the range of techniques to add quality, impact and effectiveness to presentations.
- Have gained tips on preparing and using visual aids.
PROGRAMME DETAILS
DAY ONE
Presentation planning
- The importance of accuracy; facts v/s opinions; your authority and credibility as a presenter.
- How to structure your talk; Creating impact and interest with your introduction; Getting your audience into a ‘yes’ mindset; structuring your talk to keep your audience’s attention.
- Timing: Managing your time; the need for flexibility; the correct use of the pause.
DAY TWO
Becoming a Professional Speaker
- Audience analysis: Demographic analysis; Saliency; Cognitive complexity; Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP).
- The importance of non-verbal communication
- Listening: The importance of listening in the communication process; the basic rules of effective listening.
- The motivated sequence presentation: motivational needs and appeals.
- Visual aids: Their use and misuse; using them professionally to enhance the presentation.
- Video.
DAY THREE
Being a winner
- Special Situations: Winning the business pitch.
- Team Presentations: Successful Strategies, getting the best from your team.
- Audience Participation: Planning presentations for audience participation, handling questions, dealing with objections, facilitation skills
- Creating a powerful stage presence
- Creating the right impression.
