Presentation Skills

Benefits

• Tailor the message to the audience
• Structure a convincing argument
• Use body & voice to create persuasion
• Overcome nerves through proper preparation
• Presentations that convince
• Confidence in controlling nerves
• Audience rapport

Contents

• Delivery
• Engaging
• Eye Contact
• Body Language
• Voice
• Nerves
• Research audience
• Managing questions
• Managing hostility
• Humour
• Set objectives
• Gather Material
• Structure
• Plan Visual Aids
• Rehearsal
• Presentation Management

The purpose of this seminar is to give participants tools to allow them to become better, more convincing presenters and develop the skills required to make presentations with impact. Learn how to prepare the content correctly, control personal delivery, manage the audience and environment. Apply skills to ensure presentations are effective and professional.

"The feedback from the teacher and peers, and the confidence they inspired, directed my energy to being a better presenter."
Regional Sales Manager, Parker Enzed

Learning Outcomes

Ensure their presentations are effective and professional.

Confidently manage the delivery, (personal presentation, voice, eye-contact, body language, audio-visual aids, beginnings and endings).

Effectively manage the audience (assessment, needs, expectations, participation, hostility, humour, questions).

Prepare effective content (objectives, subject, purpose, material, structure, beginnings, signposts, endings, visual aids).

Control the environment (time, location, equipment, visual aids, other resources).

Agenda

Over the three-days, you'll cover:

Introduction
Understand where you are now and what the course will cover

• Your personal objectives for the course

Improving your Presentations
Understand that presenting is a skill that everyone can do, everyday.

• Using the learning cycle to improve
  
• Setting out what you would like to improve
  
• Seeing that anyone can do it
  
• Planning your ‘can do’ and ‘will do’ factors to make sure your presentation runs smoothly

Presentations are an everyday skill
Understand that attitude affects the way we present as well as being aware of the audience.

• Embracing nerves – they’re only natural
  
• Understanding and relating to the audience
  
• Monitoring your current body language
  
• Using feedback to improve

It’s not what you say
Understand the importance of how things are perceived and to be aware of what will undermine credibility and strength of message.

• The importance of attitude
  
• Making your presentation believable
  
• Engaging the audience
  
• Making eye contact
  
• Using confident body language
  
• Projecting your voice

Structured and spontaneous presenting
Develop a structured approach to presenting along with a degree of spontaneous presenting to fit your style.

• Preparing with a presentation route map
  
• Researching your audience
  
• Gathering materials and implementing a logical structure
  
• Working in team presentations
  
• Planning the use of visual aids
  
• Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse

Staying in control
Become aware of what can go wrong in a presentation and how to manage those situations.

• Managing time and location
  
• Managing the audience
  
• Dealing with audience apathy and hostility
  
• Handling audience questions
  
• Boosting your presentations with humour

Wrapping it up

• Guidelines for more effective presentations
• Evaluating how you’ve improved