Presentation Skills- Presenting for maximum impact
3 Oct 2013
Professional Development
Presentation / Public Speaking
David Forman Limited
Auckland details will follow upon confirmation of booking
Less Than 1 Week 08h30 - 17h00 from 3rd to 5th October 2011
$2,495.00 Plus gst, Early Bird Price: $2,395 plus gst Early Bird pricing available for courses booked and paid for 6 weeks before the start of the event.
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.
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
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).
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
David Forman consultant trainers are highly experienced professionals who have each led successful business careers before joining David Forman to pass on their experience and insights to others.
They constantly monitor international developments in performance management and learning to ensure their teaching achieves changes in attitude and behaviour, which are constructive and long lasting.
Gavin Houston B.Sc., FITD (UK)
Beth Nyman B.Ed.
Jan de Zoete MBA, Dip.Clin.Psych., MA (Hons)., Lth. Registered Psychologist