Presentation Skills

• The Critical Parts of and Reasons For Presentations
• Skills and Competencies Involved with Making Effective Presentations (and related competencies)
• Communicating Your Message and the Importance of Context
• Interacting Effectively With Your Audience
• Controlling Nerves
• Effective Use of Visual Aids and Embracing multimedia effectively within your presentation
• Influencing and Persuading the Audience
• Preparing Your Own Presentations: What Works? What Would Help? What should I add or change? Getting my presentation ready to go, quickly!
• Effectively Managing Questions
• Understanding the Audience’s Body Language and Non-Verbal Communication
• Useful Beginnings, Endings and Attention Getters
• Some Useful Delivery Techniques
• The 10 Deadly Sins of Presenting and Common Erroneous Beliefs
• Giving and Receiving Feedback on your Presentation
• Skill Practice Opportunities: Putting Your Presentation into Action

 
Using highly practical and interactive methods, this workshop will introduce participants to the core skills required to deliver their presentations. The workshop is designed to create a relaxed learning environment with an emphasis on developing individual awareness of strengths and areas for improvement. The workshop will include practice presentations which are videotaped, providing each participant with a unique insight into their own performance

The programme is designed for both new and experienced presenters and will be tailored to address the needs of each participant. Interviewers - Meeting Organisers - Executives - Managers - Sales People - Trainers.

Participants achieve the following learning outcomes from the programme;

• Understand the key skills and techniques required to deliver powerful, successful and persuasive presentations.