Professional Presentation Skills

SUITABLE FOR:

Managers, Supervisors, Superintendents, Sales and Marketing staff, Public Relations staff and staff from all functions who are required to make powerful presentations.

OBJECTIVES:

By the end of the course, delegates will:

• Be able to make presentations with confidence and harness their nervous energy
• Be able to plan and structure their presentations
• Have developed the range of techniques to add quality, impact and effectiveness to presentations
• Have gained tips on preparing and using visual aids

SUMMARY:

This course is designed as an introduction to the subject area and as a refresher course. The topics covered include: 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.