PRESENTATION SKILLS

OBJECTIVES

• Analyzing your audience
• Organize your thoughts and write a clearly focused outline that wastes no words or time
• Developing your writing and organizing techniques
• Using visual aids
• Speak clearly and confidently in both prepared and impromptu speaking situations
• Managing presentation stress
• Speak and think with greater clarity and purpose stressing key ideas
• Face an audience with confidence and control and make the most of your own natural speaking
• Use your words and your body to convince and persuade the audience.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND THIS TRAINING?
Anyone who wants to improve his/her skills in presentation ability.

OUTLINE :

1. Introduction/Background

• Workshop objectives
• Expectation of participants.

2. The 7 Steps in Effective Presentation
3. Pre-Design

• Initial planning, Situational analysis
• Goal and Message Definition
• Audience analysis
• Planning the presentation Approach

4. Design

• Techniques to expedite the design process
• The standard presentation formula
• Organizations tools
• Titles -A full house may depend on them

5. Build the Content

• Explanation -desc’s, definitions and ground rules
• Supporting material -the meat of the presentation
• Visual aids Limited multimedia and multi-image presentations

6. Make Arrangements

• Six Axioms
• Arranging for facilities, equipment and incidentals

7. Test and Evaluate

• Planning a productive test phase
• Conducting a productive dry run
• Some criteria for evaluating presentations

8. Deliver: Show Time!

• Overview – some basic points
• Achieving positive nonverbal messages
• Language – the verbal channel
• Transmission of language – the voice

9. Follow-up: You’re not Through Yet

• Kind of follow-up
• Assessment and feedback

1. Special Presentation Situation

• The team presentation
• International presentation
• Speaking from a manuscript
• The presenter as emcee

1. Closing (Summary and Conclusion).