Target Audience

All individuals who have to deliver persuasive and powerful presentations internally or externally on a one to one basis, to small groups, to buying panels or to larger audiences.

Purpose

This course provides delegates with the skills to enable them to present naturally with confidence, credibility and clarity in a variety of everyday business situations.

Methodology

This course is intense and highly practical – it’s not about listening to theory. The one-to-one coaching is interactive, and selected exercises are taped on CD so that individuals can see themselves from the audience’s perspective, evaluate their progress, and set themselves personal goals as they progress through the course. This approach ensures that each individual has the opportunity to experiment with, apply, and retain the techniques and skills that will help optimise their performance.

Outcomes

• Delegates learn how an audience interprets a presenter’s body language, and then how to control their nerves when presenting, think with greater clarity and deliver a message with confidence and poise.
• Delegates learn and practice techniques which help them overcome normal human inhibitions and so present with sincerity, conviction and natural dynamism.
• Delegates learn skills that allow them to work effectively with visual support, bring their message alive and maximize eye contact with the audience.
• Delegates learn and apply techniques for exerting maximum control in a pressurized situation and these skills help build and preserve credibility in front of any potentially hostile audience.

Programme Content

• Personal introductions – benchmark skills assessment (on CD)
• Physical delivery skills – eye contact, body and vocal energy (on CD)
• Preparation: audience analysis, structure, evidence, effective visuals
• Physical delivery skills – working with visuals
• Evening self -study
• One to one presentation seated
• 7 minute presentations, standing (on CD)
• Working with handouts
• Making your point – meeting scenario
• Handling Questions (on CD)
• Top tips
• Post-course action plan