Mastering Presentation Skills
OVERVIEW:
The ability to communicate well and present ideas effectively is a critical success factor for any person in business today. This program is a comprehensive coaching process that covers the four key skill areas relevant to impactful business communications and presentations. Participants receive intensive video-recorded feedback and coaching to bring out their most optimal communication style. Class size is limited to 12 to ensure lasting change through optimal coaching and practice time.
KEY TOPICS:
HIGHLIGHTS:
HIGHLIGHTS:
- Highly interactive learning format
- 14 major learning exercises (8 video-recorded, 7 interactively coached)
- Practice developing and delivering a complete 5- to 7-minute work-related presentation including slides
- Best practices for online presenting
- Facilitated group feedback on content clarity and memorability, presentational style, interaction & difficult questions, expectations and listener awareness issues
- Customizing presentations for the intended audience
Behavioral Effectiveness
- Eliminate distracting idiosyncrasies and nervousness
- Strengthen presence
- Project confidence and conviction
- Use effective eye contact, gestures, posture, use of space, pausing and voice
- Identify and develop personal style
- Manage attention and engage listeners
Clear and Memorable Content
- Deliver succinct, persuasive, listener-focused messages
- Structure both written and verbal communication for clarity and actionable effect
- Optimize opening and closing statements
- Streamline preparation utilizing the Message Map organizational process
- Make key information memorable with examples, story, analogy and references
- Design viewer-friendly visuals and slides
Listener Adaptability
- Customize presentation for intended audience
- Expand or contract information to match time constraints
- Analyze listeners to ensure relevance of information
- Prioritize for emphasis of key messages
- Practice in formal, informal, seated and standing settings
Interaction Management
- Cultivate and encourage interaction
- Handle difficult questions and challenges, using the “ART” model
- Stay on track and reinforce key messages
- Defuse hostility
