Who Should Attend?

Senior managers, and other senior personnel who have already had some professional training in presentation skills, and who wish to enhance and improve their current ability to deliver first rate quality presentations.

About the Programme

This course is the next step for those who have already experienced basic presentation skills training. It is aimed at people, who seek to enhance their abilities to impress groups and audiences. Audiences, whether large or small, now expect high quality professional performances, and key decisions are often taken as a result of such presentations. People are often judged on their presentation skills. A quality presentation builds respect and trust. This programme provides the tools and techniques to achieve top level performance in your presentations.

Course Objectives

• To revitalise and enhance performance by acquainting delegates with powerful techniques for effective results-oriented presentations
• To provide techniques for handling audiences in question and answer sessions
• To give delegates the opportunity to receive constructive feedback on their current style of presentation
• To reinforce the key principles of top class presentations

What You Will Gain

• Delegates will acquire a new momentum for their personal development, increased confidence, and a greater ability to deliver top class presentations
• They will learn to speak naturally, persuasively, and effectively to audiences
• They will learn how to deal confidently with interruptions and challenging situations
• Delegates will work in a stimulating environment that will provide energy and enthusiasm, while they prepare quality presentations for delivery to other delegates and the Tutor
• Delegates will be given constructive and developmental feedback, so they leave the course more confident in their ability to deliver quality presentations

Programme Contents

DAY ONE
• Why Do We Present?
• Those First Few Minutes
• The Five 'P's Of Presentations
  > Ingredients Of A Powerful Presentation
  > Content & Style
• Delegate Presentations With Tutor Feedback - Including DVD Recordings & Replays For Review

DAY TWO
• Creating A Step-By-Step Approach To A Presentation
• Aims & Objectives
• A Logical Sequence For Your Presentation
• Writing The Notes For Presentations
• Beginning Of A Presentation
• Ending Of A Presentation
• Use Of Questions In Presentations
• Handling Questions From The Audience
• Making Visual Aids Work
• The Final Touches
• 'Dos' & 'Don'ts' For Presentations
• The Challenging Audience
• Delegate Presentations With Tutor Feedback - Including DVD Recordings & Replays For Review
• Develop Your Own Presentation Style Based On Constructive Feedback Received
• How To Transfer Learning To The Workplace

Practical work will include:
Short presentations from each delegate. Some of these will be recorded on DVD & played back for analysis, etc. Pre-course work is mandatory for this training, as there is restricted time to prepare the presentations during the programme.

2 Days - Non-Residential

Delegate spaces available on the following course dates: