Corporate Training carol.landis on 07 Feb 2008 01:05 pm
Corporate Training for Effective Presentations
Smarter Now Series — Course Features
Effective Presentations
2-day Instructor Led course on site
Who Should Attend
This engaging presentation course, including multiple video taped and critiqued sessions, is designed for individuals seeking to develop and improve presentation planning and delivery skills.
Prerequisites—Bring with you a sample of a recent or upcoming presentation.
What Participants Learn
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
- Structure presentations to achieve your objectives and keep your audience engaged
- Reach your audience by setting communication objectives and analyzing audience needs and attitudes
- Utilize and manage key elements of effective delivery for powerful presentations
- Illustrate your presentations using various text-based and graphical methods and understanding the strengths and limitations of each
- Identify obstacles to successful presentation outcomes and develop solutions to overcome these
Learn to Apply the Guiding Principles of
Effective Presentations
Whether selling or sharing, effective presentation skills can enhance the likelihood of a successful outcome. In many business roles today, outstanding presentation skills have become a core competency for achieving key goals and influencing the decisions and actions of others. At the same time, many surveys rank delivering presentations at or near the top of most feared activities. Learning effective presentation skills can help make your presentations more memorable and successful, and reduce the tension that often accompanies preparation and delivery.
What the Course Provides
Effective Presentations provides the skills and the methods to improve the planning, structuring and delivery of formal and informal presentations for productive outcomes. Your organization will benefit from:
- Skilled presenters who communicate more clearly and influence others
- Members who can think on their feet, handle questions and overcome objections
- Better results and goal attainment inside and outside the organization
- Improved professionalism of internal and external presentations contributing to heightened corporate profile and image
Each participant receives a manual for after class reference and review.
Course Highlights
Effective Presentations is a critical skills program designed to help you learn how to determine realistic presentation objectives, analyze the audience, use supporting materials effectively, organize a presentation clearly, and successfully incorporate visual aids.Course activities also cover reducing the fear of speaking, remaining calm, appearing relaxed, and improving the delivery of your presentation.
Course Outline
Fundamentals of presentation
- Effective presentations
- Planning a presentation
Audience analysis and supporting material
- Audience analysis
- Supporting materials
Building presentations
- Build presentations
- Develop an introduction
- Organize the body of the presentation
- Effective conclusion
Presentation mechanics
- Visual aids
- Understand visual aids
Presentation process
- Extemporaneous speaking
- Preparation for speaking
- Deliver a presentation
- Nonverbal communication
Question-and-answer session
- Handle questions effectively
- Handle challenging questions
Fundamentals of persuasion
- Understand persuasion
- Organize a persuasive presentation
- Methods of persuasion
Customize for your organization. Call today for details.
Course Outline
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Course Materials
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