Powerful Presentation Skills

In any professional role, you need to be a powerful presenter.

Presentations are a great opportunity to become a preferred supplier and enhance your professional standing – because people respect great public speakers.

Speaking well is a leadership quality. It says reams about you – how you feel, how you think, and how confident you are. So, learn how to project yourself as an exciting, inspirational and memorable presenter.

Overview

This two-day programme is designed for:

  • Salespeople - who need to make powerful and compelling group presentations in order to clinch the deal and become the preferred supplier
  • Managers – whose presentations must inspire and motivate staff, distributors and the franchisees
  • Technical experts – who make presentations designed to inform and excite the audience
  • Company Directors & Chief Executive Officers – who must present passionately in order to be credible as outstanding leaders
  • Heads of Professional Associations & Industry Bodies – people who must make a great impression on behalf of the members they represent publicly and in the media

Any professional committed to informing, persuading, inspiring and generating 'buy in' from every individual in the audience on every occasion.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this two-day programme, all participants will be able to:

  • Overcome nervousness
  • Become confident
  • Work without reams of notes and slides

Apply a simple template that gets results, no matter the situation, or the audience.

Use techniques to help prepare and deliver exciting, inspirational presentations – without a lot of time-consuming preparation.

Present with a newfound confidence in front of any audience.

The Learning Experience

This programme is challenging, entertaining, and very practical. All participants present to the audience several times, and become comfortable with being "on stage."

To enhance progress, presentations are video recorded, and each participant is provided with a personal VHS tape or DVD – filmed by a professional camera operator. This represents an opportunity for participants to view their own unique presentation style from an audience perspective. It is a powerful learning tool.

Participants make a quantum jump in their presentation skills as a result of attending, especially when they are able to easily note the difference between their personal "before" and "after" presentations.

Programme Content

Structuring presentation material using a simple template that works on every occasion:

  • Identifying and responding to audience needs
  • Setting key objectives
  • Creating audience interest
  • Setting the scene – the value of context
  • Chunking and sequencing material
  • Closing powerfully

Four Steps on How to Develop Confidence, be Fully Self-expressed and Enjoy Presenting:

  • Overcoming nervousness
  • Warming up
  • Overcoming blocks to self-expression
  • Working without notes

Enhancement – How to Ensure the Audience Values the Presentation Message:

  • Using the visual, auditory and emotional dimension to best effect
  • Delivering values as well as facts
  • Using metaphors, case studies and 'war stories' to personalise your message
  • Developing rapport with every audience on every occasion
  • Encouraging audience questions and responses
  • Handling questions effortlessly and fluently

Remember: Think about what you will do in the first two minutes – there is no chance for a second first impression!

For more information, please do not hesitate to contact us on 02 9955 8888.