About this event

Certificate: Course Completion Certificate

Language: English

Duration: 1 Day

Credits: 8

Course Delivery: Classroom/ Virtual Live / Onsite

Course Overview:

In the modern working world many skills are taken for granted as a "given". We are expected to deliver in our area of expertise and it is taken for granted that that encompasses great interpersonal, presentation and communication skills. Sadly this is not the case. Presentations Skills can be learned over time through exposure, but without expert guidance and advice, we stand the risk of developing flaws that will unwittingly end up being unsuitable for the intended result; engaging, entertaining, educating the audience, or securing buy-in for an idea or project.

In this course, participants will be introduced with a set of customized improvement points that will assist in mastering presentation and communication skills.

Target Audience:

Managers
Sales Executives
Business Individuals
Team Leaders

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

Master your presentation skills
Manage silence
Be a clear and precise reader
Learn to be natural even when reading off a script or notes
Develop an outline that makes sense
Employ presentation tools like a teleprompter
Be sensitive to body language and read your audience
Be efficient in time allocation for impact
Put thoughts in writing with a goal in mind, prioritizing key ideas and messages.
Acquire useful skills, such as reading, analyzing, and structuring information.
Handle audiences, conversing, eye contact, answering questions, remembering, showing and transmitting enthusiasm, appearance, poise, choice of words, exexpressingonviction, repetition, and more.

Prerequisites:

You should have undergone the Presentation Skills-Professional training

Course Materials:

Students will be provided with a course manual containing presentation slides and reference materials.

Analysis:

There is no exam for this course.

Technical Requirements:

For eBooks:

Internet to download the eBook

Laptop, tablet, Smartphone, eReader (No Kindle)

Adobe DRM compatible software (e.g. Digital Editions, Bluefire Reader)

eBook download and activation guide

Agenda:

Before We Start

Welcome / Introductions
Purpose / Inspiration
Course dynamics
Self-assessment on Advanced Presentation skills knowledge - Class discussion

Becoming an Inspiring Speaker

Exercise/Role play: Silence
Accurate Reading
Video: Isabel Allende - Tales of Passion
Exercise: Words spoken clearly
SSSAP - Set, Support, Sequence, Access and Polish Concept
Naturalness
Application of the outline
Logical development of material
Extemporaneous delivery
Accurately timed, properly proportioned
Exercise: Using a teleprompter without showing you are reading
Exercise: Audience analysis
Video: Your body language makes you, you
Exercise: The last presentation
EXTRAS

Activities (Optional)

Option 1: Simulation Game
Option 2: Videos, activities and discussions
Option 3: Special assignments - live presentations

Conclusions (Optional)

Wrap up
Self Assessment
Feedback Form
Closing Remarks

Presentation Skills - Expert in Knoxville, TN