Effective Presentation Skills

In today’s results-oriented, global working environment, the ability to create and deliver presentations effectively is a necessary skill set for people at all levels of an organization.

Overview

Regardless of your role, it’s important to know how to synthesize your ideas into a coherent and focused narrative, add visuals that support and reinforce your message, and deliver it in a way that resonates with your audience.

In this highly interactive course, we will unpack and practice some of the tools and techniques used by top speakers and influencers all over the world.

In today’s results-oriented, global working environment, the ability to create and deliver presentations effectively is a necessary skill set for people at all levels of an organization.

Regardless of your role, it’s important to know how to synthesize your ideas into a coherent and focused narrative, add visuals that support and reinforce your message, and deliver it in a way that resonates with your audience.

In this highly interactive course, we will unpack and practice some of the tools and techniques used by top speakers and influencers all over the world.

At the end of this program, you will be able to:

• Construct an effective presentation goal statement, opening, body, and closing that connect with an audience

• Analyze an audience’s needs and style preferences, including relevant DiSC®-related elements

• Deliver a complete criteria-based presentation that will persuade others

• Align usage of visuals as well as verbal and non-verbal techniques to maximize the impact of your presentation

Getting Started

• Introductions and social agreements

• Course structure

• Course goals and objectives

• Opening activities

Planning And Organizing

• Video: “The Art of Misdirection”

• Setting your presentation goal

• Writing a goal statement

• Analyzing your audience

• Applying the “reality” test

• Creating and strengthening supports

• Structuring your presentation

• 5 components of an effective opening

• Presentation body

• Presentation closing

• Write your presentation opening

Audience Analysis

• Video: “How to Tie Your Shoes”

• Everything DiSC® introduction

• Audience DiSC® Styles

• Analyzing your audience

• Further audience analysis

Effective Delivery

• Delivery challenges: virtual and in-person

• Keeping your audience engaged

• Your body as your instrument

• Verbal/paraverbal elements

• Body stance and nonverbal communication

• What are your “tells?”

• Controlling nervousness

• Staying attuned to your audience

• Responding to questions

• Review and edit your opening

• Deliver your opening

Visuals And Enriching Elements

• Using images in your presentation

• Guidelines for visual composition

• Using questions to engage your audience

• The power of the pause

Practicing And Applying What You've Learned

• Preparation

• Delivery

• Feedback

• Opportunity to put into practice the program content and receive a video copy

Summary And Next Steps

• What did we learn and how can we implement this in our work environment?