Mastering Presentation Skills

The ability to communicate well and present ideas effectively is a critical success factor for any person in business today. This program is a comprehensive coaching process that covers the four key skill areas relevant to impactful business communications and presentations.

Participants receive intensive video-recorded feedback and coaching to bring out their most optimal communication style. Class size is limited to 12 to ensure lasting change through optimal coaching and practice time.

Highlights:

• Highly interactive learning format
• 14 major learning exercises (8 video-recorded, 7 interactively coached)
• Practice developing and delivering a complete 5- to 7-minute work-related presentation including slides 
• Best practices for online presenting
• Facilitated group feedback on content clarity and memorability, presentational style, interaction & difficult questions, expectations and listener awareness issues
• Customizing presentations for the intended audience

Key Topics:

• Behavioral Effectiveness
  • Eliminate distracting idiosyncrasies and nervousness
  • Strengthen presence
  • Project confidence and conviction
  • Use effective eye contact, gestures, posture, use of space, pausing and voice
  • Identify and develop personal style
  • Manage attention and engage listeners
• Clear and Memorable Content
  • Deliver succinct, persuasive, listener-focused messages
  • Structure both written and verbal communication for clarity and actionable effect
  • Optimize opening and closing statements
  • Streamline preparation utilizing the Message Map organizational process
  • Make key information memorable with examples, story, analogy and references
  • Design viewer-friendly visuals and slides
• Listener Adaptability
  • Customize presentation for intended audience
  • Expand or contract information to match time constraints
  • Analyze listeners to ensure relevance of information
  • Prioritize for emphasis of key messages
  • Practice in formal, informal, seated and standing settings
• Interaction Management
  • Cultivate and encourage interaction
  • Handle difficult questions and challenges, using the “ART” model
  • Stay on track and reinforce key messages
  • Defuse hostility