Presentation Skills

Learn how to present with confidence, credibility and professionalism. Understand communication styles to improve your preparation and practise. Get your pacing right and learn how to create strong slides that complement your presentation. Overcome anxiety and power up your confidence.

You Will Learn How To:

• Prepare well: bring together you, your material and your audience
• Practise effectively: rehearse to strengthen your delivery
• Perform on the day: deliver with impact
• Become personally confident: in yourself and your capabilities as a presenter

Content:

• First steps
  • Introductions and goal setting: what do you want to be different after this session?
  • Defining success: what does a successful presentation look, sound and feel like?
  • Setting goals and getting on purpose: asking the right questions to set you off in the right direction
• Preparation and practise
  • You: Understanding your communication style
  • Your audience: Understanding their communication style
  • Your content: Pulling together the pieces of your idea
  • Practise: What good practise looks like
• Practical Matters
  • Slide rules: how to create good slides that compliment your presentation
  • Good Questions: handling questions well
  • Staying on track: keeping to pace and to time
• Performance
  • Now that your audience is not in the same room: performing well on video
  • Developing your vocal toolkit: the four tools of effective voice
  • Practical: the opportunity to test the tools for yourself
• Personal confidence
  • The purpose of fear: why it's a good thing and how to harness it
  • Anxiety: three types of anxiety, find yours.
  • Adrenalin: take control of your energy and let it work for you
  • Practical techniques for managing nerves and strengthening self-belief
• And what's more....
  • Rounding off the day, a one-hour facilitated discussion
  • Pull together your learning
  • Recognise what's new
  • Raise and discuss what's unresolved
  • Discover the answer
• Next steps
  • Review of your goals: what difference will you make with what you've learned?
  • What's next: what else do you need to do?
  • Barriers to change: what might get in the way?
  • Removing the barriers: how will you approach the barriers?
  • Your action plan: leave with development goals for you as a presenter.