Professional Presentation Techniques

Professional Presentation Techniques

Participant Profile:

Professionals making presentations in business life or who needs to develop public speaking skills.

GOAL:

  • Participants will be able to define presentation's aim and objective clearly during preparation to effect the audience.
  • Participants will be able to choose the key information that will create value, pass the message clearly and exactly to the audience by analyzing subject of presentation.
  • Participants will be able to prepare content of presentation in a coherent and rational pattern for audience to follow easily without distraction.
  • Participants will be able to choose the right visiual materials for their presentation they will be able to support the message with those visiuals.
  • Participants will learn tools and ways to keep the audience's interest and participation alive.
  • They will understand the importance of body language for soul-shattering and influential presentations.
  • During the training, with numerous pratices participants will interiorise the accurate use of body language and they will realise to develop their body language skills.
  • They will raise awareness in how to get the audience to ask questions during or after the presentation. 
  • They will learn techniques how to cope with incoming questions that expresses audience's interest or presenter's knowledge.

CONTENT:

  • Opening of meeting, presentation or seminar.
  • "How" aspect of a presentation:
    • To be a influential speaker and have a convincing message. 
    • Proper use of presentation environment / Safe position during presentation 
    • Proper use of gestures and facial expressions
    • Impression of eye contact and correct eye contact
    • Voice and words, use of voice, breathing and addressing skills
    • Proper breathing
    • Speaking speed and articulation
    • Emphasizing and Toning
    • Negative influence of speaking with nonsense sound and words on the message.
    • Influence of humor skill on audience
    • Personal appearance
    • Transfer of speaker's enthusiasm during presentation
    • Proper use of presentation area / Secure posture during presentation
  • "What" aspect of a presentation: Preparation of presentation:
    Synthesize making preparations before and after the presentation.
    • Target audience
    • Keeping the presentation all on track
    • Preparation of main and sub-messages
    • Points to consider in visual preparation.
    • Important hints for catchy and convincing presentations.
  • Techniques of exciting attention of audience and keeping it alive.
    • First impressions are the most lasting
    • Powerful openining options for a presentation
    • Keeping audience's interest alive and including them to the presentation.
      • Attendee profile
      • Different attendee profiles
      • Dealing with difficult people
      • Communication process and perception
      • Information transfer and key points in information transfer
      • Listening
      • Being succint and eloguence in speaking.
    • Frequent mistakes
  • Using visual material
    • Basic principles (Tone of writing, color selection, tools etc)
    • Using accessory devices
    • Preparation of presentation result-oriented
    • Important points about the presentation
    • Usage of technological innovation in presentations
    • Presentation types and practices
  • Answering audience's questions effectively and safely during or after the presentation.
    • What to-do and not to-do on difficult questions.
    • Pedagogical methods (classic, questioning, energetic, visual=

METHOD:

  • Evaluation with group or one-on-one practices
  • Case studies
  • Every participant makes two presentations and one of them is recorded on video. In-class feedback is given on two presentations' performance.