EFFECTIVE PRESENTATION SKILLS - 3 Days - Cost : £990

WHO WILL BENEFIT

COURSE OBJECTIVES
Upon successful completion of the course delegates are able to:
o Define and differentiate between presentation aims and objectives
o Define the elements of successful communication and how to make an impact on an audience
o Design a presentation which will drive the "Message" home
o Choose the correct presentation aids and media to enhance and enliven any presentation
o Enhance their skills to ensure a professional polish to every presentation
o Control and manage a presentation from inception to its conclusion

COURSE CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
The need for presentations
o Key Decisions
o Aims and Objectives

PRINCIPLES OF COMMUNICATION
Defining "Communication"
o Forms of communication
o 3 Components of communication
o Factors limiting communication
o First impressions
o Effective communication

DESIGNING A PRESENTATION
What do I need to say?
o Why do I need to say it?
o Whom do I need to say it to?
o Researching the subject
o Research via objectives
o Arranging the facts - a basic "How to do it"

PRESENTATION AIDS AND MEDIA
What is available?
o Deciding on the most appropriate ones
o How to use presentation aids
o Some "Do's and Don'ts" when using them

ESSENTIAL SPEAKING SKILLS
Basic public speaking
o The 3 keys to Professionalism
o Grabbing your audience at the beginning
o Holding your audience till the end
o Making a group presentation

MANAGING THE PRESENTATION- ENSURING SUCCESS
Leaving nothing to chance - Murphy's law
o The attendees
o The equipment
o The materials

COURSE FEATURES

Step by step delegates learn to present themselves, and their organisation, to best effect. Key skills include:

*Designing the presentation to achieve well defined objectives
*Making the level of contents relevant to the audience
*Gaining and keeping attention
*Dealing with questions to their own advantage

Most importantly delegates work on a project of their own choosing - to which they are asked to give prior thought.
So by the end of the course they have two valuable assets.

*The confidence to make effective presentations
*Plus a set of materials which they can to put immediate use.

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