Effective Presentations

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Duration: 2 Days Overview: With the wealth of information that people are subjected to today, the effective transfer and ‘cut through’ to those we wish to reach is a critical skill in business. The New Horizons’ Effective Presentations Program examines the formalised area of information transfer – the presentation. From understanding the audience, through to design and delivery, this program establishes the steps to creating effective presentations. It provides techniques to heighten your engagement and effectiveness with your audience during delivery and in question and answer time. Participants will learn how to determine realistic presentation objectives, analyse the audience, use supporting materials effectively, organise a presentation clearly, and successfully incorporate visual aids. Program activities also cover reducing the fear of speaking, remaining calm, appearing relaxed, and improving the delivery of your presentation. Finally, participants learn how to assess the audience members and answer their questions, organise a persuasive presentation, and use reasoning and emotional appeals to persuade an audience. This course is filled with interactive exercises that help ensure success, including videotaping participants at the beginning and end of the course to show their growth and to help with skill development after the program. Target Audience: This course is perfect for anyone who needs to impart information in a formalised way: Managers, Team Leaders, Supervisors, Sales People, Trainers and those who present at board level. Key Participant Benefits: Easy mastery of skills through simple yet effective stepped methodology Creates a polished and professional image via visual and oratory techniques Increases effectiveness of information transfer and chance of ‘cut through’ by including elements of persuasion and variety Heightens your learning impact and helps skill development through before and after video Ultimately positively influences your career and earnings Key Business Benefits Presents a better business image to customers both external and internal Boosts an individual’s productivity through time saving preparation tips Increases revenue potential through better positioning and influence Saves the time of others by easier understanding, memorability and ‘cut through’ At Course Completion: Participants will leave the course with a certificate of attendance and an individualised action plan to help support next steps on return to the workplace. More importantly you will have developed skills and knowledge to become: Aware of audience needs An effective presentation designer A confident, polished, professional and interesting presenter An adept question answerer Versatile in your approach Outline: Expand All Lesson 1: Fundamentals of presentation Effective presentations Understanding effective presentations Understanding different types of presentations Planning a presentation Establishing objectives Determining objectives Making realistic objectives Lesson 2: Audience analysis and supporting material Audience analysis Analyzing the audience Supporting materials Selecting supporting materials Understanding the types of supporting material Exploring retention and visual aids Lesson 3: Building presentations Build presentations Building the presentation Develop an introduction Developing the introduction Capturing the attention of the audience Organize the body of the presentation Organizing the body of the presentation Using transitions Effective conclusion Creating the conclusion Closing the presentation Lesson 4: Presentation mechanics Visual aids Introducing visual aids Using different types of visual aids Understand visual aids Displaying visual aids Creating visual aids Lesson 5: Presentation process Extemporaneous speaking Understanding the presentation process Preparation for speaking Reducing the fear of speaking Using warm-up routines Deliver a presentation Using different aspects of voice Nonverbal communication Using nonverbal communication aids Maintaining a focus on the audience Lesson 6: Question-and-answer session Handle questions effectively Handling questions Understanding the question-and-answer session Handle challenging questions Handling challenging questions Handling challenging audience Lesson 7: Fundamentals of Persuasion Understand persuasion Understanding persuasion Analyzing the audience Motivating the audience Making claims Organize a persuasive presentation Creating a persuasive introduction Understanding the body of a persuasive presentation Methods of persuasion Using different methods of persuasion