Presentation Skills

Training Outline

Introduction to Business Presentation Skills

Understand the reason for business presentations?

You as Presenter 

• Unpack what is going in your listener’s head.
• Presentation tips for travelling presenters.
• How to handle the difficult people in the audience
• Asking and Answering Questions
• Questioning Techniques
• 10 Step Action Plan for Personal Impact
• Communicating Important Decisions
• What are the characteristics of exceptional presenters?
• Personality traits and how to deal with them.
• Pitfalls of poor presenters and how to avoid them?
• The 10 Most Common Presentation Mistakes
• What to do if you flub
• BAD Business Presentation Mistakes (And How to Avoid Poor Results)
• Common Mistakes to Avoid in Business Presentations

How to build my confidence 

• How to look confident
• How to overcome our own limiting beliefs
• 10 practical ways to immediately build self-confidence.

What about the Audience? 

• What is the purpose of the presentation?
• How to plan the structure of your presentation?
• Who is my audience really?
• Evaluate the audience.
• What does the audience want?
• How do I communicate with the audience?
• A model for analysis
• Speak the 4 Presentation languages.

Presentation Technology 

• Why should I use presentation technology?
• What can be done to improve the use of PowerPoint presentations?
• How to best use PowerPoint
• What annoys audiences about PowerPoint presentations?
• How to select and use fonts on presentation slides
• Choosing colours for your presentation slides
• Colour combination suggestions.
• How to write powerful bullet points
• Additional things you can do to improve your next PowerPoint presentation.
• Provide Handouts
• Conclusion on your slides

Virtual Presentation Preparation 

• How are virtual presentations different?
• What are the pro’s and con’s of virtual presentations?
• What to do before during and after a virtual presentation
• Best practices for effective virtual presentations

Practice Sessions

• On day 2 the delegates will be asked to prepare themselves physically and mentally as if they are going to present to the client/executives including their dress code.
• Individual Preparation (Each delegate will be required to prepare a presentation of +/- 10 min)
• Presentations (These sessions will be recorded by video and will be played back whilst the facilitator provides feedback)