Presentation Skills
Course Description
Most of us are happy to present a case to one person. However, when it comes to groups of 3, 10 or even a few hundred, many people suffer terrible fear. These are the people who don’t sleep before the presentation, the people who stand in front of an audience and dry up, the people who, although they know their subject intimately, can’t present it in an interesting and entertaining way.The course covers personal issues such as nerves and self-confidence as well as the techniques needed to enthuse the audience. The course comprises much practical work as well as advice on specific presentation skills.
Our Presentation Skills course is targeted at anyone who needs to present to groups, whether they be colleagues, prospective customers or delegates at a conference. Delegates leave this course confident that they can present to any size of audience.
Duration: 2 days
Preparing to speak
Dealing with nervesRehearsals
Preparation
The worst that could happen
Using relaxation techniques
Building self-confidence
Creating a confident impression
Planning a presentation
Establishing the purposeTypes of presentation
Identifying your audience
Gathering information
Content and structure
Selecting presentation aids
Adding Tables
Creating a tableFormatting tables
Inserting a table from MS Word
Charting Data
Creating a column chartEditing chart data
Changing chart type
Inserting a chart from MS Excel
Modifying Objects
Resizing and moving objectsCopying and duplicating objects
Changing object orientation
Formatting objects
Grouping and un-grouping objects
Changing the order of objects Giving the presentation
Delivery skills
Building rapport
The audience
Getting the audience on your side
Attention span and boredom
Difficult people and hecklers
Handling questions