After the training, delegates will be able to more effectively:

• Define, specifically, the objective of a presentation
• Plan systematically; structure a presentation
• Analyse, target and manage their audience
• Manage the time factor
• Design visual aids with impact and use them to support their presentation, not swamp it
• Handle questions & answers effectively and manage challenging audiences
• Use interpersonal skills to “come across” with confidence and empathy
  
  

• Re-visit the elements of effective presentation;
• the aim, the content & structure, designing for your audience, delivery options and techniques;
• Purpose and goals; what is the presentation designed to achieve?
• Planning and preparation; simple structures; alternative strategies; managing the agenda;
• Defining the audience; the “What’s in it for them” factor; specialist audiences; difficult audiences; hostile audiences;
• Timing; different time slots; managing the “grave yard” slot; enlarging or shrinking a presentation; when the time slot changes;
• Visual support; the advantages and pitfalls of different options; designing and managing visual support;
• Question time; questions at the end or “as we go”?; managing questions with empathy; handling awkward questions;
• Participation; gaining and controlling audience participation;
• The presenter’s personal skills; personal presentation; first impressions; voice; mannerisms; “coming across”;
• What can go wrong?
• How to manage the unexpected with unruffled calm.