High Impact Business Presentation Skills
This 2-day intensive presentation skills course is specially customized to meet training needs in upgrading staff competencies to meet present and future corporate challenges. It is suitable for executives and managers who need to enhance their presentation and general communication skills.
Public speaking refers to the action of speaking to an audience without the use of any visual aids such as flipcharts and Powerpoint. This is contrasted with presenting which refers to the action of speaking to an audience with the assistance of visual aids.
Public speaking is the prerequisite skill that one needs to acquire before proceeding to presentation skills.
An effective presentation is one that achieves the objective of getting the audience to take an intended and specific action e.g., buying a product, subscribing to a service, approving a proposal etc. To achieve this, the presenter needs to incorporate ingredients of dynamic delivery, critical content and persuasive PowerPoint into the presentation. These are the ingredients, which will transform any boring and ineffective presentation into one, which is impactful, engaging and highly effective.
Learning Outcome
This course is designed to meet the following specific objectives.
- Identify various ways of delivering powerful presentations
- Plan and organize content to ensure sufficient information
- Enhance body language by projecting the right tone for effective delivery
- Transform boring and ineffective presentations into exciting and effective ones
- Incorporate elements of dynamic delivery, critical content and persuasive PowerPoint into any presentation
- Anticipate and fulfill the audience expectations
- Use the PowerPoint as a visual aid to improve understanding
- Include relevant and visually interesting visual elements into the PowerPoint
In this course, participants will firstly acquire basic presentation skills required for delivering effective presentations. Next, participants will learn to use PowerPoint effectively, which is an essential skill in today’s corporate environment. Finally, participants will learn to deliver an impactful presentation with the PowerPoint as a visual aid. At the end of the course, participants will be able to deliver professional and effective presentations with the PowerPoint confidently, persuasively, and stylishly.
Methodologies
This course employs adult learning techniques, which include active learning strategies to facilitate understanding and retention. Participants will spend 80% of the time in individual or group activities, which allow them to learn, develop and practice vital presentation skills. The trainer uses a workbook to facilitate the course and, he will hand out additional notes where necessary. He will also record the participants’ speeches and provide assessments of the participants’ progress.
Evaluation
We provide evaluation for Level 1 and 2 of Kirkpatrick’s Training Evaluation Model (Diagram 1) through trainee’s evaluation of training (Level 1), and pre and post-test (Level 2). However, we could provide Level 3 and 4 assessments upon request.
Free Post Course Support
Participants can be enrolled into a WA group to facilitate sharing of additional tips and answering to questions related to the training modules.
Interactive Activities
Trainer will incorporate a selection of the following interactive activities while delivering this course (Diagram 2).
Module Deployment
A typical module deployment would follow the sequence in Diagram 3.
Program Content
- Introduction to Business Presentations
- Self-assessment
- Overcoming Nervousness & Avoiding Speech Crutches
- Elements of Dynamic Delivery
- Speech Organization
- The Business Presentation
- Using PowerPoint Effectively
- Further Steps