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Improve Your Presentation Skills

Improve Your Presentation SkillsThe first time I gave a presentation, I wasn’t at all nervous! The second time that I gave a presentation, my knees were shaking! What happened between the two events was that I started to learn just how much there was that I did NOT know about being a good public speaker.

And thanks to some very honest feedback on the evaluation forms from that first presentation, so began my more than 20-year journey as a public speaker.

Janet Stewart-Lussier
President and CEO, NRL Group Incorporated

During this course, you will learn the tips and techniques that Janet has learned during her journey, that she has found to be the most useful. You will leave this Presentation Skills training workshop with a higher level of confidence in your own skills and an action plan for continued improvement.

Upon completion of the "Improve Your Presentation Skills" training workshop you will be able to effectively:

  • Identify your personal presentation skills strengths and create an action plan for improvement;
  • Present information with greater confidence;
  • Identify and implement tips for leading healthy group discussions and question periods;
  • Identify and implement tips for handling common challenging (attendee) behaviours;
  • Identify and implement tips for creating effective audio-visual aids.

Here are a few common problems that presenters run into:

  • You are unprepared – presenter notes that are hard to follow and end up stressing you out, hard-to-read handouts and audio visual aids that frustrate your learners, faulty equipment – these are all common;
  • Learners are distracted by your nervous habits. (Do you jingle change in your pocket, flip your hair constantly or have other annoying habits while you are speaking?)
  • Questions from your attendees “derail” your presentation. It’s happened to all of us and it can be VERY stressful.

These are a just a few of the common AVOIDABLE things that go wrong at presentations! During this 2-day course Presentation Skills training workshop, you will learn how to prepare for your presentations so that you and your attendees leave the presentation feeling satisfied and enlightened. This highly participative, learner-centered Presentation Skills training workshop will provide you with the tools and skills to improve the effectiveness of the presentations that you give, whether your audience is 5 or 500 people! You will also have a chance to practice your skills in a safe and fun environment!

Key Topics Include:

  • Speaking with Confidence: The difference between a poor and an excellent presenter is often the level of confidence with which the person speaks. During this Presentation Skills training workshop you will learn and practice 10 communication skills that will help you to be a more effective presenter while developing your natural style.
  • Leading Productive Discussions: Presentations are often followed by a question period and sometimes these can be very nerve-wracking! You will learn techniques for formulating and structuring questions, responding to them and fielding them. You will also learn tips on how to handle really “hot” or controversial questions that can often “derail’ your presentation.
  • Handling Difficult Attendees: From the person who sits in the back of the room with his eyes closed, giving you the impression that he’s sleeping, to the keener who sits at the front and constantly wants to “add” something to your presentation, you will learn strategies for handling 12 difficult and challenging types of attendees and will have opportunities to practice your new skills during this Presentation Skills training workshop.
  • Practice, practice, practice!: You will have three distinct opportunities during the Presentation Skills training workshop to prepare and deliver presentations. The final presentation, along with your feedback session, will be recorded on DVD and you will have this disc to take home with you as a learning tool.

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