Strategies for Creating and Delivering Successful Presentations
Success in your professional life will depend on your speaking skills – either because you regularly will be asked to speak before groups or because you will occasionally be asked to do so. Making a good oral presentation is more than just good delivery. It also involves developing a strategy that fits your audience and purpose, having good content, and organizing material effectively. The choices you make in each of these areas are affected by your purposes, the audience, and the situation.
This course is recommended for everyone who needs to develop their presentation skills, speak in front of groups or sell ideas or products to others internally or externally.
What Participants Will Learn
- Practice relaxation techniques to reduce nervousness and to engage the attention of your listeners
- Learn how to project your voice and use pauses to dramatize your point
- Make your content clear and memorable
- Create an audience profile and set presentation parameters
- Condense a speech outline into notes that you can speak from
- Learn the benefits of rehearsing, adhering to a time frame and speaking from notes
- Gain confidence in your presentation skills
- Discover tips for effective composition of visual aids and speaker support materials
- Explain the importance of the questions-and-answer session
- Respond professionally to questions from the audience
- Describe the advantages and disadvantages of different room setups
- Be able to anticipate, avoid and handle equipment problems