Advanced Presentation Skills

INTRODUCTION

Hesitant about presenting in front of the board of directors? Or do you just want to increase your confidence in public speaking? Our program offers a structured approach to develop your confidence and performance by giving you a great set of techniques and strategies to engage your audience and help present your ideas in an articulate and confident manner. You will have the opportunity to put the techniques you learn into practice in a relaxed environment, we will then offer you unique custom constructive advice in order to get the best out of you and deliver your message efficiently. We will discuss how body language is a tremendously powerful tool when presenting, how to use this to your advantages as well as the importance of Neuro-Lingustic Programming, tonality, pitch and pacing in your voice to prevent your audience from wanting to fall asleep!

DURATION

5 Days

TOPICS TO BE COVERED

Module 1

The underlying foundations of a successful presentation

• Correct preparation
• Essential goal and outcome discussion
• Dealing with and eradicating fear
• Group work and discussion
• Beginning to structure your presentation
• Presentation delivery no.1

Module 2

Presentation structure

• Who is the target audience
• The fundamental message behind your presentation
• Structure your presentation using the BOMBER process used by top CEO’s around the world. (Bang-Opening-Message-Bridge-Examples-Recap)
• Managing your presentation environment
• Presentation delivery no.2

Module 3

Psychological principles behind presenting

• Converting nervous energy into productive energy
• Projecting your voice and controlling pitch
• Discussion of the most popular public speaking fears
• How to keep your target audience engaged and interested using social cues and psychological principles
• NLP – engaging the audience using subtle social cues and subliminal messaging
• Planning presentation delivery no.3

Module 4

Converting a casual presentation into a professional business presentation

• How to deal with difficult questions
• Engaging your target audience
• Presentation delivery no.3 (video recorded)
• Video recording recap, analysis and constructive criticism
• Discuss how you feel your presentation went

Module 5

Tweaking

• Discuss your performance
• Methods of including your audience into the presentation
• Confidence ideology
• Tips for closing a presentation successfully
• Action plan for personal and speech improvement.