Managing Myself Training Course
Transformational Presentation Skills Training Course
Duration: 3 Days
Introduction
In 3 days, you can have the skills of making powerful and memorable presentations
brought alive. You can exceed your ability to create a powerful impact in
others. You will know how to choose, design and implement effective group
interventions. And most importantly you'll be ready for the responsibility
and challenge of helping others to learn and grow.
More importantly you won't be learning what some expert has already written
in a book by having it explained to you at great and tedious length. There's
only one reason why a group should have a presenter in front of them to create
an experience so rich and so deep that the message will stay with that group.
You have to make a choice as a presenter whether you're going to be a talking
memo or a creator of magical experiences.
Course Aim
This programme is for you if you wish:
- To set up successful relationships with groups and Show professionalism
in overcoming difficulties within the group
- You wish to maximise presentation effectiveness increase audience
enthusiasm and energy as well as your own!
- Demonstrate greater personal impact and confidence when adopting the
role of presenter.
- Choose from a range of behaviours when facilitating groups,
- Demonstrate greater skill in focussing your audience quickly on common
purpose and results
- You want to have more confidence in the presentation skills you already
have and be able to build on them and deliver dynamic presentations that
will make an impact on an audience of any size.
Learning Objectives
At the end of the course delegates will be better able to:
- Assess where you are now - and take you to where you want to be as
a presenter
- Use a simple yet effective strategy to plan your presentations
- Deliver DYNAMIC presentations through projection of enthusiasm and
energy
- Select appropriate graphics, visuals, media and support materials
to add to the message
- Establish credibility and interest
- Project yourself with confidence
- Deal confidently and competently with any awkward moments
- Overcome nervousness and anxiety
Method & Approach
A fast paced energetic workshop that utilises group work and coaching
to best effect.
Pre Workshop
Delegates should bring a presentation topic to the workshop that they
wish to enhance. The topic should be work related and intended for delivery
to an audience with the intention of selling an idea, providing information
or to persuade an audience to change their opinion.
Note
This course can be combined with the programme Effective PowerPoint Presentations
for those delegates who need to understand how to create presentations
that make effective use of graphics, slide properties, masters and hyperlinks.
Course Content
Day One
- Expectations
- What do you expect from a presenter?
- What is your current style - developing your unique style
- What works well for you?
- Adapting your current style to audience needs
- Maximising left and right brain activity in your message
- Appealing to the senses
- Developing rapport to maximise learning by appealing to a range of
learning styles
- Who are your Audience?
- What is the purpose of your presentation? To sell, to inform or to
motivate, to persuade?
- Adapting your style and delivery for the occasion
- Openings that ignite a room
- What should your opening announce?
- Brain imprinting
- Attention grabbing techniques
- Creating and Recognising States of Curiosity, Anticipation, Surprise,
and Confidence
- The value of priming and pre-exposure to content
- What’s in it for them?
- The POWER of language
- Why are they frowning?
- They have blank expressions?
- Does this mean they are hostile?
- STOP THIS PERSONAL SABATOGE! Finding useful behavioural strategies
- Getting participant “Buy in”
- Interpreting verbal & non-verbal messages.
Day two
- Design- the Perfect Presentation
- Identifying the most appropriate delivery method
- Pacing and sequencing messages
- Sources of content and copyright.
- Colourful Graphics
- Interesting Objects
- Metaphors and Analogies
- Techniques for Brain Imprint
- Using people as props
- Visual auditory and tactile simulation
- The Magic number 5
- Survival Techniques
- Slow starts - their effect and recovery
- Equipment failures - avoid it or use it to your advantage
- Poor room layout - how to work round it. Information overload - how
to avoid it.
- Managing…. Prisoners Protestors and Passengers
- Encouraging confrontation without destruction
- Control the “Fight or Flight” response
- Examining unrealistic assumptions
Day Three
- The importance of stance. Posture - controlling your body movements.
Standing correctly - breathing easily. Using your hands effectively and
overcoming nerves.
- Maintaining positive states - yours and theirs - Maintaining interest;
- Effective questioning; Feedback and coaching; Handling questions & objections.
- Preparation, Presentation, Practice, for polished performance
- Captivating Closes. The 12 functions of a close
- Closing do’s and dont's
