Who can benefit?

•  Individuals who are required to conduct high impact presentations

Course objective

• Prepare and deliver high-power and captivating presentations.
• Employ effective techniques for voice projection, eye contact and body language.
•  Engage and hold an audience's attention.
• Channel stage fright into contagious positive energy.
• Create effective and relevant visual aids to support their presentation.
• Structure and deliver different styles of presentations for different audiences.

Course Outline

• Basic Presentation Skills Recap

• Attributes of Effective Presentations
• Why Most Presentations Fail?
• The Presentation Iceberg: Planning, Researching and Filtering
• The Clicker Culture: How to Ensure Your Audience Sees the WHOLE Presentation
• The Anatomy of a Presentation: From Opening to Close

• Making an Impact

• Creating an Impressive First Impression
• Projecting Confidence and Credibility
• Anchoring Your Purpose and Central Idea
• Using Your Voice Effectively and Efficiently

• Presentations Styles

• The 4 Most Used Styles: Advantages and Disadvantages
• Specifying Purpose and Objective
• Creating Powerful Openers and Closings
• Using AIDA to Plan an Effective Presentation

• The Importance of Language

• The Importance of Choosing the Right Words
• Using Language Accurately and Clearly
• Using Language Vividly and Appropriately
• Building and Enhancing Credibility Through Language

• Use of Visual Aids

• The Various Types of Visual Aids
• Guidelines for Preparing and Presenting with Visual Aids
• When and How to Use Visual Aids

• Empowering Your Presentations with PowerPoint

• The Pluses and Minuses of PowerPoint
• Planning to Use PowerPoint
• Getting Started in PowerPoint
• Elements of PowerPoint Slides
• Delivering your Presentation with PowerPoint

• The Costly Practices of Bad PowerPoint
• The Moment of Truth Presenting

• Presentations of Participants
• Feedback and Critique