Public Speaking Training:

Creating Compelling Speeches and Presentations

NTRODUCTION

This 5-day Public Speaking Training course will enable you to create presentations that get you noticed and further your career. After completing the course, you will be able to plan, structure and deliver professional presentations that engage audiences - or to coach someone who will be presenting to do so. You will learn how to write for others or to deliver persuasively to your audience.

This course will teach you how to : overcome fear of presenting by planning and rehearsing a professional presentation, develop body language to appear both confident and convincing and to focus on the audience and their needs.

Preparing a first-class presentation is a skill that anyone can learn. Creating a presentation is a process and we are going to explore the steps that make a winning presentation. Using knowledge from state-of-the art neuroscience, you will learn what captures attention and holds it. This Presentation Skills Training course is hands-on and provides you with opportunities to practice and refine the skills that you will be taught. You will be able to create the perfect presentation for every business occasion.

TRAINING OBJECTIVES

At the end of this training course, you will learn to:

• Design a top-class presentation
• Craft content to captivate your audience
• Orchestrate the delivery to be convincing
• Persuade the audience that your message is relevant
• Master your nerves and remain calm throughout

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Managers, executives or any professionals who need to be able to inform, convince or persuade clients or work colleagues. This Presentation Skills Training course is essential for anyone who has to speak in front of groups, sales people and for any employee who has to write speeches for someone else

This course is suitable to a wide range of professionals but will greatly benefit:

• Communications Professionals
• Account Managers
• Client Relationship Professionals
• Middle and Senior Managers
• Human Resource Professionals
• Salespeople

TRAINING OUTLINE

DAY 1 : Presentation Essentials

• The Anatomy of a Successful Presentation
• Establishing the brief
• Audience analysis and persona creation
• Researching your subject
• Structuring your thoughts
• Write your outline and seek feedback

DAY 2 : Preparing to Persuade

• The neuroscience of storytelling and memorability
• How to include storytelling throughout your presentations
• Powerful presentation openings
• Making data memorable
• Telling a story with pictures, graphs and charts
• Crafting a compelling call-to-action

DAY 3 : Structuring and Orchestration

• The presentation iceberg
• From plain narrative to the ‘dramatic arc’
• Structuring the story so that the audience can follow it – signposts
• Rehearsing the story to find its rhythm and the highs and lows
• Using feedback to improve the story and structure
• Rehearse, rehearse, rehearse to get your presentation notes right

DAY 4 : Making it Visual

• How to make the Perfect Slide Show
• How to Use Data and Visuals
• Building Transitions
• Virtual Presentation
• Orchestrating your body language and watching your audience

Handling Questions

DAY 5 : Delivery

• Dressing for Success
• Commanding the room and holding Attention
• Building Rapport
• Projection, Pitch, Rate and Gesture
• How to Appear Confident
• How to Handle Hostile Questions and Win Over Your Audience