Course description
This very practical workshop has a simple objective: to help you prepare, design and deliver memorable and high-quality presentations.
Upcoming start dates
Choose between 2 start dates
Suitability - Who should attend?
Outcome / Qualification etc.
- Use a proven, structured tool-kit when designing and developing presentations
- Benefit from short cuts and best practice when designing and using Powerpoint presentations
- Select the right information, examples, exercises and activities – and use them well
- Prepare and structure a presentation or session appropriate to the audience, and to best achieve your objectives
- Maintain audience or group interest
- Develop and practise presentation skills to improve your voice tone, speech power and body language
- Use practical methods to control nerves and anxiety – develop higher levels of confidence and credibility
- Command a room, hold attention and create a high impact
Training Course Content
1 Introduction
- Personal objectives
- Key messages and learning objectives of the workshop
2 Presentation skills
- What does good look like?
- Exercise: Characteristics of high/low impact presentations
- Presenting yourself as a ‘winner’
- The energy / attitude model
- Exercise: Being a winner
3 Preparation skills – eight steps to preparing a great presentation, plus Powerpoint tips
•The magic circle• How to ‘assume the role’ when presenting
• The eight steps
• Step 1 – develop your objectives
– The five questions that you must answer before preparing your presentation
– Defining your objectives and outcomes
– Creating a first draft
– Step 1 exercise
• Step 2 – analyse your audience
– Doing your homework: audience, event, venue
– Developing a pre-event check-list
– Methods and means for researching your audience
– Step 2 exercise
• Steps 3 and 4 – structure the main body of your presentation and state the main ideas
– Ways to structure your presentation for maximum impact
– Balancing and managing content and topics
– Organising your information: 6 options and methods
– Your ‘one main point’ and creating a 30-second summary
– Steps 3 and 4 exercises
• Step 5 – decide on supporting information, using the toolkit
– Making your case convincing: ways to support your claims
– Selecting and using relevant and interesting examples
– Quotes, case studies and printed material
– Presenting statistics, tables and graphs
– Ways of maintaining visual interest
– Transitions and links, creating a ‘golden thread’
– Step 5 exercise: Creating compelling stories and anecdotes
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• Step 6 – create an effective ‘opening’
– Claiming the stage and creating a good first impression
– The three most powerful ways of opening a presentation
– The five elements of a strong opening
– Step 6 exercise: Participants work individually to prepare an opening, focusing on
personal introduction, and then deliver to the group, with structured feedback
• Step 7 – develop transitions
– Step 7 exercise / examples
• Step 8 – create an effective close
– Signalling and sign-posting; the importance of, and how to do it effectively
– Five ways to close a presentation successfully
– Step 8 exercise / examples
• Presentation design and Powerpoint
– An interactive review of participants’ own real-life past presentations and advanced tips
and techniques on using Powerpoint effectively
4 Facilitation skills
- The three main types of group activity – triads, teams and main group
- How to select the right activity, define the objectives, set it up and run the debrief
- Using energisers – with examples
- Exercise: Dealing with ‘difficult’ behaviours
- Exercise: Working in triads, design and deliver
5 Tips and tricks: presentation and facilitation
- 10 reasons why facilitation fails
- Five golden rules for success
- Defining the session goals and the facilitation plan
- Open and closed questions – why and when to use
- Using a ‘car park’ to manage unresolved issues
- Using AV aids – tips and tricks
- Exercises: Including participants working in pairs to prepare a short section form of one of their own presentations
6 Putting it all together
- Summary of key learning points
- Action plan
Course delivery details
Each element of the course includes:
- High-quality training presentation
- Group exercises and team activities
- High degree of participation and interaction
The course includes regular discussion, planning and other practical exercises to develop and practice the skills and methods presented. Presentation and exercises will be tailored to specific situations from participants’ work. The style is up-beat and motivational.
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