Advanced Presentation Skills

This advanced presentation skills course is for people who have considerable experience delivering presentation and for those who would like to fine-tune their presentation style

Develop and refresh current presentation skills
Move to a higher level of presenting
How to use voice, eye contact, body language and movements to involve your audience and convey self-confidence
Plan, develop and organize presentation content
Tailor content and delivery for different audiences
Become an expert in handling Q & A sessions
Master delivering different types of presentations
Understand how to incorporate storytelling into a presentation
Learn how to use audio-visual aids for maximum impact
Maximize the latest technologies to develop professional caliber presentions

QUALITIES OF GOOD AND BAD PRESENTERS

COMPARE FAMOUS PRESENTER’S PRESENTATION STYLES
• Introduction
• Body Language
• Enthusiasm
• Voice: Intonation/Volume
• Hand Gestures/Movement
• Eye Contact
• Use and quality of Visual aids

MAXIMIZING USE OF THE VOICE
• Volume
• Intonation/pitch/stress
• Rate/speed
• Pausing
• Pronunciation

DEVELOPING POWERFUL BODY LANGUAGE
• Eye contact
• Hand gestures
• Movement
• Posture
• Facial expressions

PLAN AND ORGANIZE CONTENT FOR CLARITY AND IMPACT
• Customize presentation for intended audience
• Brainstorming and mind mapping techniques for planning presentations
• Optimize opening and closing statements
• Make key information memorable
• Adjust detail and technical levels for various listeners
• Ensure clarity of key information

MANAGE AUDIENCE INTERACTION
• Cultivate/encourage interaction
• Handle difficult questions and challenges
• Stay on track and reinforce key messages
• Defuse hostility
• Generate energy, emotion & enthusiasm
• Dealing with difficult audience members
o The Heckler
o The Talker/Know All
o The Griper
o The Whisperers

INFORMATIVE AND PERSUASIVE PRESENTATIONS
• Differences and similarities between a informative and persuasive presentation

DELIVERING POWERFUL PERSUASIVE PRESENTATIONS
• Analyze your audience
• How to communicate persuasively
• Key steps of a persuasive presentation
• Change your presentation to match your goal
• Key Elements of a persuasive presentation
– Highlight problems-offer solutions
– Audience Benefits
– Emotion – tap into audience’s emotions
– Develop trust
– Action step

STORYTELLING IN BUSINESS PRESENTATIONS
• What is business storytelling
• Why do you need to tell a story
• How storytelling can help your business presentations
• How to use your own stories to communicate with power impact

STORYTELLING MODEL
• Characters
• Conflict
• Cure
• Change
• Carry-out Message

IDENTIFY AND USE DIFFERENT TYPES OF STORIES IN PRESENTATIONS

STORYTELLING TIPS FOR BUSINESS PRESENTATIONS

DESIGNING VISUALS FOR MAXIMUM IMPACT
• Pictures speak a thousand words
• Use visual aids to support words
• Use less words in slides
• Keep simple and clear
• Using charts and graphs

DESIGNING VISUALS FOR MAXIMUM IMPACT
• Tell stories and provoke emotional responses
• Communicate with less
• Break the monotony
• Tips for using video

LEARNING TOOLS

K.I.S.S Model
Presentation secrets of Steve Jobs
Key elements of a persuasive presentation
May’s audience model
Presentation Zen model
Storytelling secrets