Presentation Skills Training
Dynamic Presentation Skills for the terrified
International professional speaker Sharon Connolly shares the insider tips to take you to the top with your presentations. Sharon is not only a professional world class speaker but she’s also an IT expert so as well as teaching you how to deliver a dynamic crowd pleasing presentation you’ll also learn how to create a slide deck that wows your audience and supports your message.
We promise NOT to video you, we promise NOT to embarrass you and make you practice on the course. We promise NOT to waste half the course making you watch the other participants present badly. What we DO promise to it pack in as many tips, tricks and secrets to being a great presenter as we possibly can. We promise this course is FUN!
Objectives
You’ll leave the course with the essential presenter’s knowledge toolkit. You’ll understand how to combat nerves, how to package your message, how to involve your audience to get rave testimonials every time. In addition you’ll know how to create presentations that professionally support your message.
Who should attend?
If the thought of giving a presentation of any type fills you with fear then this is the course for you. It is most suited to those with little or no presentation experience that want to quickly build a firm foundation and build the confidence to stand up and speak in any situation.
Outline
- Understanding why we are scared of presenting
- Proven techniques to combat nerves
- Confidence building essentials
- Preparing for the presentations
- The 10 essential questions most presenters fail to ask
- Gathering your material
- Structuring the presentation
- Planning timing and logistics
Delivery
- How to talk to differing levels of understanding or experience
- Using analogies and drawing on memorable images
- Structuring your presentation entrance and beginning
- Using humour
- Creating your own unique style
- Listening to others for tips and tricks
- Using anchoring and timelines
- The role of the icebreaker
- Handling difficult questions
Your personal presentation
- What you should wear
- Body Language essentials
- Exercises to improve your voice
Wrapping Up
- Closing with pizazz
- Adding extra value for participants
- Collecting info / testimonials
- Follow-up
PowerPoint fundamentals
- 8 PowerPoint blunders everyone makes that you never will !
- Understanding what makes impactful visuals
- Concepts of great design
- Creating your own templates
- Modifying the slide master
- Adding movie clips
- Sourcing professional images
- Running the PowerPoint presentation
At the end of the course you’ll get testimonials like these!
Sharon is the liveliest and coolest person I know in business she really knows how to put you at ease. I’ve worked with Sharon on TV programs and in Media since 2004. She is an absolute authority on her subject both internationally and locally.
Sharon really knows how to present and connect to a group. I hired her to work for me at a huge leadership convention in Singapore. I was so impressed I flew her to Amsterdam to deliver the same workshop when I know she then had offers to present in Poland and NewYork.
Simply awesome.
Sharon is one of those people who just instils confidence by virtue that her knowledge is unparalleled.
Sharon is a highly professional speaker with an engaging and friendly style that encourages audience participation. She takes particular care to tailor the presentation to the audience. I look forward to working with her again and again.
