This very practical workshop has a simple objective: to help you prepare, design
and deliver memorable and high-quality presentations.
This programme will help you:
* 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
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