Courses

Creating high impact presentations

General duration

2 days

Target group

Delivering presentations is one of the most challenging tasks for a staff member. They get nervous at the thought of presenting and 80% of people rate it for more fearful than death. This program is wholly designed to give staff the confidence to present through structure and personal techniques. Participants will have three opportunities to present with one-15 minute presentations recorded on DVD for personal analysis. This course will be a positive experience for all participants.

Learning objectives

At the completion of this course participants should be able to deliver a short presentation in an engaging manner.

Course content

Introduction 

• What makes a good presentation and poor presentation 
  • Steak
  • Sizzle
  • Spice
• The difference between a presentation and a training course

The steps involved in preparing for a presentation
 

1. Identification of a topic
2. Development of an aim
3. Audience analysis
4. Researching content
5. Preparing support material
6. Delivery
7. Evaluation

 

Steps 1-4
 

• The power of an AIM statement
• Identifying sources of information for content
• Spidergram to prepare content flow
• Linking content to the ‘aim’ and audience analysis
• Inserting the content into a session plan structure
• Opening with impact
• Closing with impact

• What is an audience analysis 
  • Why do we need to do one?
  • Conducting an audience analysis

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  • Intro
  • Body
  • Conclusion/call for action

Steps 5-7 

• Analysis of audience retention rates
• The poor concentration rates of adults
• The poor listening skills of an adult
• The poor retention

Session design:
 

• Visuals
• Involvement
• Questions
• Props
• Discussions
• Anecdotes
• Relevant examples
• Re-learning important points

 

Personal qualities:
 

• Voice modulation and projection
• Movement
• Stance
• Eye contact with all audience members
• Facial expressions
• Passion for the topic

 

Qualities of effective Powerpoint slides
 

• The impact of colour
• Current research on Powerpoint slides

• Using Powerpoint slides
• Incorporating handouts
• Using props and models

Dealing with Nerves 

• The positive and negative impact nerves can have on our performance
• What creates the nerves?
• Nervous mannerisms
• What happens to our body when we get nervous?
• Minimising the negative impact of nerves:

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  • Deep breathing
  • Positive visioning
  • Exercise
  • Spotting

 

Dealing with difficult audience bahaviour

• The talkers
• The arguers
• The disengaged
• The mobile phone users
• The late comers

Anticipating negativity 

• Forcefield analysis to anticipate and prepare for negativity

 

Persuasive presentations
 

• Using adjectives and adverbs to make the presentation more persuasive

 

Major learnings
 
Three take-aways