Making Presentations & Public Speaking
COURSE DURATION
Face to face: 3 days
COURSE OBJECTIVE
This three (3) day course describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to deliver presentations effectively, as well as the ability to speak in front of a public audience with impact. Upon completion, participants will have a thorough understanding of principles of effective presentations, able to prepare themselves mentally and materially for important presentations and public speaking, as well as seek feedback in order to continually develop their skills.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
- Understand the principles of effective presentations and presentation skills development
- Conduct mental and actual preparation for different types of presentations
- Develop presentation tailoring techniques
- Collect relevant data and information to suit target audience
- Deliver complex information effectively using impactful slides
- Effectively manage time and organise presentation topics
- Use verbal and non-verbal communication techniques effectively
BENEFITS
- Develop effective presentation and public speaking techniques
- Understand the principles of effective presentations
- Manage nerves and anxiety in delivering presentations and speeches
- Identify, develop and implement personal standards
- Use feedback gathered from audience and stakeholders to continually improve skills
TOPICS
- Effective presentation skills development
- Mental and actual preparation
- Understanding your audience
- Presentation strategies
- Characteristics of a charismatic public speaker
- Managing nerves and anxiety
- Time and content management
- Planning and prioritising topics
- Design and development of presentation slides
- Speaking with impact
- Positive visualisation and preparation
- Verbal and non-verbal communication techniques
PROGRAM OUTLINE
Day 1
Principles of Effective Presentations
- Principles of presentations and frameworks
- The power of stories, graphs and colour
- Tapping into the five senses
- Mental and actual preparation of relevant techniques to put you in the right frame of mind
- Characteristics and competency levels of the target audience
- 7 principles of adult learning
- Gathering relevant information
- Identify, develop and implement personal standards
Day 2
Public Speaking Styles, Skills and Preparation
- Developing strategies, formal and delivery methods
- Boardroom presentations VS discussion panels
- Keynote speeches VS conference presentations
- Content management and structure
- Slides with impact – layout, consistency and design
- Public speaking – now and then
- Story tellers and orators
- Dealing with anxiety
Day 3
Communication Techniques and Managing Feedback
- The power of positive visualisation and preparation
- Schulz von Thun’s communication model
- Language, tonality, pace and non-verbal communication
- Session planning and time management
- Seeking feedback and reaction from participants and stakeholders
- Personal preparation
- Presentation skills – practice
- Personal reflection
Activities, discussions and presentations throughout the module
Delivery Format
- Role plays and group activities
- Videos
- Experiential learning
- Templates and checklists
