Consider some challenges: Persuading customers
to buy a new product. Getting employees to embrace a major change initiative. Urging competitors to engage in a collaborative venture. This training empowers and enables you to speak more effectively and confidently before groups, peers, news media, boards and committees. Or in high-pressure situations.
Plan & Organize Professional Presentations
Create & Maintain a Positive Impression
Be Natural & Relaxed when Making Presentations
Communicate Ideas with Clarity & Force
Persuade the Audience with Supporting Facts & Examples
Present New or Difficult Material
Urge the Audience to Action
Prepare for an Interview
Analyze Videotaped Presentations
Use the Latest Technology
Lead Effective Q & A
Optimize Pressure

High Impact Presentations — Overview

Key Result Areas
• Opening and Closing Presentations More Effectively
• Establishing a Rapport with an Audience Immediately
• Using Evidence and Visuals to Create Believability and to Convince
• Utilizing Question and Answer Periods More Fully
• Organizing Presentation Content More Effectively
• Explaining Points with More Clarity
• Measuring Effectiveness Based on Audience Response
• Becoming More Convincing
• Identifying Outward Mannerisms that Assist or Detract
• Working Effectively Within Time Limits
• Addressing Specific Audiences
• Motivating and Inspiring an Audience to Action
• Competing for Audience Attention
• Using the long and Short Answer More Effectively
• Developing More Natural, Relaxed Movements
• Identifying a Pleasing Appearance
• Handling Challenging or Hostile Questions from the Media (and Others) with Poise
• Developing the Poise and Self-Confidence to Address a Group of Any Size
• Improving Your Reading Techniques from a Prepared Text
• Responding to Formal Interviews with Ease

Training Areas Covered
Different types of presentations you will make:
• Creating a Positive First Impression
• Representing Your Organization
• Presenting Complex Information
• Communicating with Greater Impact
• Motivating Others to Action
• Responding to Pressure Situations
• Inspiring People to Embrace Change

Resources & additional material to cover, incorporate and review:
• Planning a Presentation
• Opening a Presentation
• Message
• Use of Evidence
• Closing a Presentation
• Visuals
• Question & Answer
• Interviews
• Introducing and Thanking a Speaker
• Presentation Worksheet
• Bibliography

Course Objectives
Plan and Organize Professional Presentations
• Develop more effective openings and closings
• Organize thoughts and materials more effectively
• Build more credibility through use of evidence and visuals

Create and Maintain a Positive Impression
• Present a pleasing appearance — voice and body language
• Build rapport with an audience
• Develop the ability to work with challenging audiences

Be More Natural and Relaxed when Making Presentations
• Communicate with an increased level of self-confidence
• Become more flexible and interesting as a presenter
• View myself as a competent presenter

Communicate Ideas with Clarity and Force
• Speak more clearly and concisely
• Develop the ability to make written text come alive
• Speak with conviction

Sell Ideas and Inspire Others
• Motivate a group to take specific action
• Capitalize on challenging questions and answer sessions
• Use information to sell an idea