Fearless Presentations

How to Gain Credibility as a Professional Presenter
Feb 6 - 8 , 2006 @ Retford, Notts.

Delegate Fee: £975.00 + VAT

Introduction

Previous delegates often say that this Presenting Master Class was the one they had the most fun on. Yes…This is a fun presenting master class. It ‘has’ to be, when you consider the trauma that most people go through, when they’re asked to make a presentation, or a public speech.

Do you go weak at the knees when you have to give a presentation or speech? Well you’re not alone, according to research the number one fear amongst people is ‘Public Speaking’.

In this Master Class you’ll learn how to:

• Overcome shyness and insecurity when presenting to others.

• Develop an interesting voice.

• Create a great ‘First Impression’.

• Read body language signals to attract people to you and help you notice when your audience is losing interest or becoming negative.

• Put everything together to create really ‘DYNAMIC’ presentations.

Who should attend?

Directors, Executives, Managers, Sales People, Supervisors, Team Leaders and anyone who has to make a presentation to as little as one person, to even a speech in front of thousands of people.

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Master Class objectives - Participants attending this Presenting Master Class will:

• Plan, create and develop an effective presentation.

• Understand how to find what their audience wants.

• Recognise the effect of and proper use of their own body language.

• Recognise the body language of the audience and be able to react or adapt to it.

• Understand their strengths and weaknesses when presenting.

• Eliminate many if not all of those weaknesses.

• Become an interesting speaker.

• Be able to deliver an effective presentation.

• Handle hecklers and interruptions.

• Use prompters so your presentation has a greater impact on your audience.

Training style

Participants will learn by active participation during the presenting master class through the use of exercises, questionnaires, syndicate and group discussion and discussions on "real life" issues in their organisations. The only way to overcome the fear of presenting to an audience, is to get up and practice it, in front of other people. Practice makes you feel more comfortable and our trainer will help you feel more comfortable. Our trainer is a professional motivational speaker, who’s spoken publicly in front of thousands of people. He’ll take you through the ‘pain’ barrier and show you how anyone can become a speaker to be admired. His style of critique is such that thousands of people give testimony to the fun they had whilst learning how to present with him.

Master Class summary

This workshop is highly interactive. As well as tips, techniques and strategies, we’ll also show you how to use them for maximum impact and how to apply them to your situation.

The first day starts with the understanding of the structure of a presentation. The rest of the seminar concentrates on the mechanics of the presentation. Everyone gets involved. It’s very interactive, and a lot of fun, designed to take away the fear of presenting, to take you to a higher level of presentation skills.

Delegates are judged, by each other in the following disciplines.

• Start content interest.

• The words they use - 3 categories.

• Voice interest-7 categories.

• Body language - 4 categories.

• Audience eye contact.

• Handling of notes.

• Use of visual aids.

• Timing.

• Middle content interest.

• End content interest.

• Overall interest.

Having run this master class with hundreds of people, from CEO level down, the one area that has always needed improvement, is the presentation of benefits…WIIFM…"What’s in it for me."

The presentation is all about the message. We have a tremendous amount of experience in this area. Add to this our wealth of body language, behavioural and communications skills, and you get a recipe for successful professional presentations. By the time delegates leave, they are more confident, have better presentation skills and have improvement in their presentation material.

Presenting Master Class outline

DAY 1 -

• Overcoming fear.

• Overcoming anxiety.

• How to gain confidence.

• Qualities and needs of a Powerful Presenter.

• Preparation.

• The beginning.

• The end.

• The middle.

• Presenter’s notes.

• Where are you going to stand?

• Practice.

• Delivery.

• Questions and answers.

• Body Language – You.

• Body Language – The audience.

• Practical presentation exercises.

DAY 2 –

• Dealing with difficult people.

• Visual aids.

• Audio aids.

• Venues and layouts.

• Presenting around a table.

• Box of presenter’s aids.

• Dates.

• Checklist.Ready, steady, go!

• Practical presentation exercises.

DAY 3 –

• Practical presentation exercises.