- Set a clear and specific goal for your presentation.
- Analyze your audience to determine their needs and wants.
- Generate key ideas to shape the content of your presentation.
- Write a presentation that is tailored to your audience.
- Reinforce your presentation with supporting material.
- Create powerful visual aids to add impact to your presentation.
- Organize the logistics of your presentation.
- Practice delivering an impressive presentation.
- Use proper language to make your message more credible.
- Enhance your vocal skills to engage your audience.
- Use gestures, facial expressions, and movement to enhance your delivery.
- Prepare yourself to handle even the toughest question-and-answer session.
- Handle challenging comments and difficult situations.
- Evaluate the success of your presentation.
This workshop is not only for trainers. Whether you’re presenting to senior management, making a sales presentation, giving a speech, or speaking at a meeting, this workshop provides the key skills and confidence to guarantee your success.
Plan
- A simple 5-step presentation process.
- How to plan a successful presentation every time.
- 18 key questions to ask the host of the presentation.
- A structured worksheet to gather the most relevant information about your audience.
- 10 quick tips for approaching different types of audiences.
- A variety of proven methods to generate ideas for the content of your presentation.
- How to organize your ideas to shape a compelling message.
- A step-by-step worksheet to plan the critical aspects of your presentation.
Write
- How to consistently write the most engaging and professional presentations.
- The 3 fundamental components of a strong presentation.
- How to write a catchy opening to hook your audience and hold its attention.
- How to craft and convey the heart of your message.
- 7 powerful techniques to reinforce your key speaking points.
- 9 transition techniques to create a smooth flow between key points.
- How to write a memorable closing that will move your audience to action.
- A practical worksheet to summarize the key components of your presentation. It’s so simple, you’ll want to use it for all types of presentations.
- When to use visual aids to reinforce your spoken words.
- Step-by-step procedures for creating effective multimedia presentations, flipcharts, and handouts.
Prepare
- How to prepare all the little details to avoid unforeseen mishaps and dreaded disasters.
- A detailed checklist to ensure that you have covered all the bases before your presentation.
- A fail-safe presenter’s emergency kit.
- The 10 best seating arrangements to maximize visibility for either large or small groups.
- A list of 12 useful reminders to avoid problems when traveling.
- 9 preventive measures to foil any potential catastrophes.
- How to create "cheat sheets" to jog your memory as you speak.
- 12 tips to groom and dress yourself for success.
- 8 rehearsal techniques to eliminate nervousness and anxiety.
Deliver
- How to apply a 6-step presentation flow to all types of presentations.
- How to enhance your speaking skills so that you’ll sound like a pro.
- How to avoid the most common speaking errors.
- Tips for finding the real power in your voice.
- 9 simple yet effective exercises to enhance your vocal variety.
- How to use eye contact, gestures, facial expressions, and movement to focus attention.
- How to avoid over 30 distracting habits that can have a negative impact on your presentation.
- How to grab and hold audience interest.
- How to incorporate visual aids into a smooth delivery.
- How to anticipate tricky questions.
- 4 proven techniques for generating questions from your audience.
- The 4-step S.K.I.L. method for answering questions clearly and tactfully.
- Over 20 strategies for handling challenging questions with confidence.
- How to keep your cool when dealing with a hostile questioner.
- Over 35 strategies for dealing with difficult people.
- The top 10 ways to recover when you start to lose your audience.
- How to deliver a credible presentation, even when you’re caught unprepared.
Evaluate
- How to get specific, tangible feedback so that you can constantly refine your skills.
- 3 practical methods for gathering feedback on your presentation.
- A simple yet thorough evaluation form to gauge audience reactions.
- 70 criteria for conducting a thorough self-assessment.
- Over 30 possible questions for soliciting concrete feedback from peers.
- 10 best practices for developing effective self-coaching strategies.
All the worksheets, checklists, and forms in Microsoft® Word template format. Simply download them from your personal My Langevin website.
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