Presentation Skills - Expert 1 Day Training in Los Angeles, CA

Our classroom training provides you the opportunity to interact with instructors and benefit from face-to-face instruction.

Course Overview:

In today’s professional world many skills are overlooked as a “given”. Individuals are expected to perform in their field of expertise and it is assumed that includes excellent interpersonal, presentation and communication skills. Unfortunately this is not the norm. Presentations Skills can be developed over time by exposure, but without proper guidance and advice, we risk developing pitfalls that may unconsciously end up being inappropriate for the desired outcome; engaging, entertaining, educating the audience, or gaining buy-in for an idea or project.

In this course participants will be exposed to a series of tailor made improvement points that will help in mastering presentation and communication skills.

Target Audience:

• Managers
• Sales Executives
• Business People
• Team Leaders

Learning Objectives:

At the end of this course, you will be able to:

• Master your presentation skills
• Manage silence
• Be an articulate and accurate reader
• Understand how to be natural even by reading a script or notes
• Develop an outline that makes sense
• Use presentation technologies such as a teleprompter
• Be aware of body language and read your audience
• Be effective in allocating time for impact
• Put thoughts in writing with a goal in mind, prioritizing key ideas and messages.
• Develop valuable skills, including reading, analyzing and organizing information.
• Handle audiences, conversing, eye contact, answering questions, remembering, showing and transmitting enthusiasm, appearance, poise, choice of words, express conviction, repetition, and more.

Prerequisites:

You must have participated in the Presentation Skills-Professional training

Course Materials:

Students will receive a course manual with presentation slides and reference materials.

Examination:

There is no exam for this course.

Technical Requirements:

For eBooks:

Internet for downloading the eBook

Laptop, tablet, Smartphone, eReader (No Kindle)

Adobe DRM supported software (e.g. Digital Editions, Bluefire Reader)

eBook download and activation instructions

Agenda:

Before we Begin

• Welcome / Introductions
• Purpose / Inspiration
• Course dynamics
• Self evaluation on Advanced Presentation skills knowledge - Class discussion

Becoming an Inspiring Speaker

• Exercise/Role play: Silence
• Accurate Reading
• Video: Isabel Allende - Tales of Passion
• Exercise: Words clearly spoken
• SSSAP - Set, Support, Sequence, Access and Polish Concept
• Naturalness
• Use of the outline
• Logical development of material
• Extemporaneous delivery
• Accurately timed, properly proportioned
• Exercise: Using a teleprompter without showing you are reading
• Activity: Audience analysis
• Video: Your body language shapes who you are
• Exercise: The final presentation
• EXTRAS

Activities (Optional)

• Option 1: Simulation Game
• Option 2: Videos, activities and discussions
• Option 3: Special assignments - live presentations

Conclusions (Optional)

• Wrap up
• Self Assessment
• Feedback Form
• Closing Remarks