Strategies for Developing Effective Presentation Skills

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Detailed Overview/Outline

Develop your presentation skills to transform yourself from inexperienced speaker to skilled presenter!

In this three-day seminar, you’ll develop your presentation skills and learn how to present your ideas with conviction, control and poise—and without fear. You’ll gain the specific presentation skills and direction you need to become comfortable with your own style. And you’ll receive expert advice on how to handle especially challenging situations. Most important, you’ll gain presentation skills by making actual presentations.

Who Should Attend
This course is recommended for everyone who needs to develop their presentation skills, speak in front of groups or sell ideas to others and has little or no presentation experience.

Extras from AMA

Your presentations will be recorded for playback and review. You can track your presentation skills by seeing for yourself what comes across to an audience. It's a great way to get instant feedback and helpful recommendations. This recording is yours to keep.

HOW YOU WILL BENEFIT:

• Tailor your presentation to your audience
• Use relaxation techniques to overcome nervousness
• Learn how to project your voice and use pauses to dramatize your point
• Expertly handle difficult questions and situations
• Communicate with clarity and conviction
• Gain confidence in your presentation skills

WHAT YOU WILL COVER:
Balancing Verbal and Nonverbal Messages

• Practice nonverbal impact skills to reduce nervousness and to engage the attention of your listeners
• Make your content clearer and more memorable

• Create an audience profile and set presentation parameters
• Condense a speech outline into notes you can speak from

• Learn the benefits of rehearsing, adhering to a time frame and speaking from notes
• Reduce stress and speaker’s anxiety

• Describe the purpose of visual aids and support materials
• Identify tips for effective composition of visual content and speaker aids

• Explain the importance of the question-and-answer session
• Respond professionally to questions from the audience

• Describe the advantages and disadvantages of different room setups
• Be able to anticipate, avoid and handle equipment problems

Extended Description

Learning Objectives

• Tailor Your Presentation to Your Audience
• Use Relaxation Techniques to Overcome Nervousness
• Learn How to Project Your Voice and Use Pauses to Dramatize Your Point
• Expertly Handle Difficult Questions and Situations

Module 1: Balancing Verbal and Nonverbal Messages

• Explain the Need to Balance Style and Substance
• Identify the Importance of Nonverbal (Visual and Vocal) Messages
• Receive Feedback on the Nonverbal Messages You Send
• Practice Nonverbal Impact Skills to Reduce Nervousness and to Engage the Attention of Your Listeners
• Demonstrate How to Make Your Content Clearer and More Memorable by Incorporating Anecdotes, Analogies, Examples, and Quotes in Your Presentation
• Demonstrate How to Use Audience Participation Techniques

Module 2: Developing and Organizing Presentation Content

• Set Presentation Parameters
• Create an Audience Profile
• Tap into What You Already Know
• Identify What You Need to Find Out
• Structure Your Information
• Demonstrate How to Condense the Speech Outline into Notes You Can Speak From

Module 3: Preparing to Give the Presentation

• Explain the Benefits of Rehearsing, Adhering to Time Frame, and Speaking from Notes
• Demonstrate How to Reduce Stress and Speaker’s Anxiety

Module 4: Using Visual Aids and Support Materials

• Describe the Purpose of Visual Aids and Support Materials
• Distinguish among Visual Aids, Speaker’s Notes, and Audience Handouts
• Identify Tips for Effective Composition of Visual Content
• Describe the Criteria for Selection among the Many Types of Visual Aid Media
• Demonstrate Guidelines for Interacting with Visual Aids and Managing Handouts

Module 5: Handling Questions from the Audience

• Explain the Importance of the Question and Answer Session
• Demonstrate How to Respond Professionally to Questions from the Audience

Module 6: Managing the Presentation Environment

• Describe the Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Room Setups
• Be Able to Anticipate, Avoid, and Handle Equipment Problems
• Identify What Logistical Arrangements to Check
• Demonstrate How to Use Lecterns and Microphones Effectively

Exercises/Worksheets

• Self-Introduction Worksheet
• Prepared Presentation #1
• Setting Presentation Parameters Worksheet
• Audience Profile Worksheet
• Prepared Presentation #2

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Sponsor Background:
The American Management Association was founded in 1923. They have built a content control check into every one of their professional seminars. Plus a series of checks and balances to ensure that the content of every AMA seminar is precisely targeted to:

• provide comprehensive, hands-on training that is of practical use when you return to the job
• focus on need-to-know specifics, relevant to the demands of global business today
• offer the expertise and personalized attention of top-ranking instructors
• facilitate your career development and business savvy

Whether you're looking for a solid foundation of business fundamentals or strategies to help you seize growth opportunities for your company, AMA offers expert instruction to help you:

• manage your priorities effectively
• cultivate more productive working relationships
• increase your on-the-job value
• align your skills with marketplace demands
• bring out the best in people, processes and yourself

Cancellation and Refund Policy

If you cannot attend a seminar you may contact AMA in advance to transfer to a future session, or can send someone to take your place. If you need to cancel your attendance, AMA will give you a complete refund if you cancel more than three weeks before your seminar begins. To cancel, simply call. If you cancel with less than three weeks' notice, you will be liable for the entire seminar fee, however you may request a courtesy transfer to use at any future AMA seminar of equal or lesser value. The courtesy transfer must be used within one year of the date of your originally scheduled seminar. In fairness to all attendees, if you do not attend a seminar session for which you are confirmed, and do not cancel with a minimum of three weeks’ notice as described above, you will be charged the entire seminar fee.

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