INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATION SKILLS

Introduction and overview
Characteristics of outstanding presentations
Creating a framework for success
Making a positive impact on your audience
Enhance your confidence as a presenter
Developing key presentation skills
Attention-getting openings and compelling closings:
creating a winning impression
capturing the audience
Improving your personal presentation tools:
enhancing vocal delivery
making eye contact
adding positive body language
Communication modes:
visual
auditory
kinesthetic
matching communication modes to audience learning styles
multimodal presentation techniques
Building an effective presentation
The construction and design process:
setting objectives
matching purpose and point to the audience
creating the storyboard model
Mindmapping as a presentation design tool:
rapidly capturing presentation ideas
structuring content for clarity
converting mindmaps into presentations
Shaping the presentation:
applying learning theory for optimal information transfer
volume vs. retention
Design high-impact slides:
making text, colour and graphics work together
limiting content to increase effect
employing information graphics to simplify complex data
Communicating the main points
Preparing to present with confidence:
identifying the key points
constructing the narrative by linking the key points
reducing your dependency on speaker notes
Applying high-retention techniques in your presentation:
starting powerfully
linking content to increase impact
the power of the unexpected
Making your message “stick”:
increasing information recall
emphasizing content with visual reinforcement techniques
the power of repetition
when to use handouts for maximum impact
closing the loop: checking for audience comprehension
Adding interactivity to your presentations
Audience-centered delivery:
benefits of audience feedback
Increasing audience involvement
establishing two-way communication
combating passive listening
Energizing presentations with questions:
choosing questions: rhetorical, group or targeted
leveraging questions to achieve the impact you want
turning your main point into questions
structuring questions to involve the entire audience
Handling audience interaction:
rewarding responses
managing questions from the audience
keeping to your timeline