Course Overview: Effective Presentations play an important part in almost every area of work. Quite often it is how other people judge our effectiveness. Presenting & communicating well is just as vital outside the work environment.

The course provides the delegate with the basic skills of persuasive communication and how to build and deliver a presentation.

These skills will help them to express themselves more effectively, have more influence with their colleagues and appear more confident in front of others.

Course Objectives: 

	Practice skills, which allows you to project yourself with confidence, not only during presentations but also in your daily working environment.
	Research and build a presentation
	Understand the selection and use of the most suitable visual aids available to you
	Select and set up the correct environment for a presentation
	Develop effective questioning techniques
	Make the best use of your voice

Who should attend? Anyone who needs to prepare and deliver presentations and who may need to develop communication style and effectiveness further.

Duration: 1 day

	Research
	Establishing the Objectives
	Sources of Material
	Designing the Presentation
	Writing the Presentation
	Correct Emphasis
	Finding the correct Environment
	Types of Presentation Equipment
	Developing the Visual Aids

	Presentation Techniques
	Notes, Styles, No Barriers
	Approaches, Body Language

	Voice
	Rhythm, Speed, Volume, Pitch

	Questioning Techniques
	Open & Closed
	Question, Pause & Nominate
	Overcoming Objections

	Rapport Building
	Establishing and Retaining Control
	Staying Ahead
	Importance of Feedback

	Overcoming the Fear
	The Rationality of the Fear
	The Right Mental Approach
	Dealing with the Expert in the Audience

	Communication Style
	Increasing Personal Impact and Creditability
	Maximising Verbal and Visual Communication Skills