This course shows participants how to present persuasively with professionalism, impact and style. It explores how words, body language and tone of voice combine to create a positive performance. It explains how to rehearse effectively. And it equips participants to handle questions with the poise and authority necessary for success.
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Module 1 (48 mins) Planning the Presentation
Thinking about the Presentation
Getting Started
Developing Key Messages
Module 2 (26 mins) Writing for Clarity and Impact
Structuring the Presentation
Bringing the Message Alive
Module 3 (41 mins) Getting and Keeping Attention
Compelling Openers and Closes
Creating Support Materials
Key Learning Outcomes
Once participants have completed this programme they will be able to systematically move from a written presentation to persuasive and polished delivery. Specifically they will learn how to:
- Use the 5 P’s: Pace, Pitch, Pause, Pronunciation and Power to improve their vocal delivery and
add interest to their voice. - Use effective story telling techniques to engage their audience and deliver their key messages
persuasively. - Look their best in front of an audience by paying attention to the way they look, analysing and rehearsing how the stand, gesture and move, and by handling support material with polish.
- Anticipate and handle the audience’s questions effectively and positively.
- Rehearse effectively in front of colleagues, asking for and incorporating their feedback.
Balance Learning Classroom Resource Packs have been designed to make it easy for trainers and line managers to deliver classroom sessions to help students develop skills and understanding. Each pack includes:
- A Workshop Guide
- Reproducible Student Handouts
- DVD or CD-Rom containing slides and video clips
For more information about our Classroom Resource Packs please click here.
The purpose of this workshop is to help participants feel confident to deliver a presentation professionally and powerfully. The workshop sessions are designed to help participants to develop their presentation delivery skills through constructive peer and trainer feedback, experiment with how they look and how they sound and to increase their confidence.
Sessions include:
- What Makes a Presentation Powerful?
- Your Performance: Rehearse, Rehearse, Rehearse!
- Improving Your Performance: Voice
- Improving Your Performance: Body Language
- Improving Your Performance: Handling Questions
- Improving Your Performance: Speak with Confidence
- Closing Session
Our unique three-step approach is the flexible blend of the above e-learning, CD-Rom or DVD learning with our dynamic classroom techniques and practical workplace activities. Our blended process is flexible and its components can be used in a variety of combinations.
This training blend can be scheduled and automated by our easy-to-use piece of software, The Balance Portal, which has an optional 360° feedback module. Alternatively, online components can be used within a SCORM compliant LMS.
During the Action activities, the emphasis is very much on helping the participant use opportunities within their normal working environment to implement their new knowledge and or skills. They will be building confidence outside the protected environment of the classroom sessions.
Participants are assigned Action Dimension™ Activities at regular intervals via email. This is the trainer’s opportunity to support the participants as they take the knowledge and skills they’ve learned and apply them to real workplace situations.
