Are you a management team that needs to sharpen your presentations for the town halll? Are you a research group that will speak at a conference? Are you a group of salespeople who want to improve your customer presentations? Then you should book our masterclass!

Target group

Work groups, a management groups, research groups or a more loosely composed group.

You’ll learn to

• make your message clear and relevant to your listeners
• structure your presentation more effectively
• give your presentation more confidently
• design good PowerPoint slides
• interact with your audience.

Why group training?

• you learn a lot from seeing others get feedback
• group training is cheaper than one-to-one
• if you will all be speaking at the same conference, it’s valuable to see what the others will be saying to avoid
• repetition and facilitate links and connections.

STEP 1: WebINAR

Short course in presentation techniques

UNDERSTANDING THE LISTENER • It’s all about knowing who you are talking to • How do we find out more about our listeners? • What can we deduce from the audience’s reaction?

A CLEAR MESSAGE • How do we make our message relevant to the people listening to it?

STRUCTURING THE PRESENTATION • How can we vary and adapt our material to different listeners? How can you structure a talk so it’s easy to change as you go along?

THE ROLE OF THE SPEAKER • Seeing yourself through the audience’s eyes • Isn’t being yourself enough?

PLANNING AND PREPARATION • How to go about preparing a presentation. • Working with a script • How to put together documentation

THE ART OF USING AIDS • How can we use computer presentation software effectively? • When does it make sense to use a whiteboard or flipchart?

STEP 2: IN PERSON/ONLINE TRAINING DAY

Workshop

PREPARED SPEECH, VERSION 1 • All participants deliver a speech that they prepared beforehand

FEEDBACK • After each talk, improvements are suggested to the speaker based on their chosen purpose and target group

PREPARATION • Participants have time to rework and edit their talk with the assistance of the course leader

TRAINING TIPS – How to train further?

STEP 3 (OPTIONAL): IN PERSON/ONLINE TRAINING DAY

Workshop

PREPARED PRESENTATION, VERSION 2 • Participants give the reworked version of their speech • Live coaching is given during the presentation • Everyone then gets feedback

PRESENCE – We take a closer look at one of the main stage techniques in theatre – how can we use it when presenting?

THE WAY FORWARD – What have we learnt?

 

Comments on the course

I really liked the way it was run with instant feedback. It means you really take in the skills you’re learning in a completely different way from other more traditional lectures on giving presentations 🙂

Just finished day three of communication with Erik – not only incredibly useful but the most fun I’ve had learning in a long time. Highly recommended.

 

Documentation

Cost includes a copy of our Speaker’s Cookbook

Preparations

Participants should bring with them a presentation they are working on. It’s fine if you only have an outline or a basic idea so far.