course | Effective Presentation skills for Managers

Introduction:
 

• Importance of effective presentation skills for managers.
• How do effective presentation skills improve managers’ communication skills?

Understanding Your Audience:
 

• Your audience as a manager, who are they? What do they want?
• Different audiences’ needs for you to be drawn in.
• Step into your audience’s shoes and get a new perspective.

Identifying your presentation style? 
 

• Identifying your personal USP (Unique Presentation Style).
• Clarifying purpose and choosing an appropriate structure and strategy.

Tailoring your presentation to fit with your audience:
 

• The characteristics of the beginning, middle, and end of an effective presentation.
• The difference that makes the difference: Structure your presentation to intrigue and delight.
• Tips and tricks of writing effective content for presentations.
• How to define clear objectives and messages for your presentation?
• Identifying main points and supporting details.
• How to address potential concerns and questions? 
• The importance of using storytelling techniques.
• Your guide to avoid information overload.
• The golden rules of cognitive capacity.

Using Technology to Maximize Impact:
 

• What makes effective and inspiring visual aids?
• Present complex data using graphs and visuals.
• Working with different room layouts and handling microphones.
• Different tools to add diversity and interest to engage an audience.

The language of success:
 

• How to define your tone and pace.
• Tips and tricks to master verbal delivery.
• How and when to use silence.
• How to manage nervousness?
• Your guide to building self-confidence while presenting.
• Incorporate the techniques of great orators to engage and inspire.

Gaining Emphasis by using body Language
 

• Defining your image, impact, and presence.
• How to use your body to convey your message.
• Embedding gestures to boost your words.
• Using the space without pacing the floor.
• Adapting the right mental attitude to present powerfully.
• Practicing and refining verbal delivery skills.
• How to show your confidence as an expert in your field?

Master presenting as a manager (Workshop):
 

• What to do in the first 30 seconds?
• Opening strategies to grab attention.
• How to become comfortable in front of the group and camera.
• How to make a persuasive speech?
• Preparing for questions and handling difficult or tricky questions.
• Gaining confidence as a communicator and going off-script.
• Increasing your authority and credibility as an expert in your field.
• Make seemingly dry, factual information come to life through the power of stories and anecdotes.
• Encourage participation and interaction techniques.
• How to incorporate audience feedback?
• Tips and tricks to deal with difficult questions and objections.
• Handling resistance, set-backs and criticism.
• Providing thoughtful responses.
• How to use audience feedback to make effective decisions?
• Mentoring techniques while presenting.
• How to develop an action plan for continuous improvement in your future presentations?