Advanced Presentation Skills

Making your presentations amazing

• The elements and attributes of excellent presentations
• The habits of brilliant presenters
• Lessons from TED presenters

Understanding the audience

• The audience journey – how to guide them
• Adapting your messages
• Keeping your audience’s attention
• Preparing for large audiences

Storytelling

• How to structure a story
• Breaking down barriers and persuading the audience
• Telling stories convincingly
• Engaging people emotionally

Presentation techniques

• Overcoming nerves
• Warming up
• What to do if it starts going wrong
• Conversations and involving the audience
• Responding to questions

Planning presentations

• Creating a structure that makes delivery effortless
• Crafting messages that fit the right formats
• Using visual subtex

Delivering complex messages

• How to analyse complex issues
• Identifying ways to simplify messages
• Pacing delivery for complete understanding
• Using visuals for clarification

Business presentations

• Speaking with authority in the boardroom
• Pitching, selling your idea and persuading people
• Clearly outlining strategic issues and proposals
• Presenting to senior-level people