To overcome natural fears and hesitations when faced with an
international audience. To give participants the necessary skills
and techniques for concise and persuasive presentations.
To ensure efficient preparation and organization.
To develop a rapport with the audience and open a two way communication
channel.
To practise delivering the presentation in front of an audience.
PROGRAM
1 FIXING OBJECTIVES
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What messages do we
want to communicate ?
How are we going to communicate them ?
2 ANALYSING
THE AUDIENCE
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Who are they ?
Why are they here ?
What are their interests ?
How to get them interested, involved and reacting ?
Non-verbal communication - signals, eye contact ...
3 EFFECTIVE
PREPARATION
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Collect and select information
Create outlines and headings
Script the speech
Prepare prompts - notes, cue cards ...
4 VISUALS
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Draw up transparancies
for maximum impact
Practise reading and presenting numerical data - graphs and
charts, statistical trends, comparative surveys ...
Keep them clear, simple and relevant to the objectives
5 CLEAR
ORGANIZATION AND PRESENTATION OF THOUGHTS
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Practise linking points
and sequencing
Focus attention on key issues
Prepare the opening and closing of the presentation
Timing
6 ANTICIPATING
DIFFICULT QUESTIONS
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Ensuring a lively and
informative feedback session
Improvising answers
7 DEVELOPING
FLUENCY AND INTONATION
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Voice control
Emphasis and stress
Levels of formality
Linguistic accuracy
Participants will define
their own particular subjects for practice presentation sessions
with feedback using video and/or tape recorder.
