Presentation Skills

Maximise your presenting and public speaking skills

Do you want to:

• Sell your ideas or services to decision-makers?
• Run training programmes that inspire your audience?
• Be confident and effective in front of any size of group?

At some point in our lives we will need to present either information or ourselves in a powerful and impactful manner. Whether you work for an organisation, are self employed or involved in the community, you may well need to address an audience. Your audience may consist of two people or a thousand; whatever the size, your role is to communicate your message effectively and confidently in order to inform, influence or inspire!

The Powerful Presenting programme will build upon your existing communication and influencing skills and introduce you to leading edge techniques that will help you to produce outstanding results.

WHO IS THE COURSE FOR?

Anyone who needs to present information and influence others in a powerful and compelling way. There are many situations in which we need to present:

• As leaders to inspire and motivate others
• As managers to stimulate and challenge your staff
• As senior employees or consultants to influence Senior Management Team & Board Level decisions
• As team members to plan, monitor and review the progress of a project
• As trainers to give information in a way that is most easily taken in – and acted upon – by your delegates.

In addition, presenting is a means to demonstrate your diverse skills or showcase your service offering. It is important to remember that the most important aspect of effective communication is your audience’s response to your message, i.e. how it ‘comes across’ to them – how they feel, think and act.

To this end:

• How do you wish to be perceived? – As a capable trainer, manager, leader, entrepreneur, friend or expert?
• How will others’ ‘hear’ what you have to say? – Do you have a structure and a theme? Will they be motivated to   ‘buy in’ to your proposal?
• How self-aware are you? – Do you inspire confidence?

WHAT WILL I LEARN DURING THE POWERFUL PRESENTING PROGRAMME?

You will learn how to:

• Present yourself and your message with confidence and poise, eliminating anxiety and fear
• Structure your information so that it appeals to different individual’s preferred learning and communication styles
• Develop charisma and presence
• Use the stage or speaking area as a valuable ally
• Deal with difficult people and other distractions
• Classify questions and know precisely how to formulate, and deliver, effective answers
• Use metaphors and anecdotes to highlight your message
• Maintain the energy and attention levels within the room

HOW IS THE POWERFUL PRESENTING PROGRAMME STRUCTURED?

This three-day programme guides you through an evidence-based, highly structured and robust process that you can use in any setting to obtain outstanding results. The emphasis is both on learning new models and techniques and actually practicing them in meticulously explained and observed role plays and mini-presentations. Using this proven approach, you will find yourself using some of these sophisticated techniques without being fully aware of them!

WHO IS THE POWERFUL PRESENTING PROGRAMME RUN BY?

The programme is run by Richard Lewis who is an Internationally renowned speaker and trainer. Richard has been designing, delivering and presenting talks and training programmes covering subjects as diverse as ancient history, medical science, Jungian Psychology and NLP. He has held 3 directoral positions over the years and is a Certified Trainer of NLP. He was formerly a Disease Management Consultant, Lecturer on the MBA programme at Henley Management College and an ordained Minister of Religion.

WHAT IF I ATTEND THE POWERFUL PRESENTING PROGRAMME, WHAT HAPPENS THEN?

Think about a time, a specific time in the future when you will be presenting. Just imagine – right now – that you are in the process of delivering that important presentation ..… As you look at your audience, you feel confident and grounded and sense that they are totally with you and responsive of your every suggestion. Notice the effortless dance of rapport you are engaged in with them. You are handling questions and challenges effectively and gracefully. And as you move to your conclusion, you become aware of their approving glances and smiles of satisfaction – and hear their positive comments. You then know you have Presented Powerfully!

This programme is currently available as an 'inhouse' course only. Please phone for details.