Presentation Skills in English I
The “Presentation Skills” Course in English is designed for all, who need to present their plans or results of their work in front of a small group of listeners and want to work hard on their professional performance while presenting. The course is focused on eliminating disruptive elements in presenter‘s speech, learning how to structure a logical presentation, be convincing and eliminate or dissolve potential nervousness related to presenting.
Training Goals
- Develop presenter’s presentation skills and apply those skills effectively.
- Preparing of sample presentations (simple, logical, convincing).
- Teach participants how to attract their audience‘s attention and get convincing.
- Improve verbal and non-verbal part of a presentation.
Content
Preparing a presentation
- Presenting in front of a small group of listeners, setting goals of presentation, target
- group audience, approach analysis, preparing of contents, presentation structure–introduction, midpoint and conclusion.
Preparation and working with visual aids
- Rules how to prepare slides, working with multimedia data projector, flipchart, notes.
Verbal side of a presentation
- Avoiding word “I/me”, argumentation by benefits, various types of argumentation, questions and discussion, active listening.
Non-verbal aspects of a presentation
- Gesticulation, eye contact, body language, purpose of presenting while sitting, presenting
- while standing, how does target audience size influence the nonverbal part of presentation.
Convincing Presentation
- Presenting facts, rational appeal, involvement of feelings, emotional appeal.
Copying with stage-fright
- Practicing, breathing exercises and small tricks how to cope with stage-fright.
Presentation skills Training – Intensive video-training
Course Characteristics
Main focus of this Training Course is intensive video-training. Number of participants per course is limited (max 8). This course is available for participants with advanced command of English.