Mastering Powerful Presentations

Sample Programme

This in-house programme is highly practical and business focused where participants will learn the fundamentals of making powerful, persuasive and influential business presentations

The fundamentals of communications

• Understanding how people receive and interpret information
• Recognising ‘where people listen from!’
• Recognising the need to manage the message to suit the person
• Understanding your preferences in communicating

Getting in-shape mentally

• Adopting the right mind-set
• Confronting the negative internal dialogue and self-talk
  • The why I can’t present demons!!!

• Overcoming the ‘But I can’t act’ syndrome!
• Acting or making the best of the assets you have?
• Looking them in the eye and smiling!
• Moving to action – I have all the assets required to make wonderfully professional and powerful presentations
• The ‘making movies is fun’ analogy

Getting ready – planning the ‘theatre’ piece

• What’s the deal
• Who’s the audience? – what are they coming for?
• What’s the budget and resources?
• Addressing the ‘Is it worth the investment question?’
• Brainstorming – from the Hollywood blockbuster to the low budget concept
• Releasing the creative juices
• Storyboarding the themes and ideas – making them think, laugh and cry
• Back to earth and ‘destruction testing’ the concept for real effect
• Applying the power of simplicity
• Being professional and stunning

The easy bits – that everyone knows about

• The opening, middle and end
• How to handle the transition between the boring and exciting bits

The props department

• Costumes – dress and other distractions
• Planning the action scenes
• Technical props – laptop, OHP, flip charts
• Avoiding death by a thousand bullet points
• Visualisation and demonstration techniques – harnessing the creative dimension
• Injecting colour and erasing the black and white
• Avoiding the ‘stiff suit’ syndrome – the use and abuse of notes

The coaching department

• The drama class – harnessing your natural assets and removing the distractions
• Recognising the power of your physiology
• Seeing how you move – the autobiography of your life
• Where you bend in your body!
• The power of congruence in your communications
• Removing your distractions and irritating habits
• The power of tonality – understanding pace, tone, timbre
• Making adrenaline work for you

The audience

• Getting them onside – being authentic
• The disclosure technique
• The secret box of proven engagement strategies
• Avoiding the ‘Bull Trap!’
• Planning ahead and dealing with any trouble makers
• Thinking the unthinkable
• Thriving on the day

The final rehearsal

• Checking the auditorium
• Taking control of the environment – stage setting
• Being proactive and taking action
• Check, check and check again

The world premiere

• Final checks
• Getting ready – harnessing the adrenaline
• Action
  • A warm welcome!
  • Hitting all the spots
  • Enjoying the momentum
  • Seam-less integration

• The big close – no loss of energy
• Enjoying the applause