Overview
Effective speaking is a powerful tool to get things done. No matter how clever an idea or impressive a product or service, a potential customer first has to be encouraged to believe in what’s on offer. And an effective presentation can often make the difference between success or failure.

Presentations occur in every aspect of life and can cover a whole gamut of different situations. But to see the way some businesses run, you’d think that the last thing they really want to do is to communicate with their customers.

But even outside the heady realms of big business, being able to present effectively is one of life’s skills that can play a large part in our personal development, in our relationships with other people, and, of course, in how successful we are – however we decide to define that word ‘success’.

One way in which individuals are evaluated for leadership roles is by assessing their ability to communicate effectively and clearly to an audience. This is because a leader or manager has constantly to communicate to his team the bigger picture, the tasks at hand, the challenges that are being faced; and the inability of a leader to convey clearly and effectively a certain message could be the difference between meeting goals and targets and not being able to do so.

Of course, the giving of formal presentations is only part of the picture. Presentations come in many other ‘flavours’ as well. Simply holding meetings, or pitching to customers or potential clients - even motivating a team requires these essential skills.  Many business people spend a great deal of their working day attending one meeting after another and their ability to present their ideas is a crucial element of their success – or lack to it!

This practical course is a pull together of many of the techniques that have been proven time and again to work. It looks at many of the problem areas that are faced by so many and at ways of overcoming the seemingly insurmountable hurdles.

Aimed at:
Anyone who has to give presentations in the course of their work and wants to learn some of the techniques for making them effective and memorable - for all the right reasons!

2 Day Course

• Why Presentation Skills are so necessary
• What do you want to achieve?
• Putting together a presentation
• Making the best use of scripts and notes
• Adding flavour to the presentation to make it more nteresting
• The best way to prepare for a presentation
• Final preparations before the presentation itself
• Techniques for engaging the audience
• Handling questions during and after the presentation
• Being prepared for problems
• Practical workshop sessions