Course description
Presentation Skills Workshop
In this 1-day seminar, you’ll learn to present effectively and become comfortable with your own style. Develop key presentation skills and learn how to present your ideas with conviction, control, and poise—and without fear. Plus receive expert advice on how to handle especially challenging presentation situations. Best of all, you’ll gain confidence by making presentations.
Pre-work required: You will need to complete two exercises and bring them with you to class.
- Exercise 1: Self-Introduction Worksheet
- Exercise 2: Presentation Plan Guidelines -- parameters to follow in order to draft a five-minute presentation
How You Will Benefit
- Tailor your presentation to your audience
- Use relaxation techniques to overcome nervousness
- Use verbal and nonverbal elements to drive home your point
- Expertly handle difficult questions and situations
- Communicate with clarity and conviction
- Gain confidence in your presentation skills
Upcoming start dates
Who should attend?
Everyone who needs to develop their presentation skills, speak in front of groups or sell ideas to others, and has little or no presentation experience.
Training content
- Balancing verbal and nonverbal messages so content is clear and memorable and you engage listeners
- Developing and organizing presentation content around a clear central idea to achieve audience engagement
- Turning a speech outline into speaking notes
- Preparing to give the presentation by rehearsing, adhering to a time frame, and speaking from notes
- Reducing stress and speaker's anxiety
- Using visual aids and support materials
- Handling questions from the audience
Costs
Course price for:
- Non Members: $1495
- AMA Members: $1345
Certification / Credits
CEU: 0.6
Reviews
Average rating 4.9
I had an engaging and excellent instructor. Learned many valuable ideas and new ways to look at how I craft presentations going forward.
It was a really good resource for me, and helped me identify that I was presenting in a monotone. I didn't even realize it.
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The instructor was quite knowledgeable about the subject and presented the information in a clear and comprehensible manner.