Public Speaking – Presentation Survival School

COURSE SUMMARY

A great presenter has two notable qualities: appropriate skills and personal confidence. Confidence comes from knowing what you want to say and being comfortable with your communication skills. In this course, you will master the skills that will make you a better speaker and presenter.

WHAT STUDENTS LEARN

• Establish rapport with your audience
• Learn techniques to reduce nervousness and fear
• Understand your strengths as a presenter and how to appeal to different types of people
• Recognise how visual aids can create impact and attention
• Develop techniques to create a professional presence
• Learn some different ways to prepare and organise information
• Prepare, practice, and deliver a short presentation

WHAT TOPICS ARE COVERED

• Communication skills
• Personality types
• Positive self-talk, rapport, and body language
• Maximising meetings
• Managing sticky situations
• Overcoming nervousness
• The five S’s
• Writing and planning a presentation
• Audience profile
• Your speaking voice
• Add punch to your presentation

COURSE OUTLINE

Communication

To begin, participants will explore key communication skills, including how to start and end a conversation.

Stop! Check Your Mouth! 

Next, participants will learn about characteristics that can make or break the audience’s impression of a speaker, including volume, clichés, slang, diction, jargon, and tact (or lack thereof).

What’s Your Type? How About Mine?

During this session, participants will explore their personality type and what it means for them as a speaker.

Positive Self-Talk

In this session, participants will learn how to build their self-confidence – a key skill for any public speaker.

Trust

This session will explore the idea of rapport and how it can help build relationships.

Maximising the Most of Meetings

Meetings are a central part of communication and cooperation within any organisation. This session will give participants some ways to successfully prepare for and present at any meeting.

Body Language

During this session, participants will learn some ways to make sure their body language is sending the right message.

Sticky Situations

This session will give participants some tools to deal with uncomfortable situations.

I Can Just Send an E-mail, Right? 

Next, participants will explore the value of oral presentations.

Overcoming Nervousness

To conclude the first day, we will look at some suggestions for handling nervousness.

The Five S’s

To begin the second day, participants will learn about the five S’s of a good presentation: significance, scenario, solutions, sequelae, and suggestions.

Start Writing!

This session will focus on the nuts and bolts of creating your presentation.

Audience Profile

Next, participants will look the value of audience profiles.

Your Speaking Voice

This session will look at the eight key parts of a presenter’s message.

Add Punch to Your Presentation

There are many types of visual aids. We will provide an overview of, and tips for, the most common visuals during this session.

Your Presentation

To wrap things up, participants will prepare and present a short presentation. Participants will evaluate each other and provide constructive feedback.

Workshop Wrap-Up

Students will have an opportunity to ask questions and fill out an action plan.