Presentation skills training

Who is this training for:

Top-managers, senior managers, middle managers, all those who have to present in English.

How you will benefit

• Tailor your presentation to your audience.
• Use techniques to overcome nervousness.
• Learn how to project your voice and use pauses to dramatize your point.
• Expertly handle difficult questions and situations.
• Communicate with clarity and conviction.
• Gain confidence in your presentation skills.

What you will gain

• Overcome fear of speaking publicly in English.
• Improve your English language skills needed for effective presentation.
• Make your presentations more structured and native-speaker like.
• Add to your confidence.
• Get all necessary recommendations for further development and improvement.

Modules to cover

• Creating a positive first impression.
• Increasing credibility.
• Communicating with greater impact.
• Motivating others to action.
• Responding to pressure situations.
• Inspiring people to embrace change.

Program

The basics of presentation

• Different purposes of presentation.
• What makes the presentation effective.
• Typical mistakes.
• Diagnostics with feedback – what participants can make (as well as video recording and self-analysis).

Planning and preparation

• Study your audience.
• Foresee forms of interaction with the audience.
• Collect and structure your material.
• How you will start.
• How you will finish.
• How do you define a planned result of the presentation.
• Prepare in advance for unexpected situations.
• Prepare for Q&A session.

Self-presentation

• Forming a positive image and first impression.
• Charisma of a speaker.
• Mind your body language (gestures and eye-contact).
• Playing with your voice (tone, emphasis, pauses).
• The rules of confident behavior.
• Tools to make your language persuasive and inspiring.

Presentation language

• Difference between Russian and English language presentations.
• Grammar of the presentation.
• How to introduce yourself and your talk.
• Key words and phrases for linking ideas/ slides.
• Most commonly used clichés.
• How to describe graphs, charts and trends.
• Summarizing.

Performance

• Audio and video sessions (Best practices, Worst practices).
• Practice the start, the body and the end separately (until it becomes perfect).
• Getting a feedback from a trainer and other participants.
• Video recording of presentations, feedback, self-analysis.
• Writing your personal development plan (action plan).

09:30 – 10:00 - РЕГИСТРАЦИЯ
10:00 – 11:20 - Первый блок программы
11:20 – 11:35 - Кофе-пауза
11:35 – 13:00 - Второй блок программы
13:00 – 14:00 - Обед
14:00 – 15:45 - Третий блок программы
15:45 – 16:00 - Кофе-пауза
16:00 – 17:30 - Четвертый блок программы