In this program, you’ll learn to communicate effectively and persuasively 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. Best of all, you’ll gain confidence by making presentations. You will learn how to develop your presentation skills to transform yourself from inexperienced speaker to skilled presenter.

By the end of this course, delegates will learn how to:

• Tailor your presentation to your audience
• Use relaxation 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
• Gain practical techniques to prepare for your presentation
• Understand different learning styles and how to accommodate for these
• Improve your public speaking presence and overcome nerves to present with confidence
• Handle question and answer time and effectively deal with difficult audience behavior
• Use visual aids such as PowerPoint appropriately to support your presentation
• Improve your delivery through an increased awareness of body language, gestures, eye contact and vocal techniques
• Evaluate the success of your presentation

Executives, Managers, Supervisors, Team Leaders, Superintendents, Financial Officers and Controllers, Process Managers, Strategic Planning Managers, Key Personnel, Champions, Officers, Engineers, Administrative Staff, any business professionals who need to develop their presentation skills, speak in front of groups or sell ideas to others and have little or no presentation experience

This interactive Training will be highly interactive, with opportunities to advance your opinions and ideas and will include;

• Lectures
• Workshop & Work Presentation
• Case Studies and Practical Exercise
• Videos and General Discussions

Balancing Verbal and Nonverbal Messages

• Practice nonverbal impact skills to reduce nervousness and to engage the attention of your listeners
• Make your content clearer and more memorable

Developing and Organizing Presentation Content

• Create an audience profile and set presentation parameters
• Condense a speech outline into notes you can speak from
• How to make an effective presentation
• Steps in preparing a presentation
• Structuring your presentation

Building an Effective Presentation

• The construction and design process
• Mind mapping as a presentation design tool
• Shaping the presentation
• Designing high-impact slides

Engaging Your Audience

• The speaker as a visual aid
• Animating your speech with vocal variety
• Delivering memorable openings and closings

Preparing to Give the Presentation

• PowerPoint dos and don’ts
• Tips to maximize the effectiveness of your presentations
• Overcome your fear of public speaking
  Get expert presentation tips on rehearsing, adhering to a time frame and speaking from notes
• Reduce stress and speaker’s anxiety

Using Visual Aids and Support Materials

• Describe the purpose of visual aids and support materials
• Identify tips for effective composition of visual content and speaker aids

Handling Questions from the Audience

• Explain the importance of the question-and-answer session
• Respond professionally to questions from the audience

Managing the Presentation Environment

• Describe the advantages and disadvantages of different room setups
• Be able to anticipate, avoid and handle equipment problems

BTS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 75% of the total course duration.