Public Speaking and Presentations Training
Presentation Strategies for Executives | Presentation
Strategies for Scientists and Engineers
Learn how to design, develop, and deliver
effective presentations.
Presentation
Strategies for Executives
Course summary
Executives represent their organizations whenever they speak: They are
always in the spotlight. Presentation Strategies
for Executives offers intensive training that polishes the performance
skills of decision-makers in the public eye.
Learn how to . . .
- Plan for Any Audience: Know the audience's
expectations and identify achievable objectives.
- Design Memorable Presentations: Create
a presentation your audience will remember and you can deliver with
few or no notes.
- Create an Ethical Character: Draw
on personal values and professional duties to create a comfortable public
role.
- Plan Internal Presentations: Anticipate
the special needs of board meetings, "rallying the troops,"
and other corporate events.
- Plan External Presentations: Prepare
for the demands of interviews and appearances before the public.
- Think Visually: Develop the pictures
and props that help your audience understand your message and use them
effectively.
- Tell Insightful Stories: Choose examples,
anecdotes, and analogies to add meaning and color to your talk.
- Look and Sound Confident: Improve
performance skills and reduce "stage fright."
- Handle Questions and Answers: Interact
successfully with any audience, even under duress.
Who should attend
Decision-makers and others who represent their organization and its policies
at board meetings, corporate events, public venues, and before legislative
committees.
How you will learn
This program features presentation, demonstration, small-group and individual
exercises. During the class, participants create their individual presentations
and deliver them on videotape before a small audience. Class size is limited.
Video taping. 2 or 3 days.
Presentation
Strategies for Scientists and Engineers
Course summary
Presentation Strategies for Scientists and Engineers helps professionals
design, develop, and deliver successful presentations in several formats:
internal briefings, conference lectures, poster sessions, public hearings,
testimony, and others.
Learn how to . . .
- Plan for Any Audience: Understand
your audience's expectations and identify
achievable objectives.
- Design Memorable
Presentations: Create
a presentation your audience will remember
and you can deliver with few or no notes.
- Time Presentations: Estimate
delivery time realistically and adjust timing
when circumstances change.
- Manage Special
Events: Strategize
successful public hearings, briefings, and
conference lectures.
- Develop Visual
Aids: Determine the
kind and number of visual aids best suited
for your audience, including effective
slides and posters.
- Develop Verbal
Illustrations: Create
captivating examples, anecdotes, and analogies.
- Look and Sound
Confident: Improve
performance skills and reduce "stage
fright."
- Handle Questions
and Answers: Interact
successfully with your audience, even under
duress.
Who should attend
Scientists, engineers, and other technical professionals who must explain
complex information to their peers or non-experts.
How you will learn
The program features presentation, demonstration, small-group and individual
exercises. During the class, participants create their individual presentations
and deliver them on videotape before a small audience. Class size is limited
to ten participants. Video taping. 2 or 3 days.
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