Power Presentation

Staff or managers who would like to improve their presentation skills.

? Clearly understand your objectives and the messages of your presentation.
? Organize and construct a logical, smooth presentation layout.
? Tailor your presentation to the audience and to the event/occasion.
? Guide your audience through your presentation to keep and hold their attention.
? Use the Rhetorical Arts to convince, persuade or inspire your audience to action.
? Learn to finish with a flourish, and then handle follow-up questions with the finesse born of confidence.

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1. Introduction and Setting Objectives

1.1 Formulating a Residual Message (Your Presentation Objectives)
The Residual Message
The Rule of Threes
Defining Secondary Objectives

1.2 Know Your Audience
Introduction
Demographic Traits
Situational Traits
Identify the Audience

2. Planning and Writing

2.1 Construction
Opening/Introduction
Body
Closing

2.2 Developing Your Main Points

2.3 Credible Evidence

2.4 Breaking down Main Points into Sub-points
*Practice:
Structuring Your Presentation
Adding a Structure to Your Presentation

2.5 The Seven Types of Presentation Structures
Space
Classification
Comparison
Contrast
Cause-Effect
Problem-Solution
Times

2.6 Connectives, Introductions, and Conclusions
Connect the Points
Types of Connectives
Signposts
Types of signposts
*Practice:
Internal Previews
Internal Reviews
Transitions
Overviews and Reviews

*Practice:
Introductions
Tips for Developing an Effective Introduction
Conclusions Tips for Effective Conclusions
Use of Visual Aids
*Practice: The Two Major Types of Visual Aids
Static visual aids
Dynamic visual aids

3. Successful Delivery

3.1 The Need to Follow Through

3.2 General Delivery Guidelines
Know what you are going to say, not how you are going to say it.
Know your presentation well so that you will only need a minimal amount of words of phrases on your index card.
Be aware of distracting elements and strive to correct them while speaking.
Do not start speaking until you are fully situated in front of the audience, and have taken a deep breath!
Realize the nothing will take the place of preparation.
When practicing your presentation, go through the entire presentation before stopping to make corrections.
Prepare well enough in advance so that you can get a good night’s sleep before your speaking date.
Do not put this assignment off till the last minute.

3.3 The Delivery
Voice
Eyes
Expression
Appearance
Stance
Humor
*Practice

4. Improving Your Style

4.1 Tips and Techniques for Great Presentations
4.2 How to Improve Your Presentation Skills
5. Delivering your powerful presentation

A senior native American trainer. He has provided advanced business training for business professionals throughout Asia for nearly ten years. Although he hails from the US Capitol of Washington D.C., he spent over twelve years in Asia during his youth while accompanying his father on his foreign service assignments throughout the world. He brings all his professional and personal experience to the seminars and in a highly engaging style as well. His
method is to get clients to first understand the concepts and customs behind the various Business English language constructs and western business practices, and then actively engage the clients in simulated scenarios to reinforce student absorption of the lesson or seminar content. In addition, for specialized business training engagements, he advises clients on how to successfully advance their careers in the multinational corporate environment.