Presenting with Confidence and Impact

Presenting with Confidence and Impact

Overview/Description
This course is designed to introduce trainees to skills that will allow them to present with confidence and impact. The first lesson explains the elements of your visual image and how to improve your visual image. The second lesson addresses types of audience questions and how to handle these questions with confidence and professionalism. The last lesson deals with how to professionally handle various presentation mishaps, distractions, and disasters.

Target Audience
Business professional with limited experience in creating and delivering presentations to groups.

Expected Duration
3.5 hours

Lesson Objectives:

Understanding Visual Image

recognize the importance of visual image in delivering an effective presentation.

identify distracting visual presentation habits.

select nonverbal elements used to enhance visual image during a presentation.

Handling Audience Questions

recognize the importance of effectively dealing with questions during a presentation.

select activities used to prepare in advance for potential questions.

select effective strategies used to field questions during a presentation.

based on specific examples, identify strategies for scheduling question-and-answer sessions.

select appropriate responses for effectively handling difficult questions.

Mishaps, Disasters, and Detractors

recognize the importance of dealing effectively with mishaps, disasters, and detractors during a presentation.

select the most effective method of dealing with various disruptions.

select the most effective method of managing various presentation mishaps.

select the most effective method of dealing with various presentation disasters.

select the most effective method of dealing with various presentation detractors.

select the most effective method of handling various types of problem personalities during a presentation.

Course Number: COMM0313