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2-day, 14 PDU (1.4 CEU) instructor-led Program
As a
project manager, you must present to, converse with, and convince a variety of
audiences every day. This program teaches you how to develop, design, and
deliver a results-oriented presentation. First, you will save time and energy
as you learn how to develop a talk based on an objective. You will then use a
specific format (for example, recommend a strategy, convince people of a
problem, update a project), to organize the content logically. Second, you will
design your slides according to certain guidelines that teach you how to get
your message across on the slide without inundating your audience with
unnecessary information. Finally, you will practice delivering a real work
presentation and discover how to use your unique personal style to keep your
audience's attention.
The program features special advice on the use of PowerPoint slides
to enhance presentations. The instructor also critiques each participant's
slides. The instructor discusses the benefits and perils of using the latest
presentation technology.
Materials for this workshop include a program workbook and two books: Point,
Click, Wow! A Quick Guide to Brilliant Laptop Presentations, by Claudyne Wilder
and Jennifer Rotondo, and The Presentations Kit: 10 Steps for Selling Your
Ideas, by Claudyne Wilder.
Upon Completion, You will be able to follow the 10 steps:
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Channel your nervousness. Practice ten techniques to project confidence.
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Define your objective. Use specific business formats to save time when
organizing information.
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Organize everything. Sustain audience interest by cutting out unnecessary data.
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Create and use effective visuals. Use visual checklists to create focused
slides.
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Energize yourself. Look, sound, and act like a pro in front of your audience.
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Motivate your listeners. Establish rapport with your audience.
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Conclude with conviction. Convince your audience with an energetic stance and a
well-thought-out conclusion.
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Manage questions. Answer difficult questions or tricky objections. Use "The
Question Setup."
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Recommend next steps. Be specific and confident when recommending actions and
negotiating next steps.
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Take the leap from excellence to art. Maximize your personal presentation
style.
Who Will
Benefit?
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Project mangers who must
make project presentations ·
Everyone who
wishes to significantly improve their presentation skills
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Team members who
wish to become project managers
Agenda
Day 1 1. Introductions. Use responses to the pre-work
questionnaire to introduce yourselves and identify the skills and
knowledge you need to learn. With flipchart. 2. General format.
Deliver a five-minute structured talk that teaches participants to make
points in a meeting, write an email, or convince someone during a hallway
conversation. Present the talk sitting down, using notes. 3. Work
presentation. Give five to ten minutes of a work presentation. Receive a
critique of the visuals and then redo them while others are presenting.
4. Fifteen organizing formats. Put together and give a presentation
using one of the organizing formats. Recommend a strategy Product launch
Sell a product, service, or idea Recommend a decision Product or client
update Technical talk
Day 2
1. Ten steps: Present a portion of the "Ten Steps to Successful
Presenting" speech using the laptop. 2. Visual makeover. Use
checklists to evaluate a presentation's visuals in relation to a specific
audience's expectations and needs. Make messages clear and concise by
changing ineffective screens to successful ones. 3. Dealing with
questions. Deliver different segments of a work presentation and practice
responding to questions and objections. 4. Action steps. Share the next steps to further develop
presentation skills. Summarize Wilder's personalized action plan and the verbal
and written feedback from the instructor and other participants.
Contact
us early to be sure to get the training dates you
need.
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