Wouldn’t it be great to never sit through ‘death by PowerPoint’ again?
The art of delivering truly engaging and influential presentations and speeches
This presentation workshop was designed to deliver the key skills that empower people to move away from the ‘crutch’ of the PowerPoint slide deck and genuinely communicate with an audience.
It provides a variety of precise techniques that empower people to:
- Capture the full, engaged attention of an audience
- Structure messages to connect with all psychological types
- Use patterns of language that are engaging and influential
- Be aware of body language and use it to reinforce communication
- Add depth with metaphors, creative imagery and props
- Handle any question artfully and playfully
- Feel confident using NLP techniques for ‘state’
What we cover…
Creating real shifts in behaviour by addressing ‘how’ people communicate rather than just addressing ‘what’ they communicate; and providing a toolkit of techniques:
Engaging
Capturing and deeply engaging the attention of the audience by:
- Intriguing the audience from the offset
- Use what’s happening in the room to make the presentation ‘live’
- Getting the audience on board within the first minute
- Use creative props or visual aids to add depth to the presentation
Influencing
Influence the audience experience by:
- Structuring your message to satisfy the questions of all personality types
- Using patterns of speech that bypass resistance and gain audience agreement
- Using metaphors and stories to influence opinions and perceptions
- Mixing adjectives to paint an emotive picture with your words
- Using stage anchoring and non-verbal gestures to guide their experience
Handling Q&A
Answer any question one of 9 ways and retain control of the presentation by:
- Providing precise answers that are convincing
- Providing indirect answers that are engaging
- Finding out what the question really is
- Escaping a question without the audience noticing (great for media)
Confidence & Composure
Ensure that you are in a good state to deliver using NLP techniques such as:
- Visualization to prepare for your performance
- State management to keep your composure in the moment
- High-performance presentation states to raise your game
