Public Speaking Training Course

Managing Myself Training Course

Duration: 3 Days

Introduction

Effective Public Speaking requires excellent influence and communication skills.

Whether you are trying to influence a customer on a one-to-one basis, addressing a conference, managing press and publicity or presenting to a meeting, this very practical development programme will be of value to you.

Speaking in public or in front of a group is a widely acknowledged fear many people have, and the quality of your presentations has a very direct impact on the perception of you as an effective communicator. This training programme will equip you with the skills and knowledge to greatly improve your ability to influence and your presentation skills

Course Aim

Whether you are preparing speeches and presentations for others or for yourself, this development programme is an essential exercise as an introduction and refresher to dynamic public speaking and presentation skills.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, we guarantee that you will become a more influential speaker,

You'll also be able to...

Fine tune your delivery style to create maximum impact
Develop a more persuasive and impressive speaking style
Control your space and presence to get rapport and influence your audience
Use pace and structure more effectively for maximum results
Use language creatively to present a more powerful message
Deliver different styles of presentations for different audiences
Manage question and answer sessions with ease

Method & Approach

The programme will be highly participative and consist of tutor input, group discussion, self-analysis questionnaire, action planning and practical experience of delivering presentations. Participants will receive constructive feedback to allow them to improve in confidence and ability, in a safe environment. The programme will conclude with all learners preparing their own personal action plans to transfer the learning back to the workplace, can be adapted to cater for organisational specific requirements.

Pre Workshop

Delegates should bring a presentation topic to the workshop that they wish to enhance. The topic should be work related and intended for delivery to an audience with the intention of informing the audience, influencing the audience or persuading the audience to change

Course Content

Course content includes:

Day One

The Role of Business Presentations
Preparing & Delivering Effective Presentations
What is Your Objective?
Relating to Your Audience
Organising Your Presentation
Building the Body of your Presentation
Layout of Your Notes
Powerful openings – openings that ignite a room
Captivating Closes
Creating the action and reaction you intended

Day Two

Connecting content and Audience
Involving your audience
Understanding How Listeners listen
Listening Skills
Advanced Communication Skills
Making messages memorable
Use of empowering and influential words to sensationalize your message
Interpersonal Skills

Day Three

Physical Arrangements – Know Your Environment
Using Your Voice
Pace, Pitch and Tone
Using Pauses
Positive Body Language
Reducing anxiety – Fear (False Evidence Appearing Real)
Handling Questions
Recognising Different Types of Questions, and How To Answer Them