Presenting confidently is one of the hardest tasks faced by managers today. The skill is also the most difficult to improve. The ClarkMorgan Powerful Presentations two-day workshop teaches practical, step-by-step skill-sets that will allow any presenter to persuade, inform, or entertain with POWER!

Through active learning, trainees will learn techniques to improve confidence, delivery, ‘spice up’ presentations, as well as avoid common mistakes. ClarkMorgan's Powerful Presentations was used by presenters at Spark09 in Beijing, Hong Kong, and Shanghai.

Who should attend: Executives, managers, sales people and other professionals who are responsible for presenting any form of information, either to internal or external customers.

DAY ONE

Preparation

- PIE - Persuade, Inform, and Entertain
- AUDIENCE analysis
- Key Message and the Daisy Method
- Using Technology
- VAK - Visual, Auditory, and Kinaesthetic

Before you Present

- Building rapport
- Building credibility
- Overcoming nerves using 'Think Big!, Visualisation, and Practice

Your Introduction

- Five step introduction
- Ice breakers & attention grabbers

Your Main Body

- Volume, tone, speed & pauses
- Gestures & body language
- Graphs, charts, diagrams and more
- Transitions
- Referring to the audience

DAY TWO

Your Conclusion

- Making a strong conclusion
- Restating points
- Handling difficult questions

Handling Difficult Questions

- The 7 techniques for answering difficult questions
- Practice time

Final Presentation

- All trainees present for 5 to 8 minutes on a topic selected on day 1. Trainees are graded on a 26 point criteria, and the entire presentation is filmed and made into a DVD. Trainees will receive their own personal DVD 2 weeks after the training.