Communicating with Impact

Increasing your vocal energy

• Applying a dynamic use of voice and action in order to add interest and clarity to a presentation
• Practising vocal skills to give authority and projection to the voice: developing a more confident and convincing voice
• Learning how to use your voice to best effect: pronunciation, articulation, tone, volume, pitch and pace

Dealing with nerves and managing risks

• Coping with nerves: relaxation exercises, controlling your breathing
• Applying proven methods of turning speech anxiety into a positive force in a presentation
• Become as confident presenting in public as you are communicating in private

Involving your audience: the place of questions in a presentation

• What holds an audience's attention: keeping the audience engaged
• How to set up a question session and respond to questions concisely and confidently
• Questions and interruptions: deal successfully with questions and interruptions so that the objectives are enhanced

Ending your presentation with impact

• Making sure your presentation builds to a climax
• Leaving the audience with a final powerful phrase and a clear message

Practical implications: delivering your presentation

Participants will be able to use this time intensively to practise, give and receive feedback and practise some more.

To accelerate and embed the learing process you have the opportunity to be recorded on video and the learning will be reviewed with supportive feedback from the group and the trainer.

Planning for continued growth and development

• Preparing a concrete self-development action plan to strengthen, improve or modify your presentational skills
• Go away with your tailored template for further powerful presentations