The Benelux Chamber of Commerce is pleased to invite you to a 2-day training on 17-18 April 2012:
Presentations: Exceeding expectations
Are you trying to close a deal, get your budget approved or preparing a presentation for the Board? Regardless if you have presented one time or a hundred times, the message we are delivering can be lost in an instant if we misread our audience.
In Presentations: Exceeding Expectations, participants identify the characteristics of their audience, prepare presentations to meet audience expectations and get feedback on delivering presentations specific to the audience they are most likely going to be presenting to. This course will challenge experienced presenters to adapt their presentation style for different audiences.
OBJECTIVES:
- Identify traits of influential presenters and conduct an evaluation of your presentation style,
- Frame and improve your delivery style to accentuate your presentation strengths,
- Assess the audience and adapt presentation styles accordingly,
- Create presentation environments suitable for your audience,
- Create meaningful content that guides the audience to take action,
- Effectively deal with questions and objections.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This workshop is designed for professionals who:
* Have never been given systematic feedback about their presentation skills
* Want to better understand their audience
* Are preparing to change positions and need to adapt their presentation skills accordingly
This course is also encouraged for staff who have some experience and are going to be expected to make presentations to management and executive stakeholders.
Facilitator: Alistair McArthur
Alistair's ten years experience in China has enabled him to attain an understanding of the China business market and develop his Chinese language skills. He has been involved in business having consulted for companies both in China and abroad, while having been the Sales and Marketing Director in IPS for over two years.
Alistair's energetic and enthusiastic style of training has entertained trainees and made him very popular with his multi-national clients. He has been involved in training companies such as Siemens, Microsoft, Grand Hyatt Hotel and the International School of Beijing.
Course Outline
Day 1
- The Influential Presenter
- Individual Reports (self-assessed, known strengths & areas for development)
- Presentation #1: "A Window into My World"
- Charisma, Passion & Confidence: Accentuate your presentation to keep decision makers engaged
- Presentation #2: The 60 Sec Spontaneous Response
- Handling Post-Presentation Questions & Objections
- Introduction to Speech Preparation and Templates
- Presentation # 3: The Informative Presentation
Day 2
- Presentation #4: Speaking With Passion
- Preparing for Evaluation & Feedback
- Visual Aids: Reassessment of Effective Usage
- Adapting Presentation Style to learning preferences
- The Psychology of Influence: Using the AIDA structure
- Influencing techniques
- Creating 'Value' Dialog
- Presentation # 5: A Value Proposition (Your needs, Our Solution, Value to you)
- Reaffirmation of Individual presentation strengths: Delivery Templates
- Setting an Action Plan for future development