THE SKILLED PRESENTER™ — TYPICAL 2-DAY AGENDA (Modules 17 - 29)

Our presentation skills workshop typically includes the following modules, along with a large amount of practice and written/verbal feedback.

Module 17: Practice - Focusing on Performing Style

Module 18: Improving Voice Projection and Variety

• Judging your own voice
• Drills for strengthening breathing, improving projection, increasing range, avoiding filler words, controlling speed, varying inflection

Module 19: Improving Your Articulation

• Practicing sounds to improve your diction
• Trying tongue twisters and reading aloud
• The pluses and minuses of accents

Module 20: Fleshing Out Presentations with Examples and Stories

• Adding concrete details to reinforce your ideas
• Using expressions that compel you to give examples
• Making stories conversational and off the cuff

Module 21: Making Facts and Figures Memorable

• Thinking visually
• Linking facts and figures to things familiar to listeners

Module 22: Using Quotations That Make a Point

• Taking quotes from current events and everyday life
• Keeping quotes succinct

Module 23: Using Laughter

• Ensuring that humour pertains to the subject at hand
• Including yourself in funny stories

Module 24: Using Language Your Audience Understands

• Exercises on using simple words
• Removing useless phrases from your speech
• Explaining technical terms with concrete examples

Module 25: Participants Prepare 10-minute Presentation

Module 26: Displaying Your "Talking Points" on Overhead Transparencies and Computer Slideshows

• Using simple, open style
• Adding verbs
• Tips on design and selecting colours

Module 27: Designing Tables, Graphs, and Charts

• Compiling facts and figures in tables
• Comparing numbers visually with bar charts
• Drawing pie charts to show percentages
• Depicting trends with line graphs
• Adding spot art and "pictograms" to aid comprehension

Module 28: Participants Create Transparencies for Presentation

• Materials provided to participants for preparing transparencies

Module 29: Participants Deliver 10-minute Presentation

• Videotaped practice
• Feedback from other participants and the instructor