Public Speaking – Presentation Skills Workshop

Course Overview

• You will spend the first part of the day getting to know participants and discussing what will take place during the workshop. Students will also have an opportunity to identify their personal learning objectives.

Communication

• To begin, participants will explore key communication skills, including how to start and end a conversation.

Stop! Check Your Mouth! 

• Next, participants will learn about characteristics that can make or break the audience’s impression of a speaker, including volume, clichés, slang, diction, jargon, and tact (or lack thereof).

What is Your Type? How About Mine?

• During this session, participants will explore their personality type and what it means for them as a speaker.

Positive Self-Talk

• In this session, participants will learn how to build their self-confidence – a key skill for any public speaker.

Rapport

• This session will explore the idea of rapport and how it can help build relationships.

Maximizing Meetings

• Meetings are a central part of communication and cooperation within any organization. This session will give participants some ways to successfully prepare for and present at any meeting.

Body Language

• During this session, participants will learn some ways to make sure their body language is sending the right message.

Sticky Situations

• This session will give participants tools to deal with uncomfortable situations.

I Can Just Send an E-mail, Right? 

• Next, participants will explore the value of oral presentations.

Overcoming Nervousness

• Then, we will look at some suggestions for handling nervousness.

The Five S’s

• Participants will learn about the five S’s of a good presentation: significance, scenario, solutions, segue, and suggestions.

Start Writing!

• This session will focus on the nuts and bolts of creating a presentation.

Audience Profile

• Next, participants will look the value of audience profiles.

Your Speaking Voice

• Tis session will look at the eight key parts of a presenter’s message.

 
Your Presentation

• To wrap things up, participants will prepare and give a short presentation. Participants will evaluate each other and provide constructive feedback.

Workshop Wrap-Up

• At the end of the workshop, students will have an opportunity to ask questions and fill out an action plan.

• Establish rapport with their audience
• Learn techniques to reduce nervousness and fear
• Understand their strengths as a presenter and how to appeal to different types of people
• Recognize how visual aids can create impact and attention
• Develop techniques to create a professional presence
• Prepare and organize information
• Prepare, practice, and deliver a short presentation

All employees in public and private business sectors, and university students.