Presentation Skills

Train the Trainer: Classroom Presentation Skills
Presentation Skills: Tools for Your Toolbox

Train the Trainer:

Classroom Presentation Skills

Organizations often call upon managers and employees to train others in technical or interpersonal skills. This course is designed to help both training department personnel and subject matter experts to better prepare themselves to train others.

Participants will receive training to:

Define and identify behavioral objectives that specify performance, conditions, and criteria.
Design an objective that defines performance, conditions, and criteria.
Design and present a closing that enables your audience to achieve your specified objective.
Identify the audience’s concerns and how to address those concerns through and during your training.
Develop effective introductions to get the audiences hooked on the subject and endings that keep them wanting more
Discern the appropriate methods of presentation and discover what works and what does not
Begin with the end in mind and design your desired outcomes to meet that end
Determine the best method to form a strategic alliance/learning contract with the audience
Organize and plan your presentation details
Best utilize audio visual aids and make the best selections for your message
Get rid of shaky hands, knees and other touchy subjects!
Practice in small groups

Course Requirements:

Length of Course: Recommended for 12 hours (preferably done in 2 six hour modules or 3 four hour modules).
Number of participants: 12 people (due to practice in small groups)
Materials: Master handout is furnished to the client. One copy should be photocopied for each participant.

Presentation Skills:

Tools for Your Toolbox

The fear of speaking in front of a group is second only to the fear of drowning. Managers and employees are often the best technical experts within the organization and yet trying to convey this expertise can be a difficult task for some. This course is designed to remove those fears and to examine the basic principles of presentations that will effectively convey the intended information.

Participants will receive training to:

Identify how adults remember presented material
Design presentation objectives: Everyone will be asking "What is in it for me?" and how to provide the answers!
Effective introductions to get the audiences hooked into the subject and closure that keep them wanting more
Determining the best method of presentation by discerning what works and what does not.
Plan, organize, and deliver a presentation.
Demonstrate the ability to present with and without audiovisual aids.
Identify the audience’s or customers' concerns and how to address those concerns through and during your presentation.

Course Requirements:

Length of Course: 8 hours
Number of participants: 12 people (due to practice in small groups)
Materials: Master handout is furnished to the client. One copy should be photocopied for each participant.