CEUs: 0.60

Fee: $239 ($199 member)

Date: 6/3/09
Time: 8:00am-4:00pm
Location: Tempe - AGTS Learning Center

• Overcoming Stage Fright

• Presentation Skills

• How to Make Presentations to Councils and Boards

If you are an experienced presenter but would like to move to the next level of expertise, this is the class for you. Learn techniques used by top speakers to polish and refine your work-related presentations.

Length:  One 8-hour session

Instructor:  Royal

Who should attend: People with experience in making presentations who wish to polish and refine their technique.

Benefits:

• Increased confidence in speaking situations.

• Engaging, high-impact presentations.

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of this program, you will be able to:

• Plan and organize a clear, cohesive, and well-timed presentation.

• Identify and use appropriate gestures and body movements.

• Adapt movement and gestures to the size of the group.

• Practice vocal techniques of enunciation, inflection, and projection.

• Identify the best use of humor and personal illustrations.

• Discuss appropriate methods for handling difficult participants.

Program Outline:

I.          Planning and organizing a perfect presentation

            A.         Understanding your audience

            B.         Creating your purpose

            C.         Intriguing format techniques

            D.         Typical presentation organization

            E.         Common organization patterns

            F.         Developing objectivity

II.          Perfect delivery:  body movement and gestures

            A.         Generating “aliveness”

            B.         Stage presence and posture tricks

            C.         Two methods for eye contact

III.         Handling presentation stress

IV.        Practicing vocal excellence

V.         Using stories, illustrations, and examples

VI.        Handling questions

Note:  Participants are videotaped as part of the class.