Presentation Skills with PowerPoint – Training Workshop

Presenting skills is a vital tool in communication and this workshop is designed to ensure even inexperienced presenters, will feel confident to give successful presentations to audiences both large and small. This programme will focus on developing the techniques of effective delivery, alongside the techniques used to prepare and structure a presentation. This will include the practical design of presentations, including structuring, designing content and visual aids, audience and venue analysis. There will also be time spent in developing the practical skills needed to deliver successful presentations, such as communicating key messages, creating impact, humour, body language, controlling an audience and handling nerves. We will use video in the programme, to allow attendees to review themselves and their presentation delivery.

Presenting Skills with PowerPoint Workshop Objectives

By the end of this two day training workshop attendees will be able to;

  • Recognise ways to effectively prepare and structure a Presentation.
  • Practice the techniques used by presenters to make an immediate impact.
  • Review the impact of their delivery including body language and voice.
  • Develop the techniques to able to control their delivery effectively.
  • Make use of appropriate visual aids such as flip charts and projectors.
  • Use PowerPoint effectively to create powerful presentations from scratch
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Course Content

Developing the material

  • Presentation Aims
  • Structure
  • Key Points

Audience and venue analysis

Notes and prompts

Making an immediate impact

  • First Impressions
  • Body Language
  • Hooks and tips

Controlling nerves and environments

  • Fight and flight
  • Visualisation
  • Rehearsal
  • Working an audience
  • Dealing with questions
  • Use of humour
  • Interaction
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Course Content

Visual aids

  • Visual aids
  • How to use successfully
  • Projectors
  • Flip Charts

PowerPoint

  • Presentation Outline
  • Layouts and Templates
  • Manipulating Formats
  • Images and Clip Out
  • Resizing and Cropping
  • Grouping and Ordering
  • Animations and transitions
  • Timings and Effects
  • Aesthetics and colour palettes
  • Shortcuts and tips
  • PowerPoint mistakes
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Presentation Skills Workshop

This course is designed for those who are new to presenting, need a refresher or have had no formal Presentation Skills training. For more information Click here.

Presentation Skills with PowerPoint

This course is designed for those who are new to presenting, need a refresher or have had no formal Presentation Skills training. It is a two day programme that combines the practical application and use of PowerPoint through the training workshop. For more information Click here.

Advanced Presentation Skills

This course is designed for those who have presented regularly but are looking to develop their skills still further. This programme utilises a number of techniques used by professional stage actors and world class presenters. For more information Click here.

Number of Attendees

We tend to work with a maximum of 12 attendees per Facilitator/Trainer, although this is flexible depending on the workshop. Some workshops with diagnostic tools allow us to have around 16 to 20 attendees.

Course Duration

Most of our workshops such as this one are 1 day courses, although they each vary depending on the degree of customisation. Workshops typically run from 09:15 to 16:45 which will include lunch and breaks.

Locations

We deliver our Workshops at your premises in the UK, throughout Europe and around the World in a number of languages as well as English. We just need access to a venue, which includes a projector and flip charts.

Interactive Learning

Our courses are designed to be enjoyable, interactive, experiential and stimulating to maximize on the learning opportunity. This means that everyone has a chance to contribute and get involved throughout.

Workshop Prices

Our prices are based on a day rate per facilitator plus expenses, which ordinarily works out more cost effective than sending your team externally on courses which will also incur individual expenses.

Attendees

This workshop is designed to cater for anyone who works in a challenging work environment, although we can tailor the content if we are working with a group of people managers or customer facing staff.

For more details on our range of Training Programmes, please contact us on 0203 507 0053 or fill in the form on this page and we will answer any of your questions regarding this course . We work throughout the UK and internationally and our team of trainers are able to talk through your exact training requirements to develop your staff, based on your overall organisational Requirements.