Delivering Powerful Presentations

Polished and Pain­less Public Speak­ing

Whether it's lead­ing a small brain­storm­ing meet­ing for a staff of 5, or giving a keynote speech to an audi­ence of 5000, con­fi­dence and com­pe­tency is essen­tial for busi­ness suc­cess. Unfor­tu­nately many people feel uncom­fort­able and even afraid when it comes to stand­ing up and deliv­er­ing a presentation.

"As always, your humor­ous and thought­ful approach to the pre­sen­ta­tion made this not only a learn­ing expe­ri­ence, but enjoy­able as well. All of the feed­back that I have received has been very positive."

Lora Colflesh,
VP Human Resources
Sun Microsys­tems, Inc.

Pol­ished, Pain­less Pre­sen­ta­tions is a fun, inter­ac­tive and power-​packed train­ing pro­gram that teaches any exec­u­tive, man­ager or indi­vid­ual twenty pow­er­ful ways to make their pre­sen­ta­tions pro­fes­sional, pol­ished and pain­less. Inspired by Keith Bailey and Karen Leland's pop­u­lar, new book, Public Speak­ing In An Instant, 60 Ways to Stand Up and Be Heard, and t aught in an upbeat and engag­ing style the topics cov­ered include:

• Ana­lyz­ing your audi­ence by assess­ing who you're speak­ing to, the core work­ing style of the audi­ence and adjust­ing your con­tent to fit the group's needs and goals
• Prepar­ing your talk by address­ing the key talk­ing points you need to cover in a pre­sen­ta­tion and in what order
• Going beyond the facts to a more fleshed out pre­sen­ta­tion that cre­ates visual images for your audi­ence as appro­pri­ate includ­ing using sto­ries and exam­ples to illus­trate your points
• Uti­liz­ing the top seven body lan­guage and tone of voice skills that help get your mes­sage across
• Avoid­ing the mis­takes that pro­mote a neg­a­tive message
• Inte­grat­ing tech­nol­ogy and tools into your pre­sen­ta­tion to enhance your talk rather than to hide behind
• Cre­at­ing audi­ence rap­port through pacing and lead­ing to engage and involve your listeners
• Inte­grat­ing Inter­ac­tiv­ity with five key activ­i­ties to get your audi­ence more actively involved in any presentation
• Deal­ing with a Dif­fi­cult Audi­ence includ­ing a six step process to work with a doubter or dis­rupter in your presentation

This pro­gram is avail­able in any of the fol­low­ing for­mats: half-​day live train­ing, keynote speech, or webinar.

For a detailed pro­gram descrip­tion, click here to down­load a pdf.