Presentation Training Skills

Presentations Skills Training Workshops

Presentations skills training workshops are provided across the country via public open enrollment workshops in all major metropolitan areas and can also be delivered on-site via private training workshops. Our presentation training workshops can be provided as off-the-shelf workshops or training sessions which are ready to be delivered to a diverse audience or can be customized to provide a tailored training and personalized approach workshop based on client needs. All presentations training workshops are limited to a maximum of twelve participants so as to increase workshop effectiveness and provide the individual level of presentation coaching and interaction that is associated with the Presentations Training Skills Workshop Center.

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Presentation Training Workshop: Are You Just Presenting or Truly Engaging?

As a presenter, you can no longer rely on just a PowerPoint presentation - no matter how good - to engage your audience and keep them engaged. Modern audiences expect more - much more - and it's up to you to deliver your presentations using a variety of tools and techniques.

Even school children nowadays are exposed to a variety of "presentation" tools - including video games, iPhone apps, hand-held tablet computers, and even interactive electronic whiteboards in their classrooms. These might not all be tools you're familiar with, but your audiences and clients might be using them every day. Granted, you might not have any school children in your audiences yet, but many others do have that same level of technology competence.

This is particularly true of Generation Y (increasingly the people in your audiences), who love technology, love presenters who use technology well, but are very intolerant of those who don't use it well.

Even if you're using PowerPoint or Keynote, is that the best you can do?

Your audiences want more.

These aren't the people who get their news from newspapers, the radio or even the 6 o'clock news. That's all one-way communication, and modern audiences and clients want more engagement. They live on FaceBook, YouTube, MySpace, Blip.fm, iTunes and Flicker. Places where they can participate, not just "download" stuff.

Are your presentations just a "download", or are you truly engaging your audiences?

Here are ten things to think about - just to get you started:

Do you have a Twitter back channel open when doing a keynote presentation?

Do you offer follow-up teleseminars and webinars to reinforce your message?

If they Google you before they arrive, what will they find?

If they Google your topic, will they find you as the expert?

Are you combining face-to-face learning with e-learning?

Where does your presentation fit into an overall learning package?

What technology are you using to foster collaboration and teamwork during your presentation?

If you send them a copy of your slides afterwards, is it just a PDF file or a more engaging slide show with audio narration?

How will you take advantage of them using their iPhone, Blackberries and laptops during your presentation?

What technology are you using to keep the conversation going after your presentation?

Of course, you don't have to do all of these in every presentation. But if you're not doing any of them, you're falling behind.

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