Powerful Presentations

Who this program is for

While this presentation skills program is perfect for senior executives, it is suitable for anyone who regularly makes presentations, speaks in public at events or acts as a spokesperson to the media.

It is also appropriate for teachers and trainers – regardless of their ability and the size of the group they teach.

What to expect on this program

Powerful Presentations takes a Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) approach to communication and presentation skills. Many people have begun to use NLP for communication, change, and outstanding performance. NLP has been widely applied, often with astonishing results, in many diverse fields including teaching and presenting.

One of the most profound ideas of NLP is that, if one person can do something, and if they are doing it incredibly well, it should be possible to find out what they’re doing and replicate it. So, NLP is theoretically a modelling approach for identifying and replicating the unconscious skills of excellent performers and then teaching them to others or learning them yourself.

While this is not a course on NLP, the principles and ideas of NLP are woven into the course material to support and augment learning. We teach participants to:

• Look, act and sound like the leader they are, achieving instant likeability and credibility while always remaining calm
• Never be anxious when they present to any audience
• Use their charisma and presence to focus on impact rather than perfection
• Find an authentic, credible and compelling personal style.
• Become more audience-focused, message-driven and action-oriented.
• Identify their current communication style and how others may perceive their behaviors
• Experience the impact of trainer input through “feedforward” to identify weak spots and eliminate behaviors that hold them back
• Make positive first impressions using rapport techniques to set the tone for successful relationships
• Understand perception and the powerful influence of non-verbal communication
• Use dynamic and persuasive presenting techniques to build rapport and communicate instant credibility while developing an informal, fluent, and relaxed fun style
• Give themselves an advantage by leveraging their personal competence and likeability
• Become aware of the non-verbal signals others are sending so they can adapt their style and message, and then move to partnership mode
• Maximise their personal power to influence decisions/agendas by managing their own state, and guiding the audience’s state as well
• Run a Q&A with confidence and elegance while managing the energy in the room

Learning outcomes

Ultimately, participants leave confident in their ability to deliver entertaining, educational and persuasive presentations.

Ask your leaders to sit back for a moment and imagine they are giving one of their most important presentations ever. When they interact with the audience, the audience goes with them. Not only that, they’re in control of their state: they feel authentic, credible and compelling. The presentation is informative and entertaining, and at the end of the presentation, people come to see them to say that it’s the best session they have ever attended.

Powerful Presentations makes this scenario a reality.

How participants learn

The course is a mixture of classroom learning and practical work.

Throughout the training, participants receive personal feedforward and coaching to augment and anchor their learning.

A hugely beneficial part of the program is capturing participant’s performance and progress digitally so that they can review and continue their learning.

Participants will benefit from

• Fun, relaxed and interactive sessions that go beyond standard professional development programs
• Highly experienced trainers with decades of leadership and coaching experience in an industry relevant to them
• A holistic approach that develops their mind, soul and spirit
• Learning that fits within a tailored development program