presents American Management Association Seminars
Strategies For Developing Effective Presentation Skills
Seminar No: 02519 -XNBB
CEU Credits: 1.8
Length: 3 days
Transform yourself from inexperienced speaker to skilled presenter!
At this three-day program, you'll learn how to present your ideas with conviction, control, and poise--and without fear. You'll gain the specific skills and direction you need to become comfortable with your own presentation style. And you'll receive expert advice on how to handle especially challenging situations. Most important, you'll learn how to present by presenting.
Attendees:
This course is recommended for presenters with little or no presentation experience.
How You Will Benefit:
- Tailor your presentation to your audience
- Use relaxation techniques to overcome nervousness
- Learn how to project your voice and use pauses to dramatize your point
- Expertly handle difficult questions and situations
What You Will Cover:
- Essentials of presentational communication concepts
- How to be effective in any group--handling impromptu speaking situations...audience analysis...focusing on audience needs
- How to develop the opening, body and close of a presentation--organizational techniques...how you come across to others...building and improving ideas...commanding and focusing attention...encouraging audience involvement
- Preparation for presentation--managing presentation stress...using audiovisual aids
- Delivering the complete presentation--managing the physical setting for your presentation...interacting with your audience...fielding questions from the floor...finer points of effective presentations
Extras From AMA!
Your presentation will be videotaped for playback and review. The video is yours to keep.
Extended/Detailed Seminar Outline
Learning Objectives
- Tailor Your Presentation to Your Audience
- Use Relaxation Techniques to Overcome Nervousness
- Learn How to Project Your Voice and Use Pauses to Dramatize Your Point
- Expertly Handle Difficult Questions and Situations
Module 1: Balancing Verbal and Nonverbal Messages
- Explain the Need to Balance Style and Substance
- Identify the Importance of Nonverbal (Visual and Vocal) Messages
- Receive Feedback on the Nonverbal Messages You Send
- Practice Nonverbal Impact Skills to Reduce Nervousness and to Engage the Attention of Your Listeners
- Demonstrate How to Make Your Content Clearer and More Memorable by Incorporating Anecdotes, Analogies, Examples, and Quotes in Your Presentation
- Demonstrate How to Use Audience Participation Techniques
Module 2: Developing and Organizing Presentation Content
- Set Presentation Parameters
- Create an Audience Profile
- Tap into What You Already Know
- Identify What You Need to Find Out
- Structure Your Information
- Demonstrate How to Condense the Speech Outline into Notes You Can Speak From
Module 3: Preparing to Give the Presentation
- Explain the Benefits of Rehearsing, Adhering to Time Frame, and Speaking from Notes
- Demonstrate How to Reduce Stress and Speaker’s Anxiety
Module 4: Using Visual Aids and Support Materials
- Describe the Purpose of Visual Aids and Support Materials
- Distinguish among Visual Aids, Speaker’s Notes, and Audience Handouts
- Identify Tips for Effective Composition of Visual Content
- Describe the Criteria for Selection among the Many Types of Visual Aid Media
- Demonstrate Guidelines for Interacting with Visual Aids and Managing Handouts
Module 5: Handling Questions from the Audience
- Explain the Importance of the Question and Answer Session
- Demonstrate How to Respond Professionally to Questions from the Audience
Module 6: Managing the Presentation Environment
- Describe the Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Room Setups
- Be Able to Anticipate, Avoid, and Handle Equipment Problems
- Identify What Logistical Arrangements to Check
- Demonstrate How to Use Lecterns and Microphones Effectively
Exercises/Worksheets
- Self-Introduction Worksheet
- Prepared Presentation #1
- Setting Presentation Parameters Worksheet
- Audience Profile Worksheet
- Prepared Presentation #2
Overheads
Start and End times: first day - 8:30am-5pm, all other days 9am-5pm unless otherwise specified. Your registration confirmation notice will confirm the hotel/conference center for the seminar for which you registered. The information included on this page is all the information available on this seminar. Please use form below to register only. To request information that is not included above please send an email to
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AMA's main conference centers
Seminars scheduled for the cities below are held at the locations listed below. For location information for other cities in which AMA seminars are held please call or email for information.
New York
AMA executive Conference Center
1601 Broadway New York, NY 10019
American Management Association (Located in the same building as the Crowne Plaza Hotel) 1601 Broadway On Broadway and 48th Street near Times Square. Entrance is on 48th Street.
Chicago
AMA executive Conference Center (adjacent to the Marroitt O'Hare)
8655 west higgins rd
Chicago, IL 60631
San Francisco
AMA executive Conference Center is located in San Francisco Marriott Hotel
55 Fourth Street 2nd Level
San Francisco, CA 94103
Atlanta
AMA Executive Conference Center
Address: 1170 Peachtree Street Ne Cnr Peachtree & 14th (3rd Flr)
City, State, Zip: Atlanta, GA 30309
Washington, DC
Arlington, Virginia
2345 Crystal Drive, Suite 200
Arlington, VA 22202
If you are not paying via credit card, you will receive an invoice with payment instructions.
Cancellation Policy:
If you cannot attend a seminar you can contact AMA in advance to transfer to a future session, or you can send someone to take your place. If you need to cancel your attendance, AMA will give you a complete refund if you cancel more than three weeks before your seminar begins. To cancel, simply email us at
. If you cancel with less than three weeks’ advance notice, you will be liable for the entire seminar fee. Once your payment has been received, you may request a courtesy transfer to use at any future AMA seminar of equal or lesser length. The courtesy transfer must be used within one year of the date of your originally scheduled seminar. In fairness to all attendees, if you do not attend a seminar session for which you are confirmed and do not contact AMA to cancel in advance, you will be charged the entire seminar fee.
AMA grants courtesy transfers to people who cannot attend their scheduled sessions. You can use a courtesy transfer for any seminar of equal or lesser length than the original seminar. You must use your courtesy transfer within one year of the date of your originally scheduled seminar.
AMA guarantees the quality of our seminars. If, for any reason, you are not satisfied with a seminar for which you have paid, AMA will give you credit toward another seminar of comparable price or will refund your fee.
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