Advanced presentation skills: Communicate with confidence and influence
Available as :
- Group training: face-to-face
- Group Training: virtual
- As part of a learning journey
Description
This course is designed for professionals who already have experience with public speaking or presentations but want to elevate their impact when addressing senior audiences, clients, or large groups. In today’s fast-paced, high-stakes environments, being a competent speaker is not enough—your message must cut through the noise, resonate with diverse audiences, and drive action.
- Strategic Context & Audience Mapping.
- Analyzing the room: audience intent, expectations, and decision-making styles.
- Setting clear presentation goals: inform, influence, inspire.
- High-Impact Content Design.
- Crafting powerful openings and memorable closings.
- Storytelling techniques and evidence-based persuasion.
- Balancing Gravitas (authority) and Levitas (lightness) for executive presence.
- Data visualization and slide design best practices.
- Delivery Mastery – voice, pacing, pauses, purposeful movement and physical presence.
- Physical presence: stance, gestures, and purposeful movement.
- Rehearsal techniques and mindset preparation.
- Managing nerves, time pressure, and challenging audiences.
- Handling Q&A and Objections.
- Techniques for listening, re-framing, and staying composed.
- Managing hostile or high-status questioners.
- Transitioning smoothly back to key messages.
- Simulated high-stakes presentation.
- Personalized development recommendations.
- Plenty of live learning for practice.
- Peer and facilitator feedback using a structured rubric.
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Deliver persuasive and confident presentations in high-pressure settings.
- Tailor messages for different audience profiles using tools like DISC.
- Structure and design presentations that are both strategic and engaging.
- Use advanced delivery techniques including voice modulation, pausing, and body language.
- Handle difficult questions and objections with credibility and composure.
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