Aim: Make clear and powerful presentations

1) What’s it all about?

2) Why iOpener?

This is one of our best-selling workshops. We consistently get excellent feedback for it and everybody sees a consequent quantum leap in their performance.

3) How?

Each participant presents twice: this consists of a prepared presentation and an improvised one (anecdotes or bad news. We use video recording and give group as well as private feedback to each participant.

4) Participants

8 participants is the maximum number to make this an effective workshop. Small groups enable real learning to take place.

Each participant should bring a typical 10 minute presentation they might have to give.

5) Outcomes

Participants will:

• Understand how to make clear, powerful presentations that persuade and win support for ideas and products
• Know how to enhance their professional and corporate image
• Be able to demonstrate ‘on-your-feet’ thinking
• Learn practical tools to motivate, persuade and check buy-in
• Practise handling objections, questions and other common distractions

6) Participants cover

• Structuring your presentation: FACE IT
• Language: power talk vs. wimp talk! VHF language for all the audience
• Opening and closing your presentation with maximum effect
• Using your voice and body language – read, rotate, repeat technique
• Handling difficult questions, hijacks and the open laptop or mobile phone
• Keeping the audience’s attention high
• Motivating the audience and delivering a powerful message; rhetorical techniques
• Breaking the bad news: how to do it
• Evaluating some famous speakers and CEOs; video clips

7) Who should attend?

Delegates who need to influence key players both inside and outside their organisations.

8) Duration

1-2 days depending on need