ILM Accredited - Presentation Skills

This instructor-led-training will ensure your next presentation is influential, engaging and successful.

Course Overview

Course Details
Instructor Led Training
Duration: 3 days
Workshop size: 25 participants
Delivery: Classroom or Online
ILM Course Code: E41E-07

Course Objectives

Develop clear and easy to understand presentation materials
Demonstrate confidence and good communication skills
Convince and engage an audience
Respond to audience questions
Design and deliver effective PowerPoint slides
Manage nerves to improve impact

Training Techniques

Experiential learning
Case studies
Group learning and discussion
Individual challenges
Collaborative and competitive tasks
Training videos
Role plays and simulations

Overview

Here is what we will cover in
this course

What Makes a Good Presentation

-Examples of good and bad presentations

-Criteria and role models

Developing the Slide Deck

-Templates and backgrounds

-Style guidelines

-Using animations, transitions and smart art

-The use of PowerPoint in presentations

The Presentation

-Purpose statements
-High impact introductions
-Ethos, pathos and logos
-Creating interest and engagement
-Sequencing, linking and signposting
-Effective, powerful endings

Question and Answer Sessions

-Predicting and anticipating questions

-How to answer a question

-What to do if you don’t know the answer

Using Your Voice

-Using the voice effectively maintain interest

-Acquire the skills of ‘speaking’ rather than ‘reading’

-Speaking techniques

-Rhetorical devices

ABOUT THE ACCREDITATION

ILM Assured

The ILM organisation is based in the United Kingdom, guarantees the quality of training through a rigorous auditing and supervisory process. Through certifying our courses with ILM, you are assured of investing in world-class education and skill development.

Patrick Jones - Course author