Oral presentations
Learning objectives
At the end of this course the participants should be able to:
- Establish specific objectives for an oral presentation;
- Organize the content of a presentation in a clear, concise and well ordered way;
- Choose appropriate presentation methods according to the situation and to their own preferred style;
- Choose and use technical aids in the proper way so as to enhance the presentation;
- Make interesting and efficient oral presentations;
- Know how to control stress before and during a presentation;
- Know how to react to interruptions and disturbances during a presentation;
- Know how to react to an impolite audience or individuals during a presentation;
- Know how to make team presentations;
- Understand the verbal and non-verbal aids and how to use them;
- Understand how to use the Rancourt model of epistemic styles so as to adapt their presentation to the audience.
Content
The content of this course can vary in response to the different needs of clients. The course may include:
- The basic elements of a good presentation;
- Stress and how to control it;
- Planning a presentation: identification of the objectives in relation to the audience;
- The use of epistemic styles inventory to determine the presentation style;
- Presenter's tics to be avoided;
- Team presentations;
- The voice and the non-verbal;
- Technical aids;
- Problem situations: hostile audience, the message isn't getting through etc.;
- Emphasis in a presentation: on what, when and how?
Course participants and duration
This one day course is normally given to groups of 8 to 12 participants from the same organization. Since different clients' needs vary, we can adapt the schedule, the content and the learning activities so as to respond to specific needs.
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