Presentation Skills

Background Note –
Need –

  1. Presentations are one of the keys to influence and eventually to recognition within an Organization or Community.
  2. Anyone who has to interface with the outer world or the inner Organization world has to, at some point in time, present a report, strategy, product, or even themselves to others.
  3. The data is not the only thing that matters in most cases, as presenting that data in a manner which can be easily understood, influence for action and leave a favourable impression of the presenter is an art as much as it is a science.

 

It is an imperative skill to possess.

Intended Audience –

  1. Anybody in the corporate organization, government, students or the business community; even housewives and retired people.
  2. Preferably, the audience should be homogeneous as far as the nature of presentations that they generally give, but this is not absolutely essential. They could be part of different business functions, professions or industry type.
  3. The workshop could have teams presenting in English, Hindi, Marathi or Gujarati.

Pedagogy –

  1. A meeting with the Stakeholders to discuss the intended outcome of the Program.
  2. Discussion with the Team, in part or whole, to discuss their perspective on the program.
  3. Training Imparted using
    1. Theoretical Concepts and Strategies for each aspect of the Presentation
    2. Videos
    3. Power-Point
    4. Practice of different kinds of Presentations
      1. Individual Presentations
      2. Group Presentations
      3. Personal Presentations
      4. Very Short Presentations (Elevator Pitch)
      5. Data-Centric Presentations

Program Structure –

  1. Background
  2. Aspects of Presentations
    1. Understanding the need and the audience
    2. Content – Research methodologies, Structuring Content
    3. Opening / Closing Strategies
    4. Body Language – Posture / Gesture / Eye Contact
    5. Voice – Pitch / Pace / Pause / Power / Emphasis /
    6. Test – Test whether and which solutions actually solve the customer problems
  3. Visual Aids
    1. PowerPoint as a Tool
    2. Strategies for designing slides using PowerPoint
    3. Strategies for presenting with PowerPoint / Flip Charts