In this Public Speaking & Presentation Skills training course, you learn how to strengthen your public speaking and presentation skills, build your confidence, and establish rapport with the audience — all while practicing and delivering presentations in a safe environment with personalized feedback. Public Speaking Training: Create Compelling Speeches & Presentations Benefits Speak publicly in a convincing, confident, and concise style Deliver dynamic and effective presentations Create reference materials that support a compelling speech Build audience rapport through eye contact, vocal delivery, and body language Sharpen your public speaking skills by integrating feedback Continue learning and face new challenges with after-course one-on-one instructor coaching Public Speaking Training Outline Module 1: Creating Compelling Speeches In this module, you will learn how to: Determine your baseline public speaking skills Tame fears and increase confidence through practice and preparation Integrate audience feedback to fine-tune your delivery You will also learn how to use the five-step method for speech delivery Hooking the audience Identifying the critical need Presenting the key ideas concisely Explaining the payoff Calling for action Module 2: Building an Effective Presentation In this module, you will learn how to: Create a storyboard for your presentation Assess and address the needs of your audience Convert your ideas into clear, structured content Apply learning theory for optimal information transfer when shaping your presentation Employ the 7 +/- 2 short-term memory principle to maintain your audience’s attention Design effective presentation slides by simplifying complex data with visuals and graphics Module 3: Engaging Your Audience In this module, you will learn how to: Direct the audience's natural eye movement Move dynamically within the presentation space Engage the entire audience with effective eye contact Synchronize your gestures to the verbal message Animate your speech with vocal variety, pitch modulation, pauses, and silence Deliver memorable openings and closings Module 4: Adding Interactivity to Your Presentations In this module, you will learn how to: Engage your audience by stimulating participation with preplanned, topical, rhetorical, group, and targeted questions Handle questions from the audience with the reward, restate, and respond approach Keep your answers short and simple Get back on track after an unplanned interruption Manage the post-presentation Q&A session Module 5: Rehearsing and Delivering Your Speech In this module, you will learn how to: Build confidence with practice Incorporate audience feedback to improve your presentation Stay within your time limit Open your presentation dynamically to create a winning first impression
