Purpose
Develop skills to become a high-impact communicator with the ability to inform, influence, engage and drive change.
Learning objectives
- Learn how to deliver effective and engaging oral presentations through peer learning.
- Discover and acquire the tools you need to identify and meet your audience’s needs through practice activities and scenarios.
- Learn how to speak in public with confidence and poise.
- Practise various high-impact oral presentation techniques to ensure knowledge transfer.
Training desciption
- Scenarios will be used to allow participants to apply what they have learned by giving short presentations to the group.
- Lectures and practice activities: participant presentations and structured feedback.
Training Method
Real-time virtual seminar where each participant connects to the session via a web link. Computer, webcam and headphones with microphone are required.
Duration
Two non-consecutive, three-hour sessions
Content
Part I
Introduction
Icebreaker
The challenges of public speaking
Communication: measuring your impact
Your public speaking difficulties (self-assessment)
- Capsule on nerves and how to deal with them
Interactive presentation: factors affecting your speech
Message content (saying something)
Exercise: real-life scenarios for participants
Capsule on nerves and how to deal with them
Finding meaning for your audience
Setting presentation objectives
Practice activities and co-creation workshops
Part II
Knowing your audience
High-impact virtual communication practices
Tips for preparing a good speech (structure)
- Approaches
Tips and tricks for giving an engaging speech
- Voice, pauses and silences, language, gestures, humour, images, anecdotes and examples
How to appropriately answer questions from the audience
- Don’t get sidetracked—stick to the plan
Participants prepare and deliver structured presentations aimed at transferring learning (flipped
classroom)
Practice activities and co-creation workshops
Action plan
The evaluation is completed online after the training session.
