Shikhar Pathak
Presentation skills
Let's keep this message simple - we enable presenters to realise their full potential and create impact.Whether alone or part of a group, we work with individuals. There is no ‘right’ or ‘wrong’ way to speak or deliver a presentation. People are different. Styles vary from one person to the next. For each individual there are things that work and things that don’t. We provide experienced, honest and supportive comment and coaching. Confidence and encouragement open the door to successful technique, whatever level you are at.Objectives
- To meet the specific goals of each individual with techniques that work for them
- To inspire confidence, highlighting improvements and demonstrating that presenting can be enjoyable and rewarding
- To show that the ways we communicate will always reflect our diversity, but there are pitfalls to avoid and skills that can be brought to bear
- To ensure unique personalities, vocal and physical attributes are focused to best effect through structured preparation and rehearsal
Outcomes
Participants will have:- Existing strengths identified and enhanced
- Firm confidence of success with their very next opportunity
- Areas to continue to develop with specific exercises and techniques
- New ideas and knowledge about devising and writing telling presentations
- A measurable advance to their personal and professional skill set
- Increased value to their business
Approach
Trainees will spend most of their time working on their feet with a very high level of individual feed back. Sessions are based around the process any performer, teacher, presenter or spokesperson goes through as they prepare. Great care is taken to make the process fun, enjoyable and relentlessly constructive.Our workshops are characterised by:
- Constant re-engagement, stimulation and encouragement
- Working with a specialist director offering immediate analysis, suggestions and rehearsal techniques to illustrate what’s working and what isn’t until we get it right
- Tackling specific business presentations with exercises that engage and illuminate using complimentary and contrasting material
- High interaction, with group feedback, self criticism and mutual support whilst establishing key learning points for each individual
- Video support as appropriate, bibliography and workbook for revision and further learning
Content
All programmes are tailored to meet your needs, but here are some of the issues we might tackle.Designing your presentation
- Structures to develop concepts, build arguments or drive narratives
- Recapitulation, signals and signs that ensure your case is clear and memorable
- Skilful transitions and opening and closing to maximum effect
- Devising scripts, prompts and graphic aids that help and don’t hinder
Getting into the right frame of mind
- Preparation and rehearsal
- Dealing with and using your nerves to your advantage
- Relaxation, visualisation, confidence and self-belief
Your ‘stage presence’
- Making an entrance - first impressions and subliminal messages
- Establishing, owning and using your space
- Projecting the essential ‘you’ - posture, style and appearance
- Using silence, expression and good humour to create rapport
Performing on your feet
- Key messages, your storyline and methods to keep on track
- Handling questions, facilitation skills, interaction and constructive debate
- Do's and don'ts around slides, visual aids and amplification
- Suppressing distracting mannerisms to establish confident movement and gesture
- Techniques for grabbing and holding attention and leave them wanting more
Your unique voice
- How to look after it and develop breath control to power your speech
- Achieving appropriate tone, pace, pitch and volume
- Exercises for clarity, inflection, modulation and attack
- Physical and vocal preparation, how to limber up in the real world
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Tips for speech without any hesitation on stage
Tips
- With a large enough audience, there is usually at least one person who will be smiling at you or nodding their head. If you find this person, keep looking at them for reassurance (and as you gain confidence as the talk goes on, start looking at other individuals as well).
- Try not to look at the teacher the whole time. This will make you very nervous, and it's very noticeable. Look mostly at the students and make lots of eye contact. Only look at the teacher a few times.
- Drink water before presenting, it helps you cool down and you should feel less stressed.
- Don't pause for a long time then people will think you don't know anything.
- Don't try to get out of doing speeches. Instead, try to give more speeches. This will give you more speaking experience!
- Try not to think, if you will be graded, if you fail. The teacher cares about what you say, more importantly!
- It is good to think about the good things coming out of your speech, making people laugh and getting good marks.
- When your teacher tells you about an oral practice that is when you get to the time that you have to present it. You should be very well prepared and you will receive good marks for your presentation. Try to include pictures as that will count for your creativity skill.
- Try using humor. Everyone likes to laugh. Plus, it is very easy to tell a joke, it might make you laugh as well. Just make sure your joke isn't insensitive or lame.
- Try and take deep breaths at the beginning, in the middle and at the end.
- Also don't take false tips like imagining them in their underwear because this just distracts you and you will lose sight of your speech. But remember if you keep a nice solid tone and keep good eye contact you are sure to surpass your fear.
- You don't even have to look at the audience... Just look at something that is behind them... This wil make them think you are looking at them and will make you feel better if you have trouble with eye contact.
- Instead of looking at everyone look at the back of the room like a picture or even the bad paint job.
- If you are in a large group of people who also have to give a speech (in a public speaking class for example) try to go sooner rather than later. If you deliver your speech before the majority of people, chances are that they will be focused on how they're going to deliver their speech So they probably won't even be paying attention to you. So if you go first you'll have less reason to worry!
- If you feel you can't talk because your lungs are constantly at full capacity, pause for a few seconds (preferably at the end of a sentence) and take a calm, slow breath out. Its just your body trying to get as much oxygen as possible. Don't let it make you panic, because then it will get even worse. Pausing in the middle of a sentence may sound a bit silly but it's much better than having to take a breath after every word.
