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The Art of Presentations The Art of Presentations will help teach you how to speak effectively to a crowd of 1 or 1000, and how to prepare and deliver powerful presentations. The topics covered in this class are below. Click here to find out more about the dates and pricing for this class. Presented by: Patricia Fripp, CSP, CPAE Sponsored by the • Prepare for a positive experience • Details making the difference • The "schmooze factor" • The three elements of a talk/sales message: Outline, Material and Delivery • The stand in the rain element • Come out punching • The first thirty seconds and the last thirty seconds • Impact, humor, entertainment or education • Who cares or does it matter • Open, close, points of wisdom and strong framework • Stand and deliver • Answering questions in their minds • Strong foundation for your presentation • Chunking • Basic outlines that work • Five most frequently asked questions • Past, present, future: chronological • Nine Circle approach • Conflict/development/dialogue • Universal principles: the reveal • Listener needs an emotional and intellectually satisfying experience • The currency of human contact is stories • Point… story, story… point, combination • Bumper sticker statements • Personalize, customize, localize, embellish, and add conversation • Develop your storytelling abilities • Editing for the most impact • Talk in pictures, making it come alive • Points of wisdom • Don't be a hero • I-you factors, involving your listener • Enemy of the presenter is sameness • Humor: don't try to be funny if you're not funny • Be yourself • Areas of variety • Using visual aids as a supplement. Don't build your presentation around visual aids. • Order, clarify and intensify • Inform or instruct, persuade or influence Go back to the Home Page Go back to the Programs Page

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