Presentation Skills
Speaking To Groups Course
Develops speaking skills for meetings and brief presentations
This hands-on course develops effective speaking skills for meetings and brief, informal presentations. Participants learn to organize and present ideas confidently using various presentation styles and strategies. This training develops the clear enunciation, key phrases, voice dynamics, non-verbal skills, and cultural awareness that enhance audience connection and interaction. Each session includes group discussions or mini-presentations, some of which may be video-recorded.
Audience: People who speak English as their first language or who speak English-as-a-second-language at an intermediate to advanced level
Job Level: Hourly employees, technical professionals, leaders
- Prepare effective presentations using the P.R.E.P. formula and other templates
- Organize ideas in the North American linear style, using an outline, bullet points, and parallel structure
- Highlight main ideas using stylistic techniques such as repetition and focus words
- Capture, maintain and redirect audience attention using techniques such as questions words, ‘hooks’ and ‘zingers’
- Speak concisely on a topic while including an appropriate level of detail for a specific audience
- Manage discussion flow using key phrases to ask for clarification, express an opinion, disagree politely, etc.
- Add speaking impact with dynamic patterns of intonation, rhythm, stress, phrasing, and pausing
- Communicate with appropriate loudness, voice quality, speaking speed, and non-verbal cues
- Pronounce key words clearly in presentations and discussions
- Adjust presentations to suit listeners’ individual preferences and intercultural communication styles
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