"Do I use a joke? Will they find it funny? How much detail and how much preamble? Rhetoric or understated – what is the right style for my audience?"

High quality presentation skills are essential for modern managers and professionals.

This advanced presentation skills workshop enables experienced presenters to enhance their performance as they work in an international world. Outstanding communicators build high quality rapport with their audience by increasing the similarities they share. They ensure that their message is delivered in a way that is most appropriate for their audience. English is a common international language that is used in very different ways by different nationalities. Understanding the differences and practicing adapting to new ways will increase participant’s effectiveness. This practical workshop also helps you to refine your style through video-recorded presentations and personal feedback.

This workshop is for anyone who makes business presentations to international audiences. It will benefit those making a sales presentation or progress report, proposing a new project or introducing a system change. It is for people who need to communicate successfully with people from other cultures whether they are American, German, French, Japanese or Finnish – or anything else.

• Recognise the different perspectives of international audiences
• Describe the ways in which cultures vary
• Anticipate people’s natural thinking preferences
• Recognise the differences in structure and pace of presentations and dialogue
• Adapt your presentation to suit the audience
• Improve your general presentation technique

• Perception, filters and meanings made
• Personality variations and communication preferences
• Thinking Styles

• Ways in which people do business
• Meeting structures
• Time allocation
• Listening vs. talking – not always competition!
• Discussion and disagreement

• Everyone laughs at something or someone
• Senses of humour
• Use of humour in presentations

• Mind-mapping and storyboarding
• Sequence, flow and pace
• Cultural requirements
• Achieving your desired results

• English as she is spoken
• International language
• Use of audience’s native language
• Jargon Alert!

• Use and meaning of Gestures
• Reading the audience
• Openness and integrity
• Eye contact and rapport

• Deliver short presentations
• Video recorded for detailed scrutiny
• Individual feedback and coaching

For more information or to discuss how this course could benefit you call us on +44 1279 504429 or email us now .