My expectations were surpassed! I would recommend it to any professional who wants their presentation skills as sharp as possible.

Assistant Dean | Drake University

Leadership Presentation & Image Skills Refresher

Overview:

“Leadership Presentation & Image Skills Refresher” is a 1 or 2 day program designed to provide graduates of “Leadership Presentation & Image Skills” the opportunity to further develop and refine the specific skills, procedures and techniques to effectively present and convey a polished image. This program provides opportunities for participants to get back on camera and receive continued one-on-one coaching and feedback from an instructor and other program attendees.

Learning Objectives & Sample Agenda:

Benchmark Refresher

  • Learn how you look and sound from the audience’s perspective.

Delivery of Physical Skills Refresher

  • Refresh and refine presentation skills by taking them to the next level.

Presentation Preparation

  • Recognize why structuring a presentation matters.
  • Learn how to define your message and purpose.
  • Analyze your audience with our proven techniques.
  • Select your Dardis “road map”, and organize your presentation to ensure it is clear, complete, and concise.
  • Learn appropriate slide transitions, critical phrases, and presentation best practices
  • Learn how to open and engage with IMPACT!

Consultative Presentation Skills

  • Adapt your delivery skills in a seated position.
  • Rely on the Dardis “pause, pick a person, present” approach.

Story Telling

  • Learn the five forms of influence and the universal formula for story telling.

Seven Minute Presentation

  • Deliver a formal presentation to the participant group while receiving in-the-moment coaching and feedback.

Professional Image

  • Complete a wardrobe assessment as part of pre-work, and discuss the inventory findings and next steps

Managing Interaction and Q&A

  • Learn how to best separate the core issue from the spin a questioner adds by expressing emotion, opinion, or evaluation.
  • Learn how to clarify (when needed), and restate, rephrase, or relay before answering a question.