WOW!
How to Give the Best Presentation of Your Career
Learning OutcomesTrue greatness is seen in the ability to convince others they, too, are great! Your experiences and stories of triumph are your most useful tool to make a difference in your professional and personal world. The essence of great leadership is finding ways to bring life to your vision. Learn to articulate your story and others will be motivated to move quickly toward a call of action. This skill is the essence of honing your personal power to affect others. • At the end of this seminar, participants will be able to:
– Identify elements of a motivational speeches and dynamic presentations– Explore the use of stories in effective presentation– Use vocal techniques and strategies that make an impact– Learn how to adapt your speaking style– Explore ways to use power point and other visual aids as a tool for engagement
Real Focus
• Presentation Type, Objectives and Agenda• Messages• Content Verification, Data Validations• Illustrations, Visuals, • Preparation and Previews• Mini Closes and the Closing
This is For Your Own GoodThe Three Musketeers of a Persuasive Argument• Ethos – Credibility
• History of the speaker• Credentials, knowledge, work experience, etc.
• Acknowledgement of biases• Preferences about the topic that may influence
choices made by the speaker• Pathos – Emotional Proof
• Appealing to the values of the audience• Using emotionally charged words
• Logos – Logic/Reasoning• Establish a foundation for the speaker’s position• Develop the elements of the speaker’s position• Draw a conclusion from the elements that is
supported by the foundation of the speaker’s position
Athos Porthos Aramis
Ethos Pathos
Logos
What Type of Presentation Is This? If you don’t know you better ask somebody
Types of Presentations• Informative• Forensic• Deliberative• Epideictic
Presentation Models/Methods• Cause and Effect• Antecedent/Consequence• Contraries• Contradictions
If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain to be in peril. Sun Tzu
PLANNING AND PREPARATION
It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare a good impromptu speech.Mark Twain
How will you Reach Your Presentation Goals
S Subject C Central Theme O Objective R Rationale E Evaluation
Know Your Audience What does your audience know about your topic? What might they want to know or need to know about your
topic? How can your topic or the information benefit your audience? What is your audience's amount of interest in or attitude
toward your topic? How will you address or compensate for your audience's
amount of interest in or attitude toward your topic? What do you and your audience have in common? How are you and your audience different? What ideas or examples in your presentation might your
audience identify with?
There is only one Beginning it better be Gosh Darn Good
Agenda• Program Overview
– What led us here• The Recommendation
– An obvious choice or alternatives
• Your Endorsement as a member of the HRPC to Proceed as Recommended
Facts
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Nearly 11,000 unique usersAccessed 3,581 unique courses
29,707 courses completedOver 21,750 books accessed
Value of books accessed >$2.3M
Northrop Grumman’s minimumnet benefit per SkillSoft participant
$1,953
Build up, buy-in, socialization
• The first time they see/hear your message shouldn’t be the first time they see or hear about your message
• The ultimate presentation should be the evolution of an idea that must take hold
• Therefore it is hatched and natured and shaped by layers of mentors and stakeholders and previewed by the very people you will present it to
Show And Tell
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Sectors make separate buys
under one agreement
Disparate product licensing and
license administration
create barriers to entry
Complexity, inconsistency, and under utilization required the XXXX program be reexamined so efficiencies, strategic value and enterprise
leverage can be applied
The “As-Is” Picture is Very Complex
Approach: Streamline, Consolidate, Simplify, and Allocate
Program of Study credits
100+ certifications
Including Cyber
PDUs/CDUs
Variety of learning assets
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Solution Services
Live Learning
A comprehensive strategic approach with immediate benefit
Sector Number of Unique Users
% Allocation by Sector
AS 1,157 10.69%CORP 88 0.81%
ES 1,362 12.58%ESS 621 5.74%IS 6,474 59.79%TS 1,126 10.40%
10,828 100%
Out Year allocations
Interface Tool
Single Sign-on
Leadership Channel1
50 Lessons2
Executive Summaries3
Executive Blue Prints4