Presentation Skills
Delivery to Technology
The power of an effective presentation moves business, people, and even governments. That's why excellent presentation skills are so essential. Fortunately, it's a skill that can be learned, enhanced, and fine-tuned to peak effectiveness. That's what this program is all about. From mastering the art of delivery to comprehending and harnessing the power of today's technology, Nadine Pellegrino has developed a program that can be customized to fit your specific requirements.
A program that is sure to add impact to your presentations.

A Model One-Day Program Outline

Delivery
The first module focuses on formatting and delivery skills. These skills, when appropriately combined, will give you the ability to deliver a confident clearly structured presentation. This program can be tailored to address your needs. It covers the critical components of presenting and individualized hands-on practice. Several suggested topics could include:
Formatting
  •  Structuring the essential elements of the introduction, body, and conclusion
  • Structuring the impromptu format, the most valued of all speaking skills
  • The differences between informative, persuasive, and ceremonial speaking
  • How to introduce, support, and wrap up points
  • How to answer difficult questions
Delivery
  • Selecting the appropriate delivery mode
  • Using effective visual and vocal cues
  • Enhancing speaker credibility
  • Utilizing impactful visual aids
  • Optimizing nervous energy
Technology
 A seemingly endless array of mysterious new and complex technology appears almost daily. It's hard to grasp, yet explosive in the potential for adding a significant force to your presentations. In fact, it's actually becoming an expected ingredient. You can't learn individual programs and hardware in one day, but you can learn the concepts that will literally open an exciting new world for you and your audience. The program covers what you should know about:
  • The basic differences between on-screen and printed images
  • How to learn presentation programs such as PowerPoint
  • Concepts of the key graphic programs such as: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, PhotoDraw, and others
  • How to make effective transparencies and handouts
  • Dealing with resolution, bitmaps, vectors,and file formats
  • Equipment such as printers, remote mice, and laptops
  • Using page layout programs like QuarkXPress or Publisher
  • Effectively using fonts, word art, and clip art
  • Understanding color, gamuts, RGB and CMYK
  • Acrobat and the amazing New World of PDF files
  • Portable projectors and VGA, SVGA, and XVGA
  • Object linking and embedding

Participants receive comprehensive custom training manuals.
This program is customized to fit corporate and participant needs.

The technology module was designed and developed by
Harry Waldman
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