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A DIFFERENT VIEW ON PRESENTATIONS

3 hour In-Company Workshop By Storytelling/presentation coach Sylvie Verleye

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CONTEXT

Being a Storytelling/presentation coach since 2000 I am constantly looking for new trends concerning effective presentations. A couple of years ago it struck me that I heard lots of complaints about presentations being too long or not clear enough. Speakers complain about time slots that are not respected or an audience that is more interested in their smartphones or who interrupt.

The past few years I have interviewed CEOs and VPs to understand what they expect from a presentation. By now it is crystal clear for me that they expect short presentations not necessarily supported by PowerPoint. This means you need a clear story which is why I call myself more and more a storytelling coach.

I have developed a communication model called the 'Simply Talking model' which helps speakers to build their story. This model can help you whether you need to communicate to 1 person or a few people during a meeting or for a big audience. It creates clarity for the speaker and for the audience.

FOCUS

When I work with people to help them communicate with impact, I always use the ‘Simply Talking method’ as a basis. You can use this model for every kind of presentation: an internal meeting with colleagues or management, a meeting with customers, a one to one communication or even for big audiences. This model focuses on 3 elements that are important when you communicate: A clear STORY, knowing how to use SLIDES, and connecting with the audience to optimize your STYLE and reduce STRESS.

For the story, the Simply Talking method offers some alternatives for our classical way of presenting. Most speakers, regardless their experience, present in an 'automatic pilot' style. What typically happens then is that every speaker uses the same sentence to introduce the topic and it sounds like 'today I want to talk to you about...' which rarely provides clarity. In most cases the structure used is an agenda with bullets, which is good for a meeting or a written report, though not for a story. A structure based on the pyramid principle is much more interesting to build and tell your story.


For the visuals the Simply Talking method makes a clear difference between the use of slides as a report and the use of slides as a visual aid. Though the most important question for me is this...do you always need slides to make your point? Sometimes yes, and often actually not. It depends on your style, your audience, your message and the timing of your presentation. But the thing is, you have to think about it and now we often don't. We make slides out of habit, because someone asked the presentation upfront or because we think it is the most professional thing to do. Though is it really?...

As for stress, it is important to realize that speaking to a small and especially big audience is a stressful event. To know how to deal with stress you have to get to know your personal style and see how you can empower that style. Key here is learning how your body language can help you and how to really connect with the audience.

Questions that will be answered are: • How do you introduce a topic? • How to make messages crystal clear? • How to attract and keep the attention? • How to 'stand' in front of an audience? • How to connect with the audience? • What are visual slides? • What are the alternatives for PowerPoint? • How to deal with nerves? • How to present for a high level audience? • How to do a short (sales)pitch? • How to present for a big audience? • How do you keep in control with a difficult audience? • How to present during a conference call? • How to end in a powerful way?


WORKSHOP in-company This workshop is limited to maximum 30 people. I cover the 3 topics (storytelling/stress/PowerPoint) in an interactive way and there is room for a few exercises. This workshop is often used as a team building workshop as the formula is ideal for companies or individuals to get to know my Simply Talking model and my coaching style. I cannot go into specific individual presentations though participants will have the tools needed to already optimize important communication they need to do. The timing for this workshop is ideally from 10:00 till 13:00 although I can adapt to the needs of the company. Your investment is 1.350€.

TESTIMONIALS


VISION SYLVIE VERLEYE

Being a presentation Coach crystal clear communication is of utmost importance to me. In my opinion our presentations are far too often just commenting slides. We all use the same sentence to introduce our topics like 'today I will talk to you about' but this is not the best way to attract the attention of the audience. The thing is, we just do this without thinking about it. And I want participants to present in a more conscious way. The help I offer is based on my experience as a speaker, the interviews I did, my 7year experience as a news anchor on television, my observations of many presentations and the many books I read on the topic. A successful presentation is a combination of 3 elements: a clear story with key messages, a clear decision if and how you will support that story, and a speaker who knows how to use body language to look confident. Typical for my way of working is to focus on all these different elements so participants experience the full range of a presentation from preparation, to built-up to delivery.


OTHER PROGRAMS I OFFER

Keynote

Ideally 1,5u

Unlimited number of participants

1.350€

Open Workshop

3hour workshop

Maximum 12 people

250€ per person

3 hour workshop part 1: focus on bodylanguage/stress

10:00 – 13:00

Maximum 10 people

1.350€

3 hour workshop part 2: focus on storytelling/structure

10:00 – 13:00

Maximum 10 people

1.350€

3 hour workshop part 3: focus on exercises and link to PPT

10:00 – 13:00

Maximum 10 people

1.350€

3 hour individual coaching

To decide with the participant

Individual

1.350€

3 hour individual coaching + follow up dry run of 1u

To decide with the participant

Individual

2.200€

Skype coaching

Maximum 1hour/skype

Individual

250€/skype

And if you have yet another formula in mind…feel free to suggest J These prices are all included! You get my insights, tips & tricks, though also a 1 year mail follow up after following the 3 workshops or the individual coaching. Transport costs are also included so no additional costs!

by storytelling/presentation coach sylvie verleye · open workshop 3hour workshop maximum 12 people...

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