Effective Public Speaking and Business Presentation Course

This course aims to enhance the oral and written communication capacity as well as linguistic proficiency of participants.

At the end of the programme, participants will be able to:

• Prepare a presentation and determine the best or most appropriate oral delivery technique
• Overcome their psychological, physiological, linguistic and knowledge-level-induced fears; speak confidently and display exceptional oratorical competence during presentations
• Easily write persuasive business proposals and make winning business presentations
• Get their dream job and enhance their career with public speaking skills
• Master the techniques of effective motivational speaking
• Create decent, original, situational, intellectual and motivational humor to boost their general and business presentations
• Clear the cobweb of Nigerian English away from their (global) career or business prospects through mastery of correct usage of basic grammatical concepts
• Appeal accurately to the target audience
• Solve their temporary stammer/stutter

What To Cover?

Part One: Fundamentals Of Public Speaking

Areas of discussion:

• Process of preparing excellent presentations for effective delivery
• Oral delivery methods
• How to use body language to enhance your presentations
• Building self-confidence/overcoming your fears
• Differentiating between anxiety and fears
• Overcoming your temporary stammer
• Connecting effectively with the audience/Enhancing your speaking engagement with humour
• Managing the stage effectively              
• Handling the dreaded question-and-answer session with ease/How to handle a hostile audience
• Fundamentals of making presentations in different cultures abroad
• Rules guiding professional corporate and public humor

Part Two: General Persuasive Communication

Areas of discussion:

• Sequence of general persuasion and persuasive speaking skills
• Enhancing your business communication with persuasive headings
• Proposals and how to write persuasive business proposals
• Written response to Request for Proposal (RFP)
• Letter and formal proposal structures

Part Three: Oral Business Presentations

Areas of discussion:

• Advantages and disadvantages of oral (business) presentations
• Ordinary oral business presentations
• Sales presentations (including solicited follow-ups to Persuasive Business Proposals)
• Closing more consulting sales orally
• General technical presentations
• Oral response to Request for Proposal (i.e. Oral proposal)

Part Four: Motivational Speaking Skills

Areas of discussion:

• How to become an exceptional motivational speaker
• Motivating your audience with appropriate and relevant humor and personal examples

Part Five: Mastering Basic Grammatical Concepts Of English Language

Areas of discussion:

• Clearing the cobweb of Nigerian English away from your (global) presentations
• Interpreting dictionary symbols (e.g. “U”, “C”, “V”, “N”, Prep”, etc.) guiding word usage to avoid grammatical errors in your presentations
• Mastering application of grammatical Indirect Speech and exceptional cases of its usage
• Using proper arrangement of words (Word Order) to achieve intended communication and response
• Grammatical voice and diplomacy of communication
• Mastering correct usage of various Tenses for accurate relation of action to time
• Communicating intended possibilities with accurate employment of Conditional Clauses

Part Six: Voice Control And Standard Pronunciation Skills (Diction And Elocution)

Areas of discussion:

• Enriching your oral presentations with effective voice control (voice modulation/vocal variety/intonation; depth and quality of voice tone)
• Holding the microphone confidently and using it to achieve effective voice control
• Understanding different sounds of English Language
• Right situation to use Standard British English pronunciation in Nigeria/second language environment
• Inaccurate pronunciation in Nigerian/second-language environment English and effects on stress; and non-usage of intonation to reflect level of cordiality, etc.

Target Participants

This programme is for CEOs, EDs, GMs, Senior Managers, Managers, Supervisors, etc.

who want to enhance their career with effective public speaking and business presentation skills.

Duration: Three Days