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Location

Based in London, the College of Public Speaking offers its courses and workshops throughout London, the south east and the UK. We cater for staff at all levels, whether it be for supervisors, managers, busy executives and right up to Board level. We also offer instruction for the effective delivery of technical material.

Trainers

Our lead trainers Michael Ronayne, Vince Stevenson and Richard Johnson have years of experience in the world of speaking and training. Michael's background is that of a professional musician while Vince has travelled the world engaged by some of the the largest international companies in the line of IT training.

Community

The College of Public Speaking also has strong links with the Community having run free workshops at Bromley Field Study Centre and Gordon House, a residential home for people with a gambling addiction.

Presenting with PowerPoint

Presenting with PowerPoint should be a pleasure. However, PowerPoint is a mature product in a mature industry and yet still it is the most frequently misused application on the market, but why is this?

Well, the mistake that most inexperienced users make is that they think that PowerPoint is the presentation itself – whereas the truth is that PowerPoint is simply a tool to visually assist the speaker’s key messages.

People spend hours creating scores of slides with large chunks of text in a small font size. They then waste the presentational opportunity by reading the contents of each slide verbatim in a monotonous drone. This is more a case of assisted reading rather than imparting key messages with impact.

Tips

  1. The presenter must take centre stage and take control.
  2. Have a structure – tell them what you’re going to tell them.
  3. Ensure you have only one key point per slide. Ensure that each slide serves its purpose and pulls its weight. Can your audience read the slide?
  4. Consistently use fonts and font sizes. Use non-serif fonts. No more than 2 per page.
  5. If your company has a logo or brand, ensure it appears in each page (master slide - usually bottom right hand corner).
  6. Know your audience – who are they and what’s in it for them? Are you there to inform, persuade, inspire, motivate? Stick to your theme.
  7. Know your PC. Find out which type of PC you’ll be using. Email your presentation to the organisers and take a copy on a memory stick, just in case. Most modern laptops no longer use floppy disks. Find out in advance and always expect the unexpected.
  8. Use a remote mouse – it’s highly distracting for the audience if you are hunched over the PC during the presentation. Make sure that you address your audience and do not talk directly to the screen.

If you have always wanted to deliver that killer PowerPoint presentation but have never known where to begin – we can help you.

Call us now on 020-8879-1002 and arrange a session with one of our professional instructors and feel the benefit of delivering your own words and your own key messages, confidently, coherently and with clarity.