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