• Preparation of a Presentation
  • Key factors to consider before encountering your audience
  • Duration of the preparation
  • Effective organisation of notes in a second language

• Presentation Structure
  • Structures that suit your specific goals
  • Phrases that clearly communicate your presentation’s structure
  • Factors that lead to agreement

• Openings and Closings
  • Creating focus, interest and impact at the beginning of a presentation
  • Making sure your key messages are recognized and remembered
  • Key “do’s and don’ts”

• The Audience
  • Information worth finding out before you meet them
  • Involving the audience in the presentation
  • Managing difficult questions and nervousness

• Visualisation
  • Creating Pictures in the Minds of your Audience
  • Your body as a visual tool: body language and voice
  • Key visual aids: tips for using slides, flip charts, and other methods
  • Avoiding common problems with visual aids

• KISS – Keep It Short and Simple
  • Guidelines for using “International English”
  • Communicating clearly and correctly
  • Avoiding common mistakes

• Aha! – Creativity and Interest
  • Techniques for keeping your audience awake
  • Creative language: dynamic, descriptive language for presentations
  • Team presentations: how changing the format of a presentation can increase the audience’s interest

• Cross-Cultural Communication
  • Differences that create obstacles when presenting in English
  • Recognizing characteristic features of German business culture
  • Making the most of similarities

The trainer gives short lectures and leads frequent group exercises. Participants have the opportunity to present to the group and trainer. Feedback follows through discussion, video analysis, and comment sheets.

Voraussetzungen:

Dieses Präsentations-Training wird durchgehend auf Englisch gehalten. Das Englisch-Niveau der Teilnehmer sollte entsprechend „intermediate“ oder besser sein, d.h. mindestens fünf Jahre Schulenglisch oder vergleichbare Kenntnisse umfassen.

Zeitrahmen

1. Tag:

09.30 Uhr: Beginn der Veranstaltung
13.00 Uhr: Gemeinsames Mittagessen
18.00 Uhr: Ende des ersten Seminartages

2. Tag:

09.00 Uhr: Beginn des Seminartages
13.00 Uhr: Gemeinsames Mittagessen
17.00 Uhr: Ende der Veranstaltung