A one-day workshop
A workshop structured around the iconic TED Talks, the gold standard for public speaking. Learn a step-by-step method to inspire and motivate your audience over the course of a day. Master the art of storytelling, learn to paint strong visual imagery and understand how to get your audience behind your ideas, no matter how audacious or complex they seem. A fun and challenging session for those who need to shock, wow and captivate!
To allow sufficient time for all participants to get the benefit of one-to-one feedback on their presentations, we recommend restricting the group size to 8 each time.
- Understand what an audience needs from you
- Engage and inspire a team to perform
- Understand your personal style and how to use it
- Show passion in your delivery as well as clear insight to your subject
- Combat nerves, speak up and get your ideas heard
- Learn how to express yourself by standing out and impacting your audience
- Analyse the difference between communication that sticks, and information that gets forgotten
- Deliver a persuasive and memorable TED style presentation from a clear nine-step method
Workshop outline
1. What’s it all about?
- Exercise: audience reaction in three words…
- Introduction to the spoken word
- Understanding the needs of the listener
- The currency of ideas
- Outlining your intention
2. Finding the story in complex content
- Motivating activity
- Analysing memorable messages
- How do you add value to your content?
- Exercise: The Six Principles of Sticky Ideas (Dan and Chip Heath)
- How do you teach something new?
3. Delivering jaw-dropping moments
- Systematic creativity
- The ‘urban legends’ concept – what makes stories unforgettable? How elements of the unexpected take content from ordinary to extraordinary
- The Toolbox: Hands, Volume, Pausing, Eye Contact, Expression
- Energy levels. What percentage are you at?
- What type of communicator are you?
- Which TED speakers are the most inspirational?
4. Combatting anxiety
- How to answer difficult questions
- Identifying challenging situations
- Controlling nervous energy
5. Making it personal
- Creating impact
- Make an emotional investment
- Exercise: Personal anecdotes and memories
- The 9 steps to a TED Talk
6. Action planning
- Exercise: Identify specific actions to enhance your presentation style
- Exercise: Personal action planning
If you’ve got any requirements at all around presentation skills – whether that’s for an in-house training programme for a group of people, a bite-sized session, one-to-one coaching or a keynote conference presentation – then please just give us a call on 01582 463460 to talk it through.
