Feedback Results for our latest Presentation Skills Workshop
Here are the results from the feedback to our latest Presentation Skills Workshop “Stand Out in Work & Business through Powerful Presentations” , which was held on 23rd October 2012 in the grand setting of the Guildhall Building, Moorgate, London.
Pleasingly, once again we received great scores for overall rating (86% excellent) and 100% of attendants would recommend the workshop to others.
(Answer options were: Terrible. Poor. OK. Good. Excellent)
It was a full day of interactive and at times quite intense exercises, using audio, visual and kinaesthetic methods to engage the participants’ senses on many levels.
The day focused on the three central elements of delivering a great business presentation: Preparation. Writing. Delivery.
On Preparation, we covered all the steps involved in the ground work needed before moving onto Writing, including considering how your Personal Brand directly impacts on how your message is received; identifying your objectives so that you are clear on your specific goal, wider objective and personal motive; audience analysis to be clear on who your audience is, their demographics, mood and what they currently think of your objectives; how to brainstorm & research your topic effectively.
Through the Writing process we focused on the critical importance of finding and giving value to your audience to make your presence count; the optimum structure of a presentation (engaging Opening, leading Introduction, purposeful Main Body, climactic Conclusion, and satisfying Closing);
Finally, on Delivery, participants delivered several 1 minute presentations, each time focusing on a different aspect of delivery, including: hand gestures & body language, stance, voice projection, eye contact, nerves & fear, as well as a specific exercise on the best use of the dreaded PowerPoint.
All attendants finished off with a Final 3 Minute Presentation to the group, putting together all that had been learned and covered through the day. This presentation was recorded and some final notes on their performance sent to give each person an objective assessment of their performance and some notes to help with ongoing development.
Attendants also provided some very useful constructive criticism, both on the content and focus of the workshop, which as ever we will use and apply to further develop and improve the impact of the workshop.
Sample feedback comments:
“I attended the Great Speech Consultancy workshop on how to deliver great speeches at work and in business. It as given me a practical training on how to present my objectives in a professional and convincing method” – Dami
“I found the workshop excellent. It helped me overcome my nerves and gave me a great structure that I’ll follow for presentations in the future” – Kevin
“It was enjoyable and enlightening experience to gain an insight into what it takes to improve my presentation skills. The course combined an introduction to a conceptual framework on giving presentations and then the subsequent testing of those concepts through a series of practical exercises in a friendly environment” – Fabian
“I have learnt the ability to present my objectives professionally and succinctly.”
Book Your Place on our Presentation Skills Workshop Now!
We are pleased to announce the details of our latest Presentation Skills Workshop:
Location: Training Room 1, North Wing, Guildhall, Moorgate, London, EC2V 7HH.
Date: 23rd October 2012
Time: 9am – 5pm
Price: £150 + VAT
Lunch: (not included in the price but Guildhall has great subsidised lunches with a full meal for about £6).
A 1 day Presentation Skills Group Training Workshop designed to give you the skills and techniques to maximise the impact and power of your presentations.
This workshop covers crucial topics including:
Understanding your personal brand;
defeating public speaking fear and mastering nerves
controlling you body language;
effective use of Power Point;
delivering with passion;
first draft to final edit;
analysing your audience and more.
The workshop is accredited with the Continuing Professional Development Certification Service and attracts 6 hours worth of CPD points for every participant.
The event will feature audio, visual and participatory exercises, as well as a short pre-workshop exercise and post-workshop follow up.
Contact: info@greatspeech.co for any queries
The workshop is run by Kolarele Sonaike of The ‘Great Speech’ Consultancy. He is author of ‘How to Give a Great Speech’ and a practising barrister of 14 years call.
Sample feedback comments from previous workshops:
“excellent presentation, good interaction and very well planned. gave excellent communication skills which was well presented.”
“really enjoyed the workshop. very well structured & presented & also well tailored to make it specific and relevant for us. good range of activites to keep everyone interested/energised.”
“really liked the use of the Star Wars theme. Helped to tie it together”
“Well prepared and about right length”
“very good session – good start to our meeting”
“Thanks Kola. Happy to recommend you if you ever need it.”
“very thought provoking. really like the workshopping”
“thanks so much”
“unique and enjoyable”
See the Feedback Results from our Latest Workshop
Some pleasing results in the feedback survey to our most recent workshop:
The workshop was designed to help the company hone its pitch, giving each of its employees a clear and useful structure and template that they could use when speaking about the great products and services offered by the company.
See our other blog article about ‘How to give a great elevator pitch‘
Results
1) 100% gave an overall rating for the training received at the workshop as Excellent (89%) or Good (11%)
2) 100% rated the structure of the workshop as Excellent (56%) or Good (44%)
3) 100% of the participants would recommend the workshop to other people.
4) 100% considered that applying the things they learned would have a significant or massive impact on the standard of their presentations
5) Sample Comments:
“unique & enjoyable”;
“very thought provoking, really liked the work-shopping”;
“thanks so much”;
“thanks. Happy to recommend you if you ever need it”;
“very good session – good start to our meeting”;
“well prepared and about the right length”;
“really enjoyed the workshop; very well structured & presented & also well tailored to make it specific and relevant for us. good range of activities to keep everyone interested/energised”;
“really liked the use of the Star Wars theme – helped to tie it together”;
“excellent presentation, good interaction and very well planned. Gave excellent communication skills which was very well presented”
Look out for our next workshop: Stand Out in Work & Business through Powerful Presentations coming on 23rd October 2012 (click here for details)
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