How Technical Experts Become Powerful Presenters

Those with the know-how in Technology, Finance and Engineering have realised that their knowledge can only be communicated if they engage with their audiences, and not with a data onslaught. Techie Talks is aimed at taking the pain out of presenting and keeping your audience engaged while your credibility and power to persuade is seriously enhanced.

This guide will cover:

- Physical and mental preparation that doesn’t mean an hour of mediation and a gym membership;

- How to make your message match your audience without surveying each and every one of them;

- Speedy and efficient structuring of your material - no need to lock yourself in a room for 2 hours;

- The principles of delivering with impact without having to be ‘act’.

- How to make the most of the opportunities that a presentation brings - painlessly.

• About the Author
• Introduction

1. Seven Common myths torn to shreds
2. When Presentations are a Plus
   1. Suggested scenarios for presentations
   2. What’s in it for you?
3. Preparation and Planning
   1. Pinpointing your Subject
   2. Audience and Situation Profile
   3. Where do I get all this information?
   4. Easy structuring of the content
4. The Spice Rack™: The 14 ways to grab and keep your audience
5. Why this system works
6. Techniques to keep the flow to your content
7. Killer language, verbal craft and magic moves
   1. Killer Language
   2. The Verbal Magic
   3. Magic Moves: How to physically influence your audience’s opinion
8. Practising Your Presentation
   1. Loud and proud
   2. Using Notes
9. How to control nerves and get into the zone
   1. Posture Check
   2. Face
   3. Breathing Exercises
   4. Calming the Mind
   5. …and just before presenting…
10. Get control, clarity and colour into your voice
    1. Being heard
    2. Keeping your audience with you
    3. Pace
    4. Using Vocal Emphasis to speak with greater Conviction
11. Using confident body language
    1. Creating a strong presence
    2. Moving naturally
    3. Move to Relax and Signpost
    4. Personal Eye Contact
12. How to deal with ‘blanking’
13. The 5-minute deal maker
14. Presenting Using PowerPoint
    1. Do
    2. Don’t
    3. Visual tips
    4. Diagrams: The wreckless and the refined
    5. Fonts - Titles
    6. Fonts - body
    7. Progress Bar
    8. Colours
    9. Flip Charts
15. Managing the Question and Answer Session
    1. Keeping control
    2. Saving time and breath!
    3. When there are no questions
    4. The 7 golden rules for dealing with difficult questioners
    5. Strategies for dealing with difficult questions

• Following up your presentation
• Continuing your development