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How to Give Effective Presentations and Executive
Briefings
Persuasion, Advocacy, Business
Etiquette
Your staff will learn
how to go beyond just the oral and written skills needed
to be persuasive -
they will learn the psychological aspects that will help
them make effective presentations to executives, clients
and colleagues.
We can also cover the basics of business etiquette,
including the basics of a business lunch.
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1-page
overview of this custom program is available (pdf)
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Custom Training
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Sample Agenda |
8:30 a.m.
Welcome and Introduction
8:35 a.m. Defining Presentations and Briefings
· Presentations vs. briefings
· Define public speaking
· Common public speaking mistakes
· What is a good presentation and briefing
Know Your Audience and Their Perspective, Expectations,
and Attitudes
· Do your research
· Handling hostile audiences
From Thought to Talk: Communications Skills
· Define your purpose and objectives
· Other tips for getting started
· Be aware of people's time
· Commit to excellence-don't do anything in halves
· Think beginning, middle, and end
10:00 a.m. Break
10:15 a.m. Briefings: What are they and what should they
look like
· How should briefings be structured
· Composition
· Delivery styles
· Appropriate handouts & visual aids
11:30 a.m. Break
11:40 a.m. Professional Image and Business Etiquette
· What to wear and what not to wear
· Attitude and body language
· Entering the room
· Networking
· Handshakes, introductions, business cards
· Business, international and military protocol
· Follow-up
12:30 p.m. Working Lunch (Business Etiquette continued)
1:30 p.m. Professional Image and Business Etiquette
· Wrap-up
1:45 p.m. Keys to Effective Presentations: Using Positive
Emotion to Persuade
· Voice level, pace and tone, timing, and eye contact
· Be likeable ... the nice-guy approach works
· Engage the audience
· Establish your credibility
· Use common premise
· Know your argument and your opponent's argument
· Be careful of emotion - yours and the audience's
· Realize when you have reached your objectives so you can
wrap-up your presentation
· Common "don'ts" and "avoids"
· Techniques for surviving Q&A
· Appropriate handouts and visual aids
4:30 p.m. Program Concludes and Complete Evaluation
All custom training is
tailored for each organization and audience. Topics from
this program can be combined with topics from our other
programs and with topics from your existing training
programs.
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Sample Agendas
in pdf format |
A sample agenda is available
as a pdf.
See our Sample
Agendas page for agendas from our other custom training.
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Audience Level |
3
to 4 years of work experience is recommended.
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Audience Size |
This
program is most effective for between 20 and 35
attendees.
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Previous Clients |
Our selected
client list includes clients who have purchased
custom training, sent staff to our public programs
and who have purchased our publications.
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Faculty |
Our
faculty for this program all have more than 10
years' experience working with the media, on
grassroots or national education/advocacy campaigns.
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Course Materials |
Materials
can include a personal copy of
Common
Sense Rules of Advocacy by Keith Evans for each attendee.
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Length and Location |
Usually requires 1 day.
This program is usually held in
Washington, DC. It can be presented anywhere in the
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Internal Marketing |
To
help you
publicize and market a custom program to your
organization's audience, we can provide printed
materials and language for your own internal
promotion and publicity.
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Fee |
The
fee for this program depends on the location, number
of attendees, length, and training materials.
Call us for details, or complete our custom
program information request for more
information.
If you
don't have enough people for a custom, on-site program,
you can still train your staff at our
public
course.
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What is included in the fee? |
TheCapitol.Net
tailors each program to meet your training and
educational objectives. Before we issue a cost
proposal, we will work with you to tailor a program
to meet your training objectives. We provide
all course materials and faculty chosen for your
topic and your audience at the time and location you
choose.
Our
custom program clients provide the classroom/meeting
space, all audio visual equipment, any food and
beverages, all registration functions, and travel
arrangements for attendees. When the program is held
outside the Washington, DC metro area, travel
arrangements for faculty can be made by the client
or by us.
We can also provide meeting space,
audio visual equipment, food and beverage,
registration, and travel arrangements, though this
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FAQs |
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FAQs
About Our Custom On-Site Training.
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Payment |
TheCapitol.Net
accepts all forms of payment for its custom
training, including credit cards (VISA,
MasterCard,
Discover,
American Express), government procurement cards,
checks, Form 1556, EFT, and purchase orders.
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About Us |
TheCapitol.Net,
Inc., is a non-partisan small business
and a Virginia corporation. We are registered
with CCR. See our
About Us page for more details.
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DUNS: 04-273-5071
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Non-Partisan |
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their own and do not represent those of TheCapitol.Net. |
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Last updated:
April 04, 2008
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