Powerful Presentations
by Andrew Bryant
Director of Self Leadership International
Last week I presented at the Singapore HR Summit on ‘Learning Pitfalls and How to avoid them’. A large part of my message was on engagement and I was gratified to receive great feedback from the session. In fact several companies approached me immediately after the presentation to book me for in-house trainings and to speak at their upcoming conferences.
What the above example confirms is that if you can speak effectively in front of an audience you will increase your influence and your income. Being able to present powerfully can make or break your career.
The good news is that even the most tongue-tied can learn to engage an audience and get their message across. At Self Leadership International we can help you upgrade your skills with either one-to-one coaching or by attending a training.
A CEO of a major company recently engaged me to assist him to get his message across at a series of presentations around the AsiaPac region. Previous feedback from attendeess was that they perceived him as aloof, uninspiring and overtechnical. When I met with him, I discovered that he was far from aloof, that he was very caring and concerned that his employees understood the decision being made that affected their lives.
Within three-hours, the previously ‘stiff’ CEO was able to relax and understand that people don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care. By learning to change the way he looked out at the audience and to tell engaging stories from the heart rather than deliver data from spreadsheets he got the message across and his people felt that he meant what he said.
In addition to myself we have two excellent presentation skills trainers that your company can engage or you can attend one of their public workshops.
Sandy Kaye is an Australian freelance trainer and journalist with over 25 years experience in all facets of the media. She has worked with every TV network in Australia on projects as diverse as news, current affairs, light entertainment and variety – both in front of and behind the cameras. In 1978 Sandy became a household name when she laid claim to becoming Sydney’s first female radio newsreader.
Now Sandy works with Self Leadership International as Media and Presentation Trainer and Crisis Consultant. She trains in Australia as well as Asia and has worked with CEO’s from some of the largest companies across Asia Pacific.
Mark Liew is an international facilitator, coach and speaker for organizations and educational networks in California, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Indonesia and Korea. Eternally fascinated with understanding human behaviour and bringing passion into learning, Mark has become a sought after resource for accelerated learning and lifting performance levels.
So if you want to be delivering powerful presentations with an in-house training, one-to-one coaching or by attending a public workshop contact us by e-mail or by calling +65 6887 4335