Strong presentation skills are a hallmark of great leaders. The ability to effectively communicate a concept that informs and influences audience opinions and decision making directly contributes to perceptions of leadership capability and potential. In short, storytelling is a superpower that can be a career game-changer!
Course Details
- Audience Analysis Clearly identifying the purpose and intent of the presentation and the needs and motivations of the audience to enable tailored messaging and medium.
- Storytelling Leading with the answer (top-down), translating data into narratives, optimizing the level of detail, and making the message stick.
- Slide Design Creating slides to compliment rather than distract from the narrative, adjusting design to match the audience, and avoiding information overload.
- Q&A Management Anticipating questions, applying tools to control narrative and flow, and utilizing an appendix to support.
- Presentation Politics Taking action pre- and post-presentation to secure buy-in, successfully navigating power and influence dynamics.
- Physical Delivery Explaining conversationally vs. reading or reciting; establishing rapport with audience members; and techniques for mitigating anxiety.
Who Should Attend?
Storytelling with Data is perfect for high-level individual contributors or those in Manager-level+ roles who need to present data in compelling ways to influence decision making. Students at all presentation skill levels - from beginner to advanced - can gain valuable learning from this course.
