Captivate Audiences with Confidence

Not having a structure in a presentation is a common mistake that can make you fail.

In this lesson it will be introduce the 5 stages of any presentation, 2 more than usual:

• Welcoming (new).
• Opening.
• Content.
• Closing.
• Follow-up (new).

Welcoming is normally not considered a part of the presentation, yet is very important to set the mood of the audience and the presenter.

In this lesson we talk about creating champions for your cause.

In the opening you tell them what you are going to tell them and you can use some tricks to grab the audience attention from the beginning.

Now you tell them, but you should:

• Be short and simple.
• Connected with the audience.

Closing a presentation is like landing a plane, you want to do it smothly but in this stage many crash and burn, this lesson will help to avoid the pitfalls.

Follow-up is one of the two new presentation stages introduced by this course, normally presenters don't give much importance to it and they lose lots of good feedback and the opportunity to change the world.

Verbal communication represents only 7% of your communication, nevertheless your choice of words is important you have to aknowledge several aspects:

• There are dangerous words.
• What is the knowledge of the audience about the subject.
• You should follow an "all-brain" approach.

Storytelling is everywhere, religions, traditions, countries, cultures and brands are based in stories.

Stories are so important because they put your imagination to work since you were a child.

Overview of what was covered in this section.

Your body is a communication tool, in this lesson we will talk about how your posture will create a perception of you and will give you confidence.

Many times people when presenting don't know what to do with their hands ignoring that way the power of gestures when you communicate.

To any historical character you associate a powerful voice, because 30% of communication is the tone of voice. Learn in this lecture how you can improve your voice with simple techniques.

Since the beginning of mankind we look to the eyes of others to see their real intentions. Eye contact with an audience is fundamental to express your belief.

In this lecture you will learn about the lighthouse approach to an audience of any size in order to maintain great eye contact.

Overview of what was covered in this section.

We are walking drugstores, we can use substances that we carry inside of us to change our mood and in that way to gain self confidence.

Adding humor to any presentation is not the best choice, humor can help open and audience but can make you crash and burn, in this lecture you will learn safe ways of using humor.

A presentation shouldn't be a one way street you can always interact with your audience. In this lecture you will learn several ways to intereact depending on the size of the audience.

Now any presenter has a ton of resources that can be use during a presentation, you don't need to use them all or the ones that are more hype, you need to make wise choices.

In this lectures you will get my favorite PowerPoint tricks that I have been using in hundreds of presentations across the world. Simple, useful and many times, unknown.

Learning about history, words, geography and traditions of our global audiences can be very helpful to create empathy, but be careful with some traps.

A common mistake is to visualize the results of the presentation instead of the process. This lesson will help you in creating a effective visualization technique.

A good presenter is always under construction and feedback is the fuel of continuous improvement.

Learn how to get feedback and what to do with it.

Overview of what was covered in this section.

In this lecture we will summarize what we learn before and prepare you for the next steps that you should take.