Why
Presentation Skills – Presenting to an International Audience?
International audiences present experienced presenters with unique
challenges. You may already have well-developed presentation
skills and be used to assessing the needs and motivations of your
audience and adjusting your presentation style, delivery and content
accordingly. However, the rules that apply to home audiences
are not always suitable for international ones. Linguistic
and cultural issues have a significant bearing on how you and your
presentation are received and you may well find you need to adapt
your existing presentation skills. What if your audience’s
first language isn’t English? Are you confident that the
opening you use for your presentation is the most effective with
a Chinese audience? Is your style of humour appropriate for an
international presentation?
Communicaid’s presentation
skills course, Presenting to an International Audience, will focus
on developing your presentation skills and help you answer all
these questions and more. Whether you are presenting to one
particular nationality or work across a wide range of cultures,
our carefully designed presentation skills programmes will assist
you to achieve the necessary cultural perspective, offering you
practical advice and tips on understanding your international audience
as well as helping you to achieve the confidence to deliver effective
presentations.
Benefits
A Communicaid presentation
skills course will provide you with:
- A greater understanding of the cultural
implications of delivering international
presentations
to enhance your delivery skills
- Ability to adapt your
existing presentation skills for audiences from different
nationalities
- Awareness of the linguistic
and presentation skills challenges of an international
audience
- Practical strategies for preparing and
delivering an effective international presentation
Who
should attend
Communicaid presentation skills courses
will be of benefit to anyone who:
- Regularly speaks at
international meetings and conferences
- Prepares and delivers
presentations to overseas audiences
- Sells and markets to
overseas clients
- Works in an international
team
- Is an internal and external communication
specialist
Course content
All our Presentations Skills training
courses are designed to meet the specific needs of our clients
depending on their personal/organisational requirements and
existing skills set. The Communicaid presentation skills
course, Presenting to an International Audience, includes:
- The presenter – expectations and credibility
- The audience – expectations and motivations
- A cultural perspective on presentation skills
- Using English as an international language
- Use of humour as a presentation skill
- Verbal and non-verbal communication styles
- Preparation and delivery of presentations to international
audiences
- Practical tips on cross-cultural presentation skills
- Presentation practice and skill enhancement Approach
Presentation skills training
is available seven days a week, 365 days a year, either at one
of our training centres in London, Paris, Frankfurt and New York
or at your offices in any location worldwide. We usually
recommend a one or two day course but can also offer a more flexible
format to suit your schedule.
Suitably tailored materials
will be used throughout your course and your trainer will film
or record your presentations in order to provide you with detailed
feedback.
The most appropriate training
format, content and approach for your presentation skills course
will be discussed during your diagnostic consultancy (please click
here to read more about our approach).
Presentation
Skills Course Trainer
Your Presentation skills
trainer will be assigned to you following the results of your diagnostic
consultancy according to your objectives and areas of focus. Detailed
below is a sample profile of a member of our Presentation Skills
training team.
AGLT
AGLT is a professional communication
skills specialist, delivering high level communication skills programmes,
including Negotiations, Presentation Skills and Business Correspondence
to major corporate and public sector clients. As one of Communicaid’s
core presentation skills trainers, she has designed and delivered
presentation skills training programmes to delegates from The Home
Office, Deutsche Bank, EBRD, Cadbury Schweppes and Unicredit.
Previously, AGLT worked
in education, managing a modern language department in the UK for
many years before relocating to France in 2000 where she joined
an international training company overseeing the delivery of communication
skills training to multinational clients. |
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