Overview:   
If you believe you can deliver effective presentations without preparing... you’ve made a fatal error in presenting. The people who get the worst feedback on their presentations go in with the bold idea that “it will come to them when they start talking.”

This is a hands-on course that will improve your skills from 20% to 100% with internal and external customers, people in your personal life and in your career. You will gain keen understanding of the best way to present to any audience.

How You Will Benefit:
You will walk away with practical skills on how to…

• Deliver presentations that satisfy your audience’s critical success factors.
• Motivate your audience to take action.
• Present your ideas in ways that engage your audience.
• Build on your natural presentation skills.
• Make presentation preparation more efficient.

Course Outline:

• Establish a base level of skills through a team exercise
• Define, share examples and video tape participants during exercises that help internalize each of the five components of an effective presentation:
• Engaging the audience
• Establishing credibility
• Establishing or confirming the audience’s critical success factors
• Present main body content and detail
• Closing
• Make your presentations work over the web

Who Should Attend:
Professionals who need to deliver effective presentations in person or over the web.

Cost:
Full-day course
Cost: $300 per student for OBA members and $350 per student for non-members (includes class, all class materials, and lunch)

***10 % Discount for all students who register for all three of Scott Olsen's classes: Effective Negotiation Skills on 3/5/10, Customer Satisfaction Skills on 3/11/10, and Effective Presentation Skills on 3/18/10***

Instructor:  Scott Olsen
Scott Olsen founded The Olsen Group in 1999. Scott brings a combination of accomplishment and understanding of business matched with success in training individuals and groups.  After completing his undergraduate work in Economics at the University of Washington, Scott has developed innovative training methods throughout his career that produce dramatic increases in productivity and customer satisfaction.  With a combination of skills and knowledge, Scott successfully advances management, leadership, sales and interpersonal skills. He tailors each session to the particular needs of the group in which he is involved.

In addition to training, Scott provides personal career development for individuals and groups.