Exploring the Power of Presentation in everyday life

Reviewing Presentation Development Behaviors: how to channel your creativity and innovation effectively to harness the power of the crucial “mindsets” that leads to personal and team effectiveness

We offer two seminars that help you get great results fast:

Top Gun Program:  For Intermediate and Advanced Presenters who are in or on their way to the executive suite.

Presentation Boot Camp:  For Novice to Intermediate presenters who want to learn how to do it right the first time, as quickly as possible.

We can teach you how to develop tighter, more compelling presentations in less than half the time it probably takes you today.

Reviewing Methods for Delivering Content: How to deliver the great presentation you just developed

Understanding the concepts that lead to presentation excellence every time

The use of Target Marketing in Presentation Development

Using the Consulting Model: a  tried and true, “how to” process that ensures excellent presentations the first time, eliminating the need for numerous drafts

Our courses each consist of five major elements:

Phase I: A pre-seminar series of interviews with a cross-section of participants to understand their specific challenges and interests

Phase II: An in-depth review of participant’s recent presentations to understand needs and improvement opportunities

Phase V: Optional retained counseling to be “on-call” for individuals or teams who do a lot of presentations and who want a short period of on-site or remote support to guide them through the application of the West End training to their everyday challenges

In each seminar, we answer real-life questions like:

How do I handle a management “fishing expedition” when the people providing direction don’t seem to really know what they want?

How do I develop a presentation when there isn’t sufficient time?  (There’s always enough time if you know how to manage the process)

How can I prevent myself and others from going off on interesting but time consuming tangents?

How do we know what’s most important to present?

Participants are encouraged to bring their real-world problems; we encourage “stump the teacher” questioning

Understanding the “Zen” of Presentation Development:  learning to suspend ego and pre-conceived notions to achieve excellence

Understanding the Politics of Presentations

Phase III: A one-day, on- or off-site training seminar customized to reflect the unique issues of greatest concern to the each participating class

Phase IV: Post-seminar one-on-one sessions with individual participants to address the topics and challenges of greatest personal interest/ developmental need to them

What is the best way to deliver bad news to the Board?

How can we anticipate audience questions?

I have a mountain of data and analysis:  how do I know where to start?

Reviewing Presentation Basics: a “pre-flight checklist” for reviewing the crucial basics we all know intellectually, but seem to often forget in the heat of battle

Polishing the Building Blocks: Examining the subtle but powerful interplay between Text, Graphics and other Visual Cues