Knoxville, Tennessee

A presentation is one of the most important tools you have in business for getting things done. Whether you are persuading colleagues, selling a client, energizing a team or showing an idea to senior management, the power of your presentation makes the difference between success and failure.

High Impact Presentations is an intensive two day process developed by Dale Carnegie® to enable senior managers and executives to improve their presentation skills. The training is also effective for other professionals who make presentations such as physicians, attorneys, accountants, public relations specialists, sales managers and sales people who sell at the executive level.

Most executives and people who make, or need to make, group presentations are not as comfortable or effective as they could be. High Impact Presentations helps build confidence, as well as professional effectiveness, in speaking situations.

Listed below are some specific elements of the process:

• How to prepare a presentation
• Opening the presentation
• How to make the presentation vivid and interesting
• How to close
• How to be at ease in front of an audience
• How to develop "camera confidence"
• How to prepare visual aids - The effective use of visual aids
• The art of answering questions from an audience
• How to speak impromptu
• How to use a microphone or podium
• How to handle a media interview
• How to improve appearance and voice before an audience

During the two days of High Impact Presentations instruction, each participant makes seven presentations. All presentations are recorded on video tape and include:

1. Creating a Positive First Impression 5. Motivating Others to Action
2. Representing Your Organization 6. Responding to Pressure Situations
3. Presenting Complex Information 7. Inspiring People to Embrace Change
4. Communicating with Greater Impact

The training is conducted by two seasoned, highly-qualified instructors who are certified by Dale Carnegie & Associates, Inc. The atmosphere is one of support and encouragement, utilizing the Dale Carnegie® instructional techniques developed during the past eighty years and used with over four million graduates.

"This is a top-notch presentation skills training course that covers all the basicsand offers the most video critiques."
-- Scott Heimes, February 1998

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