Basics of presentation skills for trainers revisited

1. PRESENTATION
SKILLS
FOR
TRAINERS
By:
Anurodh

2. Objective
 To revisit the key skills of presentation,
required by the trainers

3. Agenda
 Adult learning
 Preparation
 In session; Engagement
 Challenges; Overcoming challenges
 Tips to be effective

4. Adult learning
1
• Bring experience
• Bring knowledge
2
• Relevancy oriented
• Goal oriented & Practical
3
• Motivated
• Need respect

5. Preparation

6. Physical
 Leg stretch & Knee bent
 Right shoes
 Right posture
 Light diet; More liquid (though subjective)
 Deep breathing; connecting with body
◦ Inhabit your body
 Carry your medications; if any
 Ample water

7. Emotional
 Self talk
◦ Connect with divine
◦ Say prayer to be in highest best of all
 100% presence
 Send heart energy to your
session/participants/training
aids/support staff

8. Intellectual
 Hug the concepts
 Friends with training aids
 Kiss (keep it simple and specific) the context
 Adopt your trainees; Know them
 Dwell in training hall
 Love your support staff

9. In session

10. Platform Skills – why?
 ‘Platform skills’ is the way to convey
the content to facilitate learning.
 ‘Platform skills’ is the first step towards
engagement enhancement in session

11. Platform skills; Session starter
 Start with a bang
 Use statistics / Story /Analogy / Humor/Small
quiz
 Context; convey clearly
 Set ground rules
 Introduction; defining yourself
 Introduction; let the participant define

12. Platform skills; Connecting
 Be full frontal, ample smile & avoid fig
leaf
 Throw vision: Light house technique
 Throw energy by voice
 Give away inhibitions; open up
 Weigh before quoting examples
 Using right language for communication

13. Presentation skills ; Engagement
 Energizers
 White board;
◦ Suggestion: Black/Blue/Red marker(s)
◦ Write in capital letters
 Ask questions to deepen
understanding
 Ask opinions; vintage participants
 Be suggestive

14. Presentation skills ; Engagement
 Never disagree; Add a dimension
 Allow spontaneous flow
 Allow new discoveries
 Experiment sometimes
 Wrap up
Remember!
Energy > Technique

15. Presentation skills ; Challenges &
Solutions
 Non-participation
◦ Ask questions or crack a controversy
 Distraction; Over enthusiastic
◦ Reminding time-lines
◦ Weighing each discussion and context to
continue
 Indiscipline
◦ Use ordering

16. Presentation skills ; Challenges &
Solutions
 Failure of infrastructure
◦ Pre-check facilities with support staff
◦ Ask SPOC(s) for facilities in beginning
◦ Back-up of presentation
 Carry extra marker

17. Tips to be effective
 Read on human psychology
 Breathing exercise; connect with
breath many times a day
 Do not fear to consult notes
 Humor with care
 Defragment laptop drives periodically
and use disc cleaner
 Spiritual tip: Surrender session to
creator