This document provides tips for developing effective training presentations. It recommends meeting with project managers to ensure the training meets organizational needs. Researchers should establish the audience's profile, learning styles, and perspective. Presenters should be subject matter experts who engage the audience and adjust delivery based on their responses. A combination of visual, verbal, and hands-on delivery methods may be most effective. Presenters should cite credible resources and allow time for questions.

1. Better Presentations
MARISSA HART
ORG536 – CONTEMPORARY BUSINESS WRITING AND COMMUNICATION
COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY – GLOBAL CAMPUS
DR. PHILLIP JACKSON
FEBRUARY 22, 2015

2. The Training
 Face to face meeting with project manager
 Ensure that the training meets the needs of the organization
 Know the audience
 Be an expert
 Make sure to research as much as possible
 Decide on a delivery method:
 Visual? Verbal? Hands-on? Combination?
 Cite resources that the audience can reference
 Engage your audience and know how to read them and adjust

3. Meeting with
Project Manager  ENSURE THAT THE TRAINING IS
USEFUL FOR THE CURRENT STAFF
 BRAINSTORM WITH THE PROJECT
MANAGER WHEN DECIDING HOW
TO PRESENT THE INFORMATION
 SPEAK WITH MANAGERS WHO
KNOW THE FRONTLINE STAFF THE
BEST

4. Needs of the Organization
 Identify the needs of the organization
 Identify weaknesses among staff and management
 Pin-point which needs will be addressed in the training
 Discover ways to engage the audience
 Explain how the training helps them

5. Audience
• ESTABLISH AUDIENCE
• Research who the audience is
• WHO ARE THEY?
• First-line? Management?
• LEARNING STYLES:
• tailor the training to multiple
learning styles
• UNDERSTAND THEIR PERSPECTIVE

6. Be an Expert
 Research all aspects prior to the training
 Be prepared to field questions from staff and provide adequate answers
that provide meaningful learning.
 Brainstorm with others and use input from multiple sources
 Other members of HR or management can provide useful information
 Allow for Q&A throughout the training and at the end to involve the
participants

7. Delivery Methods
 Assessment of the audience can aid in
choosing a delivery method
 Delivery can make or break the
presentation and the learning involved
 Hands-on: may be best for front line staff
 Visual/verbal with a combination of
aides: may be best for management
 Unknown audience?
 Plan for a combination of delivery methods
and be ready to adjust for any type of
audience response
Visual
Verbal
Hands-On
Combination

8. Cite Resources
 Use multiple, credible resources when
researching training information
 Cite all sources in the presentation
 Integrate them into the presentation
and allow time for participants to write
them down
 Use sources that can provide further
learning and training
 Cite:
 academic, peer reviewed articles
 Text books

9. Engage and Adjust
 Once the training has started:
 Assess the audience and their response
 Engage them in meaningful conversation
 Allow time for them to ask questions
 If the audience is not responding, be able to adjust to their
needs
 Allow time for them to respond

10. References
 Giuliano, C. P., & Carillo, F. J. (2003). Going Blank In The Board Room.
Public Relations Quarterly, 48(4), 35-36.
 Kirkpatrick, T. (2004). Do You Know Where Your Audience Is Going?. Public
Relations Quarterly, 49(1), 28-31.
 Short, F., & Martin, J. (2011). Presentation vs. Performance: Effects of
Lecturing Style in Higher Education on Student Preference and Student
Learning. Psychology Teaching Review, 17(2), 71-82.