#526: The MTL One-Day Course Plan on "Presenting to a Business Audience"

Introduction to this One-Day Course Plan on Presentations

Today, on the "People Skills" newsletter, we're showing you how easy it is to train your staff in soft skills by using the "MTL One-Day Course Plan". With this step-by-step plan, you can get your team together for just one day and focus on teaching them one key soft skill in the day. And our topic today is "Presenting to a Business Audience".

So, here are the steps...

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Pre-Course Preparation

The first part of the MTL One-Day Course Plan is the "Pre-Course Preparation". This consists of notifying all course participants about the time, date, and venue of the course and providing them with pre-course preparation material.

Amongst other worksheets on the Pre-Course Preparation, you can send all your trainees the course "Self-Assessment" worksheet so that they can think about how well they know the topic already.

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Session 1: Welcome!

The first session of the course itself is the Welcome! session. This covers your welcome to the trainees, basic administration tasks such as the attendee list, and dealing with any concerns.

You can also hand out the following "Course Details" worksheet. On this worksheet, there are 5 course targets which you can read out to your trainees and explain that they will be used at the end of the course to see what trainees have learned. These are...

1. give 5 ways to win over an audience

2. suggest 3 ways to charm an audience

3. list 6 of the twelve most persuasive words

4. name 4 audience types

5. state 5 ways to appear confident.

The "Welcome!" session lasts 20 minutes. (Total course time so far: 20 minutes)

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Session 2: Icebreaker 01

The first icebreaker is aimed at getting trainees to have a bit of fun and, at the same time, find out more about their colleagues.

There are 100 icebreakers you can use in the "Trainers' Resources" category of MTL.

For this particular course, we've picked the icebreaker, "My Buddies", which you'll find in the "Learning About Others" slide topic on Manage Train Learn.

This icebreaker gets the group to submit a piece of personal information and to see if the rest of the group can guess who it is.

The "Icebreaker" session lasts 20 minutes. (Total course time so far: 40 minutes)

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Session 3: Discussions

The Discussions session gives trainees the chance to think about the course and what they want to learn from it. They can also discuss with others what they already know about the course topic.

You can also hand out the following "Group Discussion" worksheet, so that trainees have questions to talk about.

The "Discussions" session lasts 35 minutes. (Total course time so far: 75 minutes)

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Coffee Break

The "Coffee Break" lasts 15 minutes. (Total course time so far: 1 hour 30 minutes)

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Session 4: Presentation

The Presentation session is the session in which you, (or a guest presenter), can present new information on the course topic.

For this course, you can use the following ready-to-run presentation from our Professional Development Programme.

The "Presentation" session lasts 45 minutes. (Total course time so far: 2 hours 15 minutes)

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Break

The "Break" lasts 5 minutes. (Total course time so far: 2 hours 20 minutes)

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Session 5: Exercise 01

The next session is the Exercise 01 session. The exercise we've chosen is "The One-Minute Presentation".

This exercise requires trainees to deliver a one-minute presentation on any subject chosen at random.

The "Exercise 01" session lasts 40 minutes. (Total course time so far: 3 hours)

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Lunch Break

The "Lunch Break" lasts 60 minutes.

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Session 6: Icebreaker 02

The second icebreaker is aimed at getting trainees to have a bit of fun and, at the same time, find out more about their colleagues.

There are 100 icebreakers you can use in the "Trainers' Resources" category of MTL.

For this particular course, we've picked the icebreaker, "Conscious Competence", which you'll find in the "Course-Related Icebreakers" slide topic on Manage Train Learn.

This icebreaker gets trainees to identify where they are in the development of their skills and how much more they have to do.

The "Icebreaker" session lasts 15 minutes. (Total course time so far: 3 hours 15 minutes)

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Session 7: Exercises 02

The next session is the Exercises 02 session. The exercise we've chosen is "Five Minute Teach-Ins".

This exercise requires teams to research and present a teach-in on different themes of presentations.

The "Exercises" session lasts 40 minutes. (Total course time so far: 3 hours 55 minutes)

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Break

The "Break" lasts 5 minutes. (Total course time so far: 4 hours)

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Session 8: Video: "How to Write an Elevator Pitch" from Alex Lyon

Learn How to Write an Elevator Pitch or a project or issue from a true expert and do it the clear, concise, and conversational way. ...

The "Video" session lasts 35 minutes. (Total course time so far: 4 hours 35 minutes)

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Session 7: Quiz

The Quiz is a 10-question test of what trainees have learnt on the course. You can use the quiz questions as a team-versus-team game or an individual trainee game.

The following is the first quiz slide for this course.

The "Quiz" session lasts 20 minutes. (Total course time so far: 4 hours 55 minutes)

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Tea Break

The "Tea Break" lasts 15 minutes. (Total course time so far: 5 hours 10 minutes)

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Session 8: Review and Close

The Review and Close session is the last session in the "MTL One-Day Course Plan". This session allows you to review the course, the new information in the presentation, and any issues arising from the skills practise.

The following are 3 worksheets which can be used in the "Review and Close" session:

The "Review and Close" session lasts 50 minutes. (Total course time so far: 6 hours)

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Post-Course Practice

The last part of the MTL One-Day Course Plan is the "Post-Course Practice". In this part of the course, you can arrange follow up sessions with trainees to assess their progress. You can also hand out the following "Follow-Up Activities Worksheet".

End of the MTL One-Day Course Plan

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What Next?

If you have found this course plan useful, you now have a great resource to add to your e-learning store.

And, with this as your starting point, you can now take things further.

With over 22,000 learning resources on our 6 websites, with 2 sites offering free downloads, you can now take charge of your own learning and create your own learning pathways to success.

Simply commit yourself to a daily snippet of learning and then practise it, reflect upon it, apply it, and review it, and in no time at all, you will have mastered the skill with confidence.

Thanks for reading this edition of the "People Skills" newsletter and good luck with your ongoing learning.

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