Get to the Message

This one-or-two-day boot camp, complete with prep work and follow-up, provides tips, feedback and specific ideas on how each participant can, with more style and clarity, Get to the Message of the presentation.

Wilder Presentations has significantly improved my presentation skills.  Claudyne was able to teach me several skills which have greatly enhanced my confidence and credibility.  My presentations are now structured, succinct, and appropriate for my audience.

Heather Ermarth, The Nature Conservancy

What’s Special About This Workshop

• Participants are encouraged to talk less so they can create a dialogue with their listeners.
• Participants use their actual work for several presentations.
• Each participant gives six or seven live-fire presentations followed by rigorous instructor coaching and peer critique.
• All presentations and critiques are recorded.
• Using my slides and speaker notes, each participant presents a portion of the talk on Getting to the Message. Participants actually teach each other how to present.
• After every presentation, participants watch themselves on DVD.
• The workshop can include practice for webinars.
• We teach how to create an executive summary of the presentation. This is the high-level overview. Below is an Executive Summary of Grupo Bimbo’s Business.

Real-Work Practice

Participants practice and refine real-work presentations they bring to the workshop. Besides redoing slides and receiving feedback on their “after” slides, they receive slide designs to use in future work presentations.

Participants

Managers, technical specialists and customer service professionals in sales, marketing, strategic planning, finance and human resources. Maximum of 12 participants.

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Objectives

Move participants up to the next level of presenting, where their formal and informal communications will advance both company and professional objectives.

• Create message-oriented rather than data-driven presentations.
• Convey a sophisticated knowledge of the information without excess detail.
• Demonstrate command of content, concise communication and brief focused answers to questions.
• Strengthen a work-team culture of communication rigor and excellence.

This workshop can be tailored to provide tips and techniques on presenting to a global audience.

Every participant receives:

Written pre-workshop recommendations from colleagues and supervisors

Incredible workshop materials for future reference

Personalized action plan detailing presentation strengths and areas for improvement