Visual Storytelling
Have you ever been held captive by the speaker who pounds you with slide after slide of text while they read every bullet point to you? This next question might hurt a little… have you ever been that speaker? Ouch. While none of us want to be that person, some of us have never been taught any other way of presenting effective slides… until now!
Who is it for?
- Business Professionals
- Sales Professionals
- Individual Contributors
Attendees
- Up to 100 to attendees
What are the benefits?
Visual Storytelling will help you define a memorable storyline and then transform it into engaging visual aids for your audience. Our simple design techniques can be used by anyone and have a profound effect on your audience. Don’t settle for confusing slides full of text! In this class you will develop a business presentation to be more interactive and visually appealing to your audience.
- Develop a corporate presentation to be more interactive and interesting to your audience
- Change one of your presentations so the data tells a story instead of just presenting information
- Work with your peers in the evaluation and development of your ideas for engaging the audience
- Learn the basic techniques of visual design for creating effective slides
- Implement four design methods for drawing the audience’s attention
- Build a storyboard to transition your message to visual presentation
- Create more succinct and powerful visual aids using the three basic slide design foundations
- Redesign your older slides to create more attractive and impactful slides
- Leave the workshop with documented (video recorded and written) feedback from a professional speaker and your peers
Programme Activities
Define the Purpose and Audience for your Message
Each participant will define the audience today and the desired change in the audience after the presentation.
Create a Storyboard
Each student will create a storyboard to assist in the development of the visuals.
Present your Storyboard
Students will present their storyboards in groups and get peer feedback.
Develop your Visual Aids
Redesigning the visuals will be done on your laptop using your presentation software.
Develop your Visual Aids
Presentations delivered and video recorded with feedback for the students.
Objectives and Outcomes
- Define your starting position and your goal for a message
- Discover how to create effective presentation artifacts (handouts)
- Create more effective slide titles by changing your old slides
- Discover the 3 phases of how an audience interacts with your slides
- Leverage the 3 foundations of slide design to rebuild your own slides
- Learn new PowerPoint and slide design techniques
- Use your current slide decks and laptop to create new slides and present to the class
Companies We Have Worked With
Programme Reviews From Past Attendees
Many training courses sell themselves as the turning point to your career, I truly think this can be the one that will make the difference… Many training courses sell themselves as the turning point to your career, I truly think this can be the one that will make the difference for me. I normally score the material low because I do not like workbooks but even in this aspect NxtGEN was spot on. I loved it. More than a training course, a journey of discovery.
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We worked with Paul and his NxtGEN team on a Sales and Organisational Development programme over a four-month period, and I must say we are… We worked with Paul and his NxtGEN team on a Sales and Organisational Development programme over a four-month period, and I must say we are delighted with the outcome. Paul helped identify a number of areas where we could improve performance, and he tailored the communications module of the course to ensure our sales and engineering teams had the tools to dig beneath the surface of what the client initially asked. I’d highly recommend NxtGEN to any organisation who want to upskill their sales negotiation skills..
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Paul delivered a training course to all customer facing members of the Equinix Ireland team. The remit was to present a programme which would give… Paul delivered a training course to all customer facing members of the Equinix Ireland team. The remit was to present a programme which would give everybody the confidence to develop business relationships, on a personal and professional level, in a way which would enhance their image and the perception of the company in the eyes of the customer.
This involved tweaking and developing sales and presentation skills.
We as a management team were absolutely delighted with the results. A number of team members, who previously lacked confidence, have delivered internal and external presentations that were of a noticeably higher standard. We now have a team of people who can represent the company in all manner of presentation scenarios.
The training also served as a team building exercise which was very positively received by all.
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I am writing to thank you for the impact you have had on my career. I had the opportunity twice in the last month to… I am writing to thank you for the impact you have had on my career. I had the opportunity twice in the last month to present off-the-cuff to two separate groups of 20 or more individuals. In both cases I was tremendously successful and I owned the space in front of my audience. Each time I was asked afterwards if I presented for a living, which you will know I do not. In fact, you might remember our first workshop during which I was a shambles having to stand and present in front of a small number of peers and friends alike.
In short, the guidance, training, and experience you have given me has allowed me to take my own skills development into my own hands and I am now looking for any opportunity whereby I can increase my presentation skills. I have confidence in my own ability to deliver a killer speech, and I am armed with a toolkit thanks to you that will allow me to grow from strength to strength.
I work for a large multinational and have recently changed roles within. I now find there is an even greater demand on me to present in front of senior stakeholders and my ability to do so is with doubt having an impact on my career. This career change comes as I am closing out my MBA with Smurfit which you will recall, I chose initially because of your “Sample Lecture” two years ago. You impacted my decision to do my MBA with Smurfit and you have impacted my ability to overcome my presentation fears in a most glorious way. Because of these influences you have had a massive impact on my career and I am very grateful.
If anyone is considering engaging you as a mentor, professional trainer, especially around the area of developing presentation and / or negotiation skills, please send them my way for a most sincere and strong recommendation.
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I have attended many presentation skills programmes is the best but this one was significantly better than any previous course. Paul was excellent and was… I have attended many presentation skills programmes is the best but this one was significantly better than any previous course. Paul was excellent and was really interested in ensuring we all improved.
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Have you ever been held captive by the speaker who pounds you with slide after slide of text while they read every bullet point to you? This next question might hurt a little… have you ever been that speaker? Ouch. While none of us want to be that person, some of us have never been taught any other way of presenting effective slides… until now!
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