Evolve Blog

Jul 2009

Financial Services Special Report: Is your brokerage built for success or failure?

“Good times shield us from the truth about the limitations of our sales organisation. However when the financial services marketplace gets tougher those limitations can threaten your brokerages very survival” so says David Malone, Executive Director of Evolve Consultants.

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Jul 2009

I know what you did last summer!

I know what you did last summer. In fact, I know what the majority of sales professionals have been doing every summer for the last five or six years. What am I talking about? The great corporate Ireland summer wind down. Quarter three is an odd time for doing business in Ireland. 

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Training Programmes - Communicating Suite

List of Programmes:

Presentation Skills – The fundamentals

Overview

Giving Excellent Presentations is an integral part of any professional job and can often enhance careers - yet many people try and avoid them. This program will introduce participants to every aspect of presentations - from preparation right through to delivery and taking feedback. Most importantly, it will enable the participants to deliver presentations that are clear, engaging and above all memorable. The course will last two days.

Programme Deliverables
As a result of attending this program the participants will develop their own unique presentation style and will be able to use presentations as a powerful and compelling part of their personal communication.

Content

  • Preparing your presentation - the key requirements
  • Know the result you want to achieve
  • Evaluating your present presentation skills
  • Presenting a Positive Image
  • Controlling Nervousness
  • Effective use of body language
  • Effective use of the voice to best effect
  • How to structure presentations for improved audience comprehension
  • Eliminating Monotone and Boredom
  • Question and Answer Sessions
  • Eliminating "Overkill"
  • Effective Use of Visual Aids
  • Obtaining Approval and Action


Additional information

  • DVD will be used to record presentations
  • Participants will get individual feedback on each presentation they make
  • A workbook supports this programme