Paula Pace, M.S. – Professional trainer, speaker, consultant, and author

Improve company communication with the help of a professional trainer and author. Paula Pace, distinguished speaker and author, offers hands-on training workshops.

Presentation

Presentation

Presentation

“A good presentation can inform, persuade or entertain. But the best presentation will inspire.”

A truly good presentation looks effortless and you may be inclined to say that the speaker is a “natural”. But the truth is that he or she most likely worked hard on presentation skills to achieve that level of sophistication and presentation skill or grace. You can do the same.

  • Whether your challenge is the weekly staff meeting, a quarterly report or the prestigious keynote at this year’s annual meeting, you can learn to organize, write and deliver a presentation that will inform and inspire your audience with presentation training from Paula Pace.
  • Whether you speak to a small or large group, to internal employees or as a volunteer in your community, you can learn to make an impact that will result in a positive image for you and your organization with coaching from a distinguished keynote speaker, author, consultant and trainer.
  • Whether your audience is engaged, indifferent or hostile, you can learn to maintain your confidence, make a connection and move the group forward with specialized training.

You can learn to be an impactful keynote and professional speaker.  As a manager or supervisor you can speak clearly to your team and your division leaders.  You can influence lives. You can make a difference – through your words, in the form of presentation.  Presentation skills enhance your ability to lead.

Classes:

Our Basic Presentation Skills class and our Effective Presentation Skills class are intensive training programs designed to sharpen formal as well as informal communication and presentation skills. Participants will learn to give confident and coherent presentations and to handle the question and answer session effectively. Each participant will write and present several presentations and receive immediate feedback from the instructor and class participants. All presentations are recorded, thus providing participants the opportunity to see and hear themselves as others do; a powerful tool in helping to improve presentation skills with supporting coaching techniques.

Basic Presentation Skills (Level 1)

Learn to overcome the fear of presenting. We focus on understanding the wants and needs of the audience; organizing and writing, and finally giving the presentation by focusing on each individual’s presentation skill. This class is designed for the novice presenter.

Participants will have the opportunity to:

  • Apply techniques for organizing thoughts into a presentation.
  • Write both an informative and persuasive presentation.
  • Apply 10 Qs (ten questions) to analyze the audience and tailor presentations appropriately.
  • Use a format to organize and write presentations.
  • Develop and use effective visual aids.
  • Appear confident and credible, even in high-pressure situations.
  • Humanize presentations and build rapport with the audience.
  • Get the message across.
  • Learn the best use of examples, stories and metaphor.
  • Anticipate difficult questions and formulate appropriate responses before a presentation.

Effective Presentation Skills (Level 2)

This class is most requested by organizations that want to enhance the presentation skills of their employees through specialized presentation training. It incorporates all skills covered in the Basic Presentation Skills class, but kicks up the expectations. This class is designed for the intermediate speaker.

Participants will have the opportunity to:

  • Apply techniques for organizing thoughts into a presentation.
  • Write both an informative and persuasive presentation.
  • Apply 10 Qs (ten questions) to analyze the audience and tailor presentations appropriately.
  • Use a format to organize and write presentations.
  • Develop and use effective visual aids.
  • Appear confident and credible, even in high-pressure situations.
  • Humanize presentations and build rapport with the audience.
  • Get their message across.
  • Learn the best use of examples, stories and metaphor.
  • Anticipate difficult questions and formulate appropriate responses before a presentation.

In addition:

  • Focus on establishing and maintaining a sincere connection with the audience.
  • Infuse emotion into the presentation.
  • Use purposeful movement.

Advanced Presentation Skills (Level 3)

What is your pleasure? Keynote at the Chamber of Commerce Big Event? Master of Ceremonies at a retirement banquet? Awards Presentation at your company’s annual meeting? We address specific presentation opportunities in this class. This class is designed for the skilled speaker and those targeting specific presentation venues.

We work with you to tailor this class to your needs through individualized coaching. We begin by considering the objectives in the Effective Presentation Skills class and then tailor the class experience to fit your particular need. You, therefore, identify the objectives of this class and the presentation training desired.

(We also offer one-on-one presentation coaching to executives preparing for a specific speech or who just want to improve their ability to connect and present.)

Sales Presentation

Whether you stand in front of the acquisition team of ten or more people, or sit side by side with one or two, your words should be planned so well that you sound impromptu. This class addresses stand-up presentation skills as well as side by side presentation techniques. It is designed for beginning to intermediate sales people.

Participants will have the opportunity to:

  • Write and deliver persuasive presentations tailored to a large audience.
  • Craft and deliver persuasive presentations designed for an audience of one or two people.
  • Craft presentations which allow for interruptions and two-way conversation.
  • Adapt to stand up or sit-down presentation styles.
  • Organize thoughts and control your emotions during the presentation.
  • Connect with and engage the audience.
  • Prepare for and deliver an effective Q&A session.
  • Prepare for and respond to questions asked during the presentation.
  • Present to inform, persuade and close.

Team Sales Presentation

Sales people who bring in their tech reps know how important it is for both to be on and speak from the same page. Team presentations need to be coordinated and presented in a way that shows corporate unity and strength through presentation skill. This presentation coaching class is designed for those who are part of a sales team.

Participants will have the opportunity to work as a team to:

  • Write and deliver persuasive presentations tailored to a large audience.
  • Craft and deliver persuasive presentations designed for an audience of one or two people.
  • Craft presentations which allow for interruptions and two-way conversation.
  • Adapt to stand up or sit-down presentation styles.
  • Organize your thoughts and control your emotions during the presentation.
  • Connect with and engage the audience.
  • Prepare for and deliver an effective Q&A session.
  • Prepare for and respond to questions asked during your presentation.
  • Present to inform, persuade and close.

In addition:

  • Listen and support team members.
  • Offer information.
  • Offer tactful correction and/or redirection.
  • Use positive nonverbal skills.

Effective Seminar Presentations

Is your company staging a conference or seminar? Will your employees become “presenters for a day”? If so, this training class will prepare them for success. It is designed for organizations providing speakers for seminars or conferences.

Participants will have the opportunity to:

We work with you to tailor this class to your needs. We begin by considering the objectives in the Effective Presentation Skills class and then tailor the presentation training class experience to fit your particular need.

In addition, we will:

  • Work with the conference theme.
  • Tailor all presentations to compliment and not copy.
  • Thread a sense of connectedness among presentations.

The Leader As Communicator

Great speakers inspire the masses, but it is the task of organizational leaders to inspire employees to move mountains. They speak to direct, motivate and create buy-in to new ideas. Their words must be efficient and effective. Their words lead organizations forward. This presentation training class is designed for leaders involved with change.

Participants will have the opportunity to:

  • Reduce ambiguity and confusion.
  • Identify and use unifying language.
  • Use content and context to effectively deliver messages.
  • Change attitudes, foster participation and build commitment.
  • Translate important messages, making them relevant to your employees.
  • Manage resistance to messages.
  • Present, manage and lead change .
  • Communicate critical business issues.
  • Identify and communicate commitment to the organization.
  • Speak to inspire and motivate.
  • Create more productive team members and leaders.