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Effective Technical Presentations

Do you or the people in your organization need to polish your presentation skills?  For many people, the answer is a resounding yes, but before you answer, consider these questions:

  • Do people look at their watches when you speak?

  • Do your presentations frequently go into overtime?

  • Do you lose your audience when you have to speak?

  • Is the thought of speaking in front of a group terrifying?

Speaking in front of a group and presenting technical information is a talent most managers, scientists, engineers, and technicians need, but few people are trained in this most critical area.   The results are predictable:  Most people hate speaking in front of a group, your work may not get the recognition or understanding it deserves, and management, peers, subordinates, and sometimes even customers miss opportunities to incorporate your ideas.

Effective Technical Presentations is an 8-hour, two-session training program that addresses the above concerns and many more.  This training opportunity will help you:

  • Identify the information your audience needs.

  • Sort the wheat from the chaff and present key concepts in a logical, easy-to-follow manner.

  • Use analogies to simplify complex topics.

  • Read, adjust to, and engage your audience.

  •  Use PowerPoint, Excel, digital imaging, hand-drawn charts, and other contemporary presentation technologies to capture and maintain audience interest.

  • Select the most appropriate charts (bar, line, histogram, pie, flow, etc.) to communicate your ideas.

  •  Avoid the six-pack of common presentation problems.

  • Turn speaker’s fear into enthusiasm.

Materials

  • A Handbook for First-Time Managers: Managing Effectively, Berk and Berk, Sterling Publishing Company.

  •  Effective Technical Presentations, a set of approximately 200 presentation charts, ManufacturingTraining Seminars.

Who Should Attend

Engineers, managers, supervisors, scientists, and technicians should attend this training program.

Effective Technical Presentations Syllabus

  • Class 1:  Presentation Preparation.  Presentation purposes.  Presentation challenges.  Defining audience expertise levels.  The contextual communications concept.  Defining requirements.  The three-step presentation process.  Using PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.  Text, line, bar, pie, and diagram charts.  Mixing text and graphics.  Digital images.  Rehearsing.  Homework assignment.

  • Class 2:  Presenting.  Using handouts.  Reading, engaging, and maintaining the audience.  Volume and eye contact.  Fielding questions.  Using humor.  Overcoming nervousness.  Props.  Viewfoils versus computer presentations.  Typical progress report contents.  Class member presentations.  Summary.  Course critique.
 

The above training can be customized to meet your requirements.

Need a guest speaker for an important luncheon or dinner meeting?  Please contact us.

Any questions?  Please call us at 909 204 9984 or contact us via e-mail.
An unending focus on cost reduction is what makes businesses survive and thrive in good times and bad.  Our newest book, Cost Reduction and Optimization for Manufacturing and Industrial Companies, was published in January 2009 by Scrivener Publishing and Wiley.  This is a hands-on, no baloney, rapid road map approach for any organization interested in identifying and acting on cost reduction opportunities.  The book focuses on design, process, supplier, and overhead areas.   In addition to providing roadmaps in each area, this book identifies the risks (and actions to control risk) for each recommendation. As an added feature, Excel templates for the quantitative assessment techniques included with this book can be downloaded here.  (If you need help with this template, just give us a call at 909 204 9984.)
One of our key training areas (and the one we built the business on) is failure analysis.  We know what it's like when recurring failures add cost to the operation and you have to find the right fix quickly.   We also know what it's like when a failure shuts the operation down or prevents clients from using your product.  

ASM International published our latest work, Systems Failure Analysis, in December 2009, and you can order a copy here.  This is a great book based on actual experience in manufacturing environments, with a focus on finding and fixing root causes of complex systems failures.   Our Failure Analysis and Root Cause Analysis training programs use the approaches and technologies described in Systems Failure Analysis because they work, as many satisfied clients will attest.

Quality Management for the Technology Sector focuses on implementing quality management techniques with proven track records.  This 1-day seminar focuses on quality measurement, root cause corrective action techniques (including FMEA, FTA, and SFA), defining customer expectations (including QFD), using statistical techniques (including SPC and DOE), supplier teaming, and the latest quality standards (including ISO 9001:2000).  The program is based on Quality Management for the Technology Sector (Butterworth-Heinemann, 2002), our hands-on, practical guide to implementing effective quality management tools.

I would highly recommend this book not just to quality assurance professionals, but to professionals in all disciplines. - John W. Gozza, Quality Assurance Manager, Composite Structures LLC

Have a new management assignment, or know someone who recently was promoted into one?  Check out our book that provides guidance for new managers, A Handbook for First Time Managers.

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