Successful presentations to international audiences

View inter-company dates View inter-company dates

Summary

Target audience

Employees and managers wishing to improve their speaking skills when giving presentations to a multicultural audience

Prerequisite

No prerequisite

Objectives

At the end of the training session, participants will have the tools to:

  • Better prepare, design and deliver presentations with an intercultural dimension
  • Feel more at ease as a presenter​
  • Generate better attention and impact by taking account of audience’s (and your) cultural preferences​
  • Improve confidence and willingness to engage with audience​

Added value

ACCESSIBILITY

All our training courses are accessible to people with disabilities. Each training project will be the subject of a case study by our teams, in order to adapt the training program.

Program

Session 1 : Clarity

  • What makes a presenter clear? What might hinder our clarity? ​
  • Good practices for using international English or Globish ​
  • Feedback on each presenter’s clarity (structure, control, presence, cadence, vocal variation,  etc) Focus on AKTEOS dimension of Explicit vs Implicit Communication​
  • Tips to speed up preparation of an intercultural presentation​

Session 2 : Impact

  • Keep your audience’s attention with 3 levers (ethos, pathos and logos)​
  • Design meaningful messages and visuals​
  • Show up fully … and understand how your own cultural preference is perceived by the audience (e.g. too much or not enough information or emotion)​
  • Design tips for a simple but impactful slide deck ​

Session 3 : Adapting to needs

  • « Never assume » that what is obvious or important to you is to your audience​
  • Leave your comfort zone and tailor visuals, language or structure in order to better fit the cultural expectations of your audience​

Session 4 : Managing pushback

  • Stay strong, assertive and dynamic when faced with questions or challenges​
  • Avoid unnecessary conflict through dialogue and diplomacy​
  • Be more confident in assessing the strength of pushback (this is also cultural) and responding appropriately​

Intra-company coursesDuration: to define
Interested in customizing this training to your needs ? Contact us.

To check that you are not a robot, this form uses reCAPTCHA and is submit to the Google Inc. Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Akteos website uses cookies to offer you a personalized browsing experience.

We have also published our data protection policy.

More information

ACCEPT