About HighTechSpeaking^® 

You have impressive technical and industry knowledge, and a product or project that you know will add to your company's bottom line. Or maybe you will be presenting at a technical conference next month, where you'll make a case for some hot new technology. In either case, all you need to do is dazzle your audience with data, right?

Wrong. Even engineers and scientists — not to mention CEOs — can be bored by dry, mind-numbing PowerPoint^® presentations full of facts and figures. To persuade, you have to generate interest and excitement by helping your audience understand why the data is important — and why it excites you.

 "Content without style goes unnoticed, and style without content has no meaning."

Michael Alley
Professor, Mechanical Engineering
Virginia Technical University

The HighTechSpeaking^®  agenda has been specially designed to meet the needs of people who present critical technical information to other technical people or mixed audiences. HighTechSpeaking^® is an intensive, two-day, video-based program designed to increase the confidence and effectiveness of each technical presenter. It provides them with the training they need to move their projects, their careers, and their companies to new levels of excellence.

You Will Learn To:

• Focus on the unique objectives of the different types of technical presentations and organize content to meet those objectives.

• Develop a clear core message.
  

• Convey the meaning of the data, instead of  just reciting facts.
  

• Use analogies, stories, and metaphors to reach the non-technical audience!
  

• Use visual aids effectively.

"PowerPoint will not do for serious presentations. Presenters may damage their credibility by using PowerPoint for serious problems."

Edward Tufte
Professor Emeritus, Yale University

• Do in-depth audience analysis and modify presentations for technical and non- technical audiences using "the rule of thirds."

• Project personal confidence and credibility through effective style.
  

• Control audience disruptions in a professional manner.
  

• Maintain audience focus on specific agenda items and avoid tangents.
  

• Handle hostile and challenging questions with ease.
  

• Respond comfortably to impromptu speaking situations.
  

• Manage the speaking environment.
   

Research-Based, Step-By-Step, Interactive Learning

In HighTechSpeaking^®  our workbook and video examples reflect the world of high tech: research, a step-by-step approach, video examples of Nobel Prize winners, and effective, analytical presenters. During the two days, there are 10 videotaping sessions and six private coaching sessions. Feedback is specific, behavioral, and easy to follow.
 

Who Should Attend

Participants in this program are usually scientists, engineers, technicians, or other technically oriented people. The course benefits anyone who makes technical presentations, such as technical briefings, project updates, management project reviews and proposals, customer product overviews, or pre-sales presentations.