Often there is a perception that presentations that involve technical contents, be it science, engineering, technology, statistics or computation etc, that they are boring in nature and put the audience that are not familiar with the topics to sleep or confused. This can lead to misunderstanding, arguments & extended meeting time thus lowering overall effectiveness & less than desired audience satisfaction & engagement. However, technical presentations don’t have to be boring. In fact, some of the best presentations in the world are technical in nature but are designed & delivered using classical storytelling approaches & contextualizing the technical contents to suit audience expectations.

This 1 day highly interactive & experiential training on “Technical Presentation” is designed to provide the audience on how to build the technical presentations for various industries, domains, environment etc, and how to engage different types & different levels of audience as stakeholders. The training includes various use cases, videos, and best practices from the facilitator's vast experience across the world.

Outline

• Attributes of effective & persuasive presentation
  • Concepts, techniques, Hierarchy


• Elements of technical presentations in different industries & domains


• Various scenarios and different types of audience for technical presentation
  • Different types of stakeholders, their expectations & agenda (KYA)


• Techniques for preparing scientific & targeted PowerPoint slides for different target audience
  • Content, Format, Flow, Rules, best practices,


• Picture paints thousand words – Designing data visualization based on behavioral psychology
  • Infographics fundamentals
  • Choosing appropriate graphs, charts & tables for various scenarios & dashboards
  • Rules, best practices, dos & don’ts for infographic preparation


• Soft skills for technical presentation
  • Gestures, postures, voice, tone, eye contact, for enthralling story telling
  • Power of pause, repeat, artefacts, importance of KYSM
  • Techniques for presenting to large groups & small groups


• Understanding body language & aligning presentation on the go


• Using props, humour, flip-charts, diagrams effectively during technical presentation to keep it engaging


• Leveraging stage fright – Techniques to overcome & leverage stage fright


• Art of translating technical jargons to business language


• Dealing with difficult audience – thinking on the feet


• Art of reducing hiccups & distraction caused by technology use in presentations

Who should attend

• Senior managers, leaders, directors, managers who want to enhance their skill in effectively presenting complex technical topics in simplified way for various types of internal & external audience in an exciting story telling manner with powerful yet intuitive graphics
• Engineers, Scientists, Researchers, Technical staff, Accountants, Cost Analysts, Financial Planning & Analysis professionals, those who involved in managerial reporting, computer programmers
• People involved in presenting business proposals, pitching, startup employees, sales & marketing professionals

Methodology

Highly interactive workshop & experiential learning in format using group activities, flip charts, post it notes, props, relevant videos, sandwiched presentation & facilitation

Speaker Profile

Ramesh Rao holds multiple academic qualifications in engineering, finance, supply chain, computer science, and statistics. He also holds a Diploma in Adult Continuous Education (DACE) & Advance Certification in Learning & Performance (ACLP) from SUSS Singapore. Additionally, Ramesh comes with multiple professional certifications in Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Design Thinking Facilitation, Agile & project management, Digital Transformation, Industry 4.0, Programming, RPA, change management and more.

Ramesh has over 30 years of career experience both in corporate roles as well as in training and consulting. Ramesh has served in leadership roles in process & operations management, product & service design, Industrial automation, operational excellence, and as global finance controller for US MNCs serving multiple countries and continents. As a consultant and trainer, Ramesh has conducted more than 2000 training and workshops both public as well as in-house on multiple domains such as Lean Six Sigma, Design Thinking, Agile, Digital Transformation, Financial skills, change management, Data analytics, Statistics, Smart factory solutions, technology etc. Ramesh has served industries such as Manufacturing, Retail, Supply Chain, Banking, Financial Services, Education industry, government sectors, R&D & NGOs across Asia, Europe & USA. Ramesh is well known for his effective & simplified approach on various challenging technical related presentations to a variety of audience such as staff meetings, senior management, technical forums, non-technical audience, vendors, customers across many countries & culture. It is this experience that Ramesh will bring to a workshop that is not at all available in any textbooks and not at all trained by any HR driven “presentation skills” training.

As a DACE & ACLP certification holder, Ramesh has provided WSQ / SSG accredited training for several training providers in Singapore. Ramesh is an adjunct in Singapore based universities