If you are someone who needs to deliver winning presentations, deliver your message in a clear, compelling and persuasive way, and want to be heard and understood easily by others, then this workshop is for you. This workshop is specially designed for executives and leaders in the corporate setting.

In this workshop, you will acquire life-long skills in public speaking and presentation. Specifically, you will learn how to voice your opinions confidently, portray confidence when speaking to small and large crowds, and think fast on your feet when answering challenging questions. You will also learn how to build your charisma demonstrate leadership skills through your presentations.

You will get to learn from an experienced coach who was a national public speaking champion, and who have coached top corporate leaders in 15 countries. Therefore, this workshop is designed to give your great exposure for enhanced performance.

Objective

This workshop is split into six major objectives:

1. Master Speech Crafting Strategies to strategise your speech
2. Incorporate Body Language Techniques into your presentations
3. Enhance your performance with Stage Positioning Techniques
4. Learn vocal expression and voice projection techniques
5. Design effective PowerPoint slides to deliver your message effectively
6. Handle impromptu speeches and Q&A without breaking a sweat

Outline

Segment 1: Speech Crafting Strategies
1. Defining the Message
2. Speech Purposes and Speech Objectives
3. How to Structure Speeches
4. Audience Engagement

Segment 2: Body Language Techniques
1. The do's and don'ts of body language
2. Common pitfalls of presenting oneself on stage
3. Body language techniques to build rapport
4. Body language techniques to present with authority
5. The appropriate standing posture to convey confidence
6. Hand gestures and their meaning
7. The secret psychology of handshakes

Segment 3: Stage Positioning Techniques
1. Stage movement strategies
2. Stage positioning techniques
3. Eye contact techniques and strategies
4. Pacing and leading on stage
5. Using stage positioning to convey ideas
6. Designing off-stage sitting arrangements
7. Common and subtle mistakes to be aware of

Segment 4: Vocal Expression and Projection Techniques
1. The three types of voices
2. Voice projection techniques
3. Voice enhancement exercises
4. Strategies in using pauses
5. Implanting 'Emphasis' on words
6. Understanding tone, pitch, and vocal rate
7. Creating vocal stamina
8. How to speak at length without hurting your voice

Segment 5: Designing Effective PowerPoint Slides
1. The do's and don'ts of designing PowerPoint Slides
2. The best practices of slide design
3. Different slide designs and templates for different purposes
4. Techniques of using slides to convey technical information
5. Techniques of using slides to convey stories
6. Font analysis for slides
7. Background analysis for slides

Segment 6: Handling Impromptu Speech and Q&A
1. Techniques in impromptu speaking
2. The three major categories of questions
3. Phrases to use to 'buy time' to think
4. The top 6 speech structures for handling Q&A
5. How to answer difficult questions and audiences

Who should attend

Corporate leaders and high-performance executives who want to:

1. Learn a lifelong skill
2. Be more persuasive
3. Demonstrate leadership skills
4. Enhance performance in the workplace
5. Form positive impressions in the workplace

Methodology

The workshop will also be conducted in an interactive manner, infused with practical exercises, and embedded in spiral learning curriculum design methodology and in-class social learning systems. This allows for maximum engagement with students throughout the lesson.

Testimonial

We are more than impressed with Kwan Hong. He is imparting so many great practical tips to do better in the business world. He articulates extremely well and instantly grabs the audience's attention. They get quickly engaged and show such eagerness to learn from him. I will add my title in this note to formalise our reference to this very great orator.
Penny Radcliffe - Senior Learning and Development Manager, Phillip Securities Pte Ltd

I had the privilege of engaging Kwan Hong as a speaker for several roadshows conducted across Singapore in order to promote Career & Education and outreach. Kwan Hong is passionate, humble, friendly, and a very engaging public speaker, even with such challenging crowds as boisterous participants. I would definitely recommend him as a speaker or event MC, to say nothing of his many other talents.
Ryan O'Connor - Conference Producer, Informa Exhibitions

Dr. Tan Kwan Hong's Profile

• International Speaker to 420,000+ People from 800+ Organizations in 40+ Countries
• Singapore Champion Public Speaker For 2017, 2-Time Singapore First Runner-Up
• PhD, MSc (Finance), MSc (HR), M.Ed., MMTM, MIT, MPM, PGDBA, GDTD, SDBA, BSc. (Economics), Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM)
• ACTA Certified, MOE accredited, Google Certified Educator, Microsoft Education Expert Award Winner

Kwan Hong is passionate in helping professionals attain mastery in public speaking, personal peak performance and career growth. His highly rated workshops include: public speaking, business negotiation, interview skills, resume and cover letter writing, essential business etiquette, and finding your career passion.

With 12 years of training experience, Kwan Hong has personally conducted workshops or given speeches to over 200,000 people, 550 organizations and schools, in 15 countries. His clients include A*Star, AIA Singapore, AON Singapore, Alexandra Health, Citibank, DSTA, Ministry of Education (Singapore), Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Vietnam), Land Transport Authority (LTA), Halogen Foundation, People’s Association, Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo (WATG), and the Young Men’s Christian Association.

Kwan Hong has been hired by organisations to coach their C-Suite Executives, Vice-Presidents, and Directors. He has also conducted group and individual coaching sessions for sales executives, negotiators, spokespersons, media relations executives and young professionals. Kwan Hong has also trained participants for international debate and public speaking competitions.

In 2017, Kwan Hong came out tops over 5000 contestants to become the Singapore Public Speaking Champion, awarded by Toastmasters International. He was ranked 2nd in Singapore for the Evaluation Speech Contest in 2016 and 2017. He was ranked top 7 in Singapore and Thailand in 2013. He was also awarded the Distinguished Toastmasters (DTM) title, the greatest honour that can be earned by a member of Toastmasters International, achieved by less than 1% out of 350,000+ members globally.

Kwan Hong has a PhD, 3 Masters degrees, and 3 Graduate Diplomas. He is also certified in high performance tools, such as Strong Interest Inventory, DISC, Enneagram, NLP, and Transformation Coaching.