SVPMA Workshop - Presenting with Impact by Mayla Clark, MC Training June 18, 2011

Organization: SVPMA - Silicon Valley Product Management Association
Topic: Presenting with Impact
Speaker: Mayla Clark, MC Training
Date: Saturday, June 18th
Time: 8:30am to 12noon
Location: Network Meeting Center at the TechMart - 5201 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara
Cost: $25 for Members or $40 for Non-Members by June 15. Add $10 after June 15
More info: http://www.svpma.org/workshops.html

Session Overview:
As product managers, you are judged every day by your ability to communicate clearly and convincingly. When these communications are dynamic and purposeful, you get your ideas and insights across with ease whether speaking to peers, customers, sales or the executive staff.

Do you speak at quarterly business reviews? Your company briefing center? To cross-functional teams or senior level decision makers?

In any high-stakes situation your skill in speaking with impact and conviction helps you complete complex projects, gain needed support and acquire critical resources.

In “Presenting with Impact,” Mayla provides you with proven presentation strategies and real-time feedback to show what it takes to immediately establish your credibility and competence with key stakeholders.

Session Topics:
In this workshop you will learn how to:
• A five-step process to reduce the stress of planning and organizing a presentation
• Tools to help you deliver your presentation in an engaging and authentic manner
• How to unlock the power of visuals (PowerPoint/Keynote) to enhance, not overwhelm, your message

You will leave this workshop with a specific template for planning your next presentation as well as a detailed checklist for assessing your strengths as a presenter and areas to improve.

You will also receive a copy of Mayla’s new article, “Dull to Dynamic, Cluttered to Compelling. Communicating Effectively with PowerPoint.”

*** Optional – Bring 2-3 slides on a flash drive to present to the group. You will receive constructive feedback and a DVD of your talk. I encourage you to do this – you will get a lot out of it!

About The Speaker:
For over 20 years, Mayla Clark has helped thousands of accomplished professionals communicate more skillfully to meet their critical business challenges. She specializes in working with corporate, legal, non-profit and university leaders. Her clients include Apple, Breast Cancer Connections, Cisco Systems, Echelon, McManis Faulkner Law, NetApp, Rambus, Stanford University, Sun Microsystems (now Oracle), WL Gore Medical and Yahoo.

She has taught in the Business & Management programs at U.C. Berkeley, Davis and Santa Cruz and was an adjunct professor at Santa Clara University for 10 years where her 11-week course, “Effective Oral Technical Presentation Skills,” was part of the MBA curriculum for engineers.