Putting your best foot forward
Vani Doraisamy
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Participants at the workshop learnt about harnessing the power of the spoken word.
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RIGHT VIBES: Soft-skills add value to an employee. Photo: Arunangsu Roy Chowdhury
Often, it is the little things that fetch you the best rewards in the job sweepstakes — small details like how you, say, greet a prospective employer during an interview, how you present yourself and how you make your resume work for you.
For the nearly 30 participants who had turned up for a workshop on presentation skills organised by www.editin.com recently, it was time to hone their `how-to' skills and learn about harnessing the power of the spoken word. S.V. Suryanarayana, director, Editin, who is a consultant to several organisations and companies in India, U.S., Australia and Canada, conducted the workshop.
It was aimed at company executives, self-employed persons, professionals and students who needed to make a presentation either before an employer or a group of people.
Starting from how to present a business card to how to make sample presentations using overhead projector or through PowerPoint, the workshop gave participants an initiation on how to be clear, concise, confident, logical and brief while making a one-to-one or a one-to-group presentation.
"There are three things most important in a spoken presentation: get into your subject, get your subject into yourself and get your subject into your audience. Most importantly, be a good listener,'' Mr. Suryanarayana said, taking the participants through the finer details of how to be a good public speaker.
"Start with a formal address, introduce yourself, your subject, your achievements and credentials and where to contact you. If you can do all this within two minutes, you are a winner,'' he said.
Website: www.editin.com
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