Presentation
Skills Profile
Speaking in front of others can be a confusing and even terrifying
experience for many people. So how can you successfully train your
participants, even those with no prior experience, to effectively
prepare and deliver presentations?
The Presentation Skills Profile (PSP) takes the mystery out of
designing and delivering high-impact presentations. Designed to ease
the stress associated with public presentations, PSP analyzes how the
respondent prepares and delivers presentations, provides for peer
feedback on a specific presentation, and then offers a walk-through of
preparation and delivery for future presentations.
Learning Outcomes
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Identify and set presentation objectives
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Discover how to analyze and involve the audience
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Learn how to design and display effective visual aids
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Practice staging presentations
Theory
The Presentation Skills Model at the center of the Presentation
Skills Profile shows the influences of the relevant literature on
presentation skills, including the work of Holcombe and Stein and
others. The model contains the 6 Presentation Questions that help
individuals turn lackluster presentations into engaging dialogues with
their audiences.
How It Works
 The
assessment presents 48 statements regarding preparation and delivery
of presentations. In scoring the assessment, participants determine
their Overall Presentation Effectiveness Score. In addition,
participants create a self-profile showing strengths and areas of
improvement (relating to the 6 questions of The Presentation Skills
Model). Feedback forms submitted by peers provide data to create a
second — or “feedback” —profile. Finally, participants complete
worksheets for preparing and delivering a future presentation.
Uses for the Presentation Skills Profile
Presentation Skills Profile is designed for use by anyone who
is called upon to prepare and deliver presentations. Those who require
their audience to agree with a conclusion and/or course of action will
gain particular benefit by using the profile. The model upon which the
instrument is based may be applied in the following types of
presentations:
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Sales presentations (including presentations that require
audiences to make a decision)
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Motivational speeches
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Coaching and training sessions
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Information briefings
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Entertainment
Presentation Skills Profile can be used to evaluate a specific
presentation, measuring progress in preparing and delivering
presentations. As with all HRDQ tools, the assessment is effective
when used alone or as the centerpiece of a workshop or longer program
on presentation skills.
What to Order/Product Contents
Order one Facilitator Guide per facilitator and one Participant Guide
per participant and up to 10 Feedback Forms per participant.
Facilitator Guide includes:
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Administrative guidelines
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Sample training design
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Theoretical background
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The Presentation Skills Model
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Overhead transparency masters
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Reproducible masters (overhead transparency masters and
activity handouts including case studies)
Participant Guide includes:
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48-item assessment
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Pressure-sensitive response form
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The Presentation Skills Model
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Diagram for creating self and feedback profiles
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Interpretive information
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Action planning (worksheets based on the 6 questions from
the model)
Feedback Form includes:
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24-item version of the PSP (for evaluating a specific
presentation)
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Pressure-sensitive response form
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