| Venue: The training workshop will be held at a local hotel in Islamabad. |
Introduction
Inter-personal skill is a distinguishing feature of successful leaders and effective managers. The art of effective communication and good presentation enables project managers to give clear directions to their teams. Speakers or negotiators who can articulate their ideas are more likely to obtain favorable response and commitment from listeners. It is, therefore, essential that managers should learn the techniques of effective communication and presentation.
Who should attend?
The workshop will benefit persons who have to make presentations to different kinds of audiences in the government, private and non-profit sectors, including senior and mid-level managers, designers, marketing and sales persons, educationists, engineers, and social organisers.
Objectives
The aim of this workshop is to help participants achieve a higher level of competence in communication and presentation skills. Specifically, the workshop is designed to enable participants to:
- Understand the process and essentials of an effective communication.
- Become familiar with the guidelines for understanding the audience/building rapport.
- Understand the techniques and methods of preparing and delivering effective presentations.
- Formulate and practice anticipated questions and their responses.
- Design and deliver a live presentation.
Methodology
Since practice and rehearsal is the key to improving communication and presentation skills, therefore, participants’ competence will be enhanced through trainers’ presentations, followed by practice. The last day will involve participants’ presentations and feedback, leading to identification of individual strengths and weaknesses, and suggestions for improvement.
Workshop content
The workshop will cover the following topics:
- Communication processq
- Understanding the audience/building rapportq
- Verbal and non-verbal communicationq
- Conversational controlq
- Effective use of Power Point (computer program)
- Presentation steps: preparation, organization, rehearsal and delivery
- Handling questions and interruptionsq
- Presentations by the participants, evaluation and feedback
Medium
of instructions
English will be the medium of instruction for this workshop. However, an effort will be made to conduct the workshop using a mixture of English and Urdu.
Resource
person
Mohammad Yasin, the lead trainer, holds masters’ degree in Political Science and is B. Sc (Hons) in War Studies. He did advanced training/education in UK and USA. He is a chartered Engineer in Electronics and is member of various engineering institutions at home and abroad. He worked in National Institute of Electronics for six years. He got training in strategic Planning and Management at the York University, Canada. He was on the faculty of Military College of Signals. He worked in the prime Minister’s Committee for Research and Analysis where he coordinated a number research projects on district administration, police systems, dispensation of justice, information technology and education. Currently he is working in SDPI as Advisor Capacity Building. Earlier he worked on various research projects. He has written numerous papers and edited books on District Administration and Police Systems and Dispensation of Justice in Pakistan.
He has designed and conducted a large number of courses/workshops on management and specialized areas.
Zill-i-Ehsan has over 14 years of professional experience and has been associated with education, training and development for the last 10 years. Before joining the academics he worked for various business organizations where he was instrumental in the improvement of general Office Management procedures as well as implementation of Human Resource Development programs while being an active member of HR committees. As a training professional, Mr. Zill-i-Ehsan, has designed and conducted trainings for organizations in the Development sector as well as sectors like Telecom, Banking, Oil & Gas, FMCG’s and Education. He has also designed, conducted and coordinated trainings for some projects of United Nations and Armed Forces. He focuses on Business Communication and Presentation Skills, Project Management, Information Management, HRD, Office Computing and Management skills. At present he is working as training manager at SDPI. He has also served on the recruitment committee of SDPI and is a member of SDPI's English Editorial Board.
Deadline for registration
Please return registration form form to the Program Secretary, SDPI-Centre for Capacity Building, by 03 October 2009 at the latest via fax or mail. The institute will confirm the registration upon receipt of fee by a return fax. Please use a separate registration form for each nominee. Seats are limited; the applicants will be registered on a first come, first serve basis. Bookings will close for registration if all the seats are taken up before the last date.
Registration fee
Rs. 14,500 per person
Discount
25% discount is available to the following:
- Women
- SDPI members
- HRDN members on each nomination
- Students registering through their institutions
- Other organizations registering two or more persons
Special discount for journalists
- One free seat is available to nominees of Press Clubs. 25% discount will be given on additional nominations.
Cancellation/postponement
SDPI reserves the right to cancel or postpone
the workshop if circumstances require. In such an event, SDPI will ensure
that registered participants are informed as soon as possible. SDPI will
also refund registration fees according to our refund procedures.
Award
of certificates
Trainees successfully completing 85 percent of the instructional sessions will be awarded completion certificates.
Time
9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. (daily)
Further information
For further details, please contact Zulfiqar Ali, Program Secretary (Training), SDPI at Tel. 92-51-2278134 or fax: 92-51-2278135. Email: Zulfiqar@sdpi.org
Registration form
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