Mastering High-Stakes Presentations: Strategies for Courtrooms, Boardrooms, and Beyond

September 26, 2024 @ 10:00 am - 11:15 am

  • Track 1

About Session

Join Natalie Lewis, a seasoned expert witness, and Dr. Toby Groves in a compelling session that will elevate your presentation skills in high-stakes environments. Learn methods that transform complex information into compelling and understandable insights for critical settings. Harness these techniques to present your findings with clarity, engage your audience, and influence decision-makers effectively.

This session covers techniques for crafting and delivering persuasive presentations, whether addressing a courtroom, a boardroom, or engaging with the media. Discover how to structure your message for maximum impact, establish credibility, and handle challenging questions with confidence. Gain insights into the psychology of persuasion, ensuring your presentations resonate with and influence your audience effectively.

Major Subjects

  • Precision in Presentation: Strategies for ensuring clarity and accuracy in presenting complex information, tailored for high-stakes environments.
  • Engaging Communication: Techniques for capturing and retaining audience attention, inspired by effective courtroom and boardroom presentations.
  • Evidence-Based Reporting: Methods for validating and presenting data to enhance the credibility of your reports.
  • Non-Verbal Communication: Mastering body language and vocal delivery to enhance persuasive impact and audience engagement.
  • Handling Challenges and Difficult Questions: Techniques for confidently managing challenges to your findings and responding to difficult questions effectively.
  • Psychology of Persuasion: Insights into the psychological principles of persuasion to ensure your presentations resonate with and influence your audience effectively.

Learning Objectives

  1. Enhance Presentation Precision: Identify at least one strategy for ensuring clarity and accuracy in your presentations, applicable to high-stakes environments.
  2. Improve Audience Engagement: Learn at least one technique for capturing and retaining audience attention, inspired by effective methods used in courtrooms and boardrooms.
  3. Strengthen Report Credibility: Identify at least one method for validating and presenting data to bolster the credibility and reliability of your findings.
  4. Manage Challenges Effectively: Develop techniques for confidently handling challenges to your findings and responding to difficult questions with poise.
  5. Apply Persuasion Principles: Understand and apply at least one psychological principle of persuasion to make your presentations more impactful and influential.

Speakers

Natalie Lewis, CPA/CFF, CFE

Natalie Lewis, CPA/CFF, CFE

Senior Vice President, Forensic Accounting & Economics, JS Held
Toby Groves Ph.D.

Toby Groves Ph.D.

Researcher, speaker, writer, Cognificent Learning

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