Presentation skills

Important note: the event is open only to the MERIT fellows and is limited to 20 participants.

Lecturer: Ondřej Staněk

About the lecturer: Ondřej is a consultant and lecturer of presentation skills, presentation design, and communication. He assists companies that want to make a mark with their presentations, specializing in creating business presentations and templates for multinational corporations and individuals. He leads specialized training sessions and also provides consulting services to speakers presenting at both international and domestic conferences.

Since 2015, he has been teaching his own class at the University of Chemistry and Technology in Prague, focusing on rhetoric and its application in contemporary presentation skills. He regularly delivers lectures at Charles University and the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen. He is a frequent speaker at public lectures on topics related to public speaking, self-presentation, and body language analysis.

Agenda:

– audience analysis, persona creation and audience typology
– capturing the audience and working with attention
– body language, posture, movements
– using the voice, pauses, emphases
– nervousness and stage fright and how to deal with them
– tips for presenting confidently