Effective Communications in the Public Sector: Agenda
- Group exercise: Presentations and the Public Administrator. What kinds of presentation do you make? What are your concerns?
- Role reversal case exercise: What Can Go Wrong? Experience how it feels to be public official who must endure a bad presentation
- The importance of “listener-centered” presentations
- Adult learning principles
- Realities of presenting in today’s complex public policy environment
- Personality preferences and how they affect presentations–yours and the audience’s
- Presentation planning, scenario anticipation, logistics, equipment tips
- Presenting to higher level managers
- Presenting in public to elected official or governing boards
- Exercise: Preparing a two-minute preview using the worksheet
- Group exercise: Practice delivering two-minute previews within group
- Group exercise: “Best in Group” previews delivered before all participants