Presentations that Drive Action

From pitching a prospect to motivating your associates, your ability to communicate your strategy is key to your success. This session will give you the skills you need to communicate and influence through one of the most common languages at corporations, presentations.

Key concepts include how to:

- Harness the power of stories to effectively influence stakeholders
- Design presentations based on your audience and purpose
- Ensure key points are clear and supported by “the why”
- Leverage the presentation design process to improve your strategy

About Our Presenter

John Polk is the President of John Polk & Associates. In 2000, John designed the “Creating Effective Presentations” course for Capital One that has since been taught to over 10,000 associates. John’s mix of real-world experience, practical focus, and sense of humor made “Creating Effective Presentations” one of the highest-rated and most-requested courses. John now teaches workshops and consults on how to design and deliver presentations in ways that drive action.He is on a mission to rid the world of poor presentations while giving leaders the tools to communicate their story in a way that makes their data sing. John has over 20 years of experience in Strategy & Analysis roles across Operations and Marketing. In those roles, he wrote thousands of presentations and coached associates, from college hires to MVPs, on effective presentation design. Learn more about John on LinkedIn or at johnpolkandassociates.com

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The Virginia Council of CEOs is a non-profit association that serves the CEOs of small and mid-sized businesses by connecting them so that they can learn from each other. VACEOs members connect through highly effective peer roundtables, unique learning events, and exclusive networks.

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What About Guests?

The Council is a safe haven for CEOs, and as our events are limited to CEO members and sponsors. Qualified CEOs who are interested in membership are welcome. Contact us to arrange a visit.

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