Important Things to Keep in Mind

LEAN INTO THE THEME

If you are looking for something to really drive home the message about why your session should be selected for the #2023NVC , consider LEANING into the theme.

Essentially, when we review applications, we look for the proposed session's alignment with the theme Training the Nation: Transforming Lives.

Think about how your contribution to the program could be valuable in the way it might have attendees start thinking about their important role in the VET sector.

Consider how your content might

assist them with a better/deeper understanding of the topic and use that to transform their approach
inspire them to continue to transform the lives of those they work with
help them to train their staff, students and/or themselves through a different lens
reinforce the impact that making minor tweaks to what they do can have
showcase fantastic examples of transformation

THAT'S A HARD 'NO' ON THE SALES PITCH

We recommend you communicate your expertise with the audience. The quality of your session will be your best selling point!

If you have something to promote, one single slide at the end of your session will have a more powerful impact than selling yourself, your service, or your product throughout the session.

If you try to use your presentation as a platform to sell something, you will definitely get negative feedback:

“Too much of a hard sell for me!”
"Presenter spent the session selling her compliance courses”
“A lot of pushing of products."
“I felt the entire session had purely been an advertisement for the presenter's new online course”
“Felt the session was a sales event promoting their product”
“There are items in the conference where the sole purpose seems to be product promotion or vested interest”

MATCH THE BRIEF

Delegates will choose to attend your session based on the session outline/overview you provide.

Remember this when submitting your session overview. Less is more sometimes - that way when it comes to developing your session content, there is a little more flexibility in the way you shape it.

If your brief identifies x, y and z will be covered - make sure you do:

“I don't think the title of the session matched the expectations of the audience”
"The advertised description of this session did not match the content delivered”
“The impression given by the session overview was delegates would be shown something innovative and new. This didn't happen!"
“The content just didn't align to what I thought it was going to be about”
“Topic overview of the presentation didn't represent what was delivered that so was a bit misleading”
“I don't think what was presented completely matched the session outline”

Velg Training has a QA process that will make no assumptions based on what you submit in your PPT. You will be required to provide presenter notes where your PPT does not clearly align your content with the overview.

TOP TIPS

The best feedback we receive is often when presenters embrace the facilitation fundamentals:

Show your passion to connect with your audience
Focus on your audience’s needs (think of their pain statements)
Concentrate on your core message/s
Smile and make eye contact
Tell stories
Use your voice and body language effectively

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