The ability to deliver presentations is vital to achieving advancement for yourself and for your ideas. Few skills in life will contribute to your success as much as presentation skills. Without a dynamic and coherent presentation, even stellar ideas can fail to convince your audience. In this course, you will learn to organize your ideas to create coherent and convincing oral presentations, while also utilizing available visual aids and using public-speaking techniques to strengthen your delivery. This course may earn a Credly Badge.

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Learning Objectives

In this course, you will create and deliver effective presentations, both in-person and virtually. You will:
- Define what makes a presentation effective.
- Plan presentations.
- Design a presentation framework.
- Develop the presentation body.
- Create supporting materials.
- Prepare for your presentation.
- Deliver presentations.
- Conduct a question-and-answer session.
- Deliver group presentations and virtual presentations.

1

  • Defining Presentation Effectiveness

  • Identify Qualities of Effective Presentations

    Evaluate Yourself as a Presenter

2

  • Planning Presentations

  • Analyze the Audience

    Establish Your Presentation's Objectives


3

  • Designing the Presentation

  • Create the Presentation Structure

    Organize the Presentation Body

    Write the Conclusion First

    Write the Introduction

4

  • Developing the Presentation Body

  • Select Evidence

    Write the Presentation Body

    Create Visuals


5

  • Creating Supporting Materials

  • Create a Slide Deck

    Create Speaker Aids

    Create Audience Handouts


6

  • Preparing for Your Presentation

  • Rehearse the Presentation

    Plan Event Logistics


7

  • Delivering Presentations

  • Connect with Your Audience

    Present Powerfully

    Utilize a Slide Deck Effectively


8

  • Conducting a Question-and-Answer Session

  • Answer Questions

    Handle Challenging Questions


9

  • Presenting in Common Business Scenarios

  • Plan and Deliver a Virtual Presentation

    Plan and Deliver Group Presentations


10

  • Key Course Information

  • This course focuses on the skills necessary to prepare and deliver an effective presentation; that being said, the learner will not be creating, delivering, or designing a specific presentation from start to finish in this course (this course only provides the foundational knowledge for doing this work back at the office). This course consists of instructor lecture along with course activities corresponding with the main course objectives. In terms of the course activities, 50% will be discussion based - 25% will be in a group-work format - and 25% will be hands-on/involve a digital tool, such as a PowerPoint or Word file. The intent is for students leaving this course to take the skills learned and apply them to their efforts of creating more effective presentations upon returning to the workplace.

Audience

This course is designed for individuals who may need to present information effectively in a professional environment.

Language

English

Prerequisites

To ensure your success, you will need to have experience writing in a professional context and creating presentations using Microsoft Office PowerPoint.

$435

Length: 1.0 day (8 hours)

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