Effective Presentations

Description

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 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.

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.

Lesson 1: Defining Presentation Effectiveness

Identify Qualities of Effective Presentations
Evaluate Yourself as a Presenter

Lesson 2: Planning Presentations

Analyze the Audience
Establish Your Presentation's Objectives

Lesson 3: Designing the Presentation

Create the Presentation Structure
Organize the Presentation Body
Write the Conclusion First
Write the Introduction

Lesson 4: Developing the Presentation Body

Select Evidence
Write the Presentation Body
Create Visuals

Lesson 5: Creating Supporting Materials

Create a Slide Deck
Create Speaker Aids
Create Audience Handouts

Lesson 6: Preparing for Your Presentation

Rehearse the Presentation
Plan Event Logistics

Lesson 7: Delivering Presentations

Connect with Your Audience
Present Powerfully
Utilize a Slide Deck Effectivel

Lesson 8: Conducting a Question-and-Answer Session

Answer Questions
Handle Challenging Questions

Lesson 9: Presenting in Common Business Scenarios

Plan and Deliver a Virtual Presentation
Plan and Deliver Group Presentations

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