Effective Presentations Series

Public speaking is a frightening task to many people, but it’s also a crucial tool in career success. This series offers tips to help you prepare and deliver more powerful presentations.

Effective Presentations Series: Preparing for a Presentation

This course explains how proper preparation can help you deliver a more effective presentation.

Objectives:

  • List the stages for creating an effective presentation
  • Describe how to analyze an audience
  • Examine miscellaneous factors that can affect your presentation

    • Topics:

  • Presentation Stages
  • Presentation Purpose
  • Presentation Goals
  • Audience Analysis
  • Demographic Factors
  • Corporate Expectations
  • Corporate Hierarchy
  • Miscellaneous Factors

    • Effective Presentations Series: Developing an Effective Message

    This course shows you how to best structure message content to accomplish a presentation goal, as well as how to effectively use patterns in your presentations.

    Objectives:

  • Structure a presentation using the framework of audience connection, wrapping up, and transitions
  • Create presentations using both the general and problem-solving presentation patterns

    • Topics:

  • General presentation pattern
  • Audience connection
  • Presentation agenda
  • Background
  • Key points and support
  • Wrapping up
  • Message transitions
  • Problem-solving presentation

    • Effective Presentations Series: Improving Delivery Skills

    This course provides tips and tools for improving your delivery skills for presentations.

    Objectives:

  • Describe how an audience views nonverbal cues
  • Explain how presentation notes support your message
  • Identify habits you should avoid when giving a presentation

    • Topics:

  • Nonverbal First Impressions
  • Speaking Voice
  • Nonverbal Cues
  • Using Presentation Notes
  • Habits to Avoid

    • Effective Presentations Series: Using PowerPoint and Other Visuals

    This course shows how to design a dynamic PowerPoint presentation and use other visual tools to support message content.

    Objectives:

  • Design effective slides using text features, color, and white space
  • Organize information using an agenda, slide transitions, and planned slide builds
  • Create visuals to illustrate message concepts
  • Design overhead transparencies using text features, information placement, and visuals
  • Use flip charts and white boards to organize topics and generate audience participation
  • Create summary or supporting handouts

    • Topics:

  • Slide design
  • Information structure
  • Slide enhancements
  • Overhead transparencies
  • Flip charts and whiteboards
  • Handouts

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