Presentation Skills

Planning an Effective Presentation
Concern about the impact of a presentation can inspire presenters to improve their verbal communication skills, enabling them to get the desired results. Public speaking and business presentations can be immeasurably improved if the presenter devotes sufficient time and attention to planning.

In this course, you'll learn how to define and understand your audience's characteristics, knowledge, needs, and responses. You'll also learn how to organize your presentation's timing, purpose, key points, and approach so that it is engaging, focused, and relevant. Finally, you'll learn about different presentation methods, such as PowerPoint presentations, and when they're most effectively used.

Building Your Presentation
Effective business presentations need to have a sound structure. To ensure that your presentation has this structure, you need to consider its overall purpose, your audience, and the key points you'll be presenting, and then put them all together into a plan of action to guide you.

In this course, you'll learn how to write the key parts of a presentation so they're memorable and effective. You'll also learn how to select and use eye-catching visual aids to bring your PowerPoint presentations to life. Finally, you'll learn how to rehearse your presentation – a key step for public speaking that will improve your verbal communication skills and build confidence for the real thing.

Ensuring Successful Presentation Delivery
Whether your job includes delivering sales pitches, making PowerPoint presentations, or leading team trainings, presentation excellence can only be achieved when the standard of your public speaking matches the quality of your content. Having diligently prepared your presentation, you need to make sure that your delivery is engaging, enthusiastic, composed, and confident.

In this course, you'll learn how to set up the right environment for your business presentations. You'll also learn techniques for managing stage fright and using your verbal communication skills and body language to deliver your message clearly and effectively. Finally, you'll learn about how to deal with audience questions in a Q&A session and the impact this has on your credibility.

Presenting Virtually
Virtual presentations are intrinsically a little awkward. There’s less audience response, it’s harder to get a read on how your audience is responding to you, and making eye contact is problematic. It’s easy to forget that even when you can’t see everyone, they’re listening, and they need your attention. All of these can increase a presenter’s anxiety, but it doesn’t have to be that way. In this course, you’ll learn how presenting virtually can increase your reach and bridge differences, the ways in which presenting virtually is similar to--and different from--presenting face-to-face, and how to set the virtual stage for success. You’ll discover behavioral strategies to make virtual presentations come alive, and how to plan your presentations for the unique challenges of remote presenting. And you’ll also explore techniques, both technological and personal, that can ensure that every virtual presentation you give is better than the one before.

Preparing a Great Virtual Presentation
The importance of preparing for a great virtual presentation cannot be overstated. Virtual presentations have enabled businesses to reach clients and partners across continents. They transcend physical boundaries, offering a powerful global platform to connect, engage, and influence diverse audiences. The ability to deliver a compelling virtual presentation is pivotal for success. By honing this skill, you can equip yourself to navigate the dynamic landscape of the digital age, leaving a profound and lasting impact on your professional journey. In this course, you’ll learn to recognize the benefits of virtual presentations and identify strategies to create an engaging virtual presentation environment. You will also identify effective strategies to confidently navigate the technical aspects of virtual presentations and identify the key elements to plan for a compelling virtual presentation.

Building and Delivering a Great Virtual Presentation
Crafting and delivering exceptional virtual presentations isn’t merely a skill; it’s a strategic imperative in this digital age. As the lines between physical and virtual communication blur, whether you’re a business leader, educator, salesperson, or creative professional, your prowess in building and delivering compelling virtual presentations can significantly amplify your influence, foster engagement, and propel you to success.In In this course, you will learn to recognize effective strategies to build content for a virtual presentation, identify the key considerations to create the slides for a virtual presentation, identify effective strategies to deliver an engaging virtual presentation, and recognize the effective strategies to overcome common pitfalls in virtual presentations.