Effective Presentations

Without a dynamic and coherent presentation, even stellar ideas can fail to convince your audience. In this course, you will learn to organise your ideas to create persuasive oral presentations and use public-speaking techniques to strengthen your delivery.

Activities will cover reducing the fear of speaking, build rapport with the audience, use body language and humour, facilitate a question and answer session, and create an action plan to improve presentation skills.

In addition, you will have the opportunity to practise what you've learned by giving 3 short presentations utilising 7 components of a successful presentation.

Objectives:

• Identify the characteristics of effective communication during a presentation, and address and work through fears of public speaking.
• Prepare a presentation by analyzing the audience, identifying the presentation’s purpose, and structuring the presentation.
• Develop a presentation by writing a closing, an opening, the body, and transitions, and rehearse the presentation.
• Deliver a successful presentation by understanding and capitalizing on the seven components of a successful presentation
• Add interest to your presentation by using humour and visual aids, and facilitate a positive question-and-answer session.
• Work toward improving your presentation skills by using the 21-day habit, writing down satori moments, and committing to be a better speaker.

Course Content:

• Introduction to Public Speaking
  • Topic A: Qualities of Effective Presentations
  • Topic B: Evaluate Yourself as a Presenter
  • Topic C: Communication and Presentation Model
• Preparing Your Presentation
  • Topic A: The Presentation Process
  • Topic B: Presentation Purpose
  • Topic C: Audience Analysis
  • Topic D: Presentation Structure
• Developing Your Presentation
  • Topic A: The Conclusion
  • Topic B: The Introduction
  • Topic C: The Body
  • Topic D: Transitions
  • Topic E: Rehearsal Techniques
• Delivering Your Presentation
  • Topic A: Gearing Up
  • Topic B: Personal Motivation
  • Topic C: Rapport and Credibility
  • Topic D: Voice and Body Techniques
• Using Humour and Visual Aids
  • Topic A: Humour
  • Topic B: The Question-and-Answer Session
  • Topic C: Visual Aids
• Using What You’ve Learned
  • Topic A: The Implementation Phase
  • Topic B: Resources and Tools