Become a Great Presenter with MS PowerPoint and Presentation Skills
Become a Great Presenter with MS PowerPoint and Presentation Skills
Course Length:
Learning Objectives
- Understand how to create engaging slides quickly and easily
- Use reveals and builds effectively
- Present information in a visual format – moving ‘beyond bullets’
- Use images and animation to maximize the impact of presentations
- Feel confident in producing impactful slides every time
- Feel motivated and clear on what and how to present
- Develop methods to help feel calm and confident
- Set the tone with purpose, intention, and engagement
- Use influencing skills to inspire action
- Communication skills that support the delivery
- Manage challenging questions and dynamics
- Body language, voice and facial expressions that are bigger than your slides
- Hollywood tips - acting techniques to build your presence and move others
Target Student
This course is designed for anyone who delivers presentations and who wishes to develop the necessary skills to improve their technical skills, presence, and influencing and communication skills.
Course Outline
This is an interactive course. Participants will be encouraged to engage, practice, and receive feedback.
Section 1: The Basics
The 5 principles for avoiding death by PowerPoint
Tools for creating a beautiful colour palette
Understand slide layouts
Section 2: Understand Slide Masters
Slide Master View
Change the theme of one slide
Create your own slide master
Save a design theme as a template
Section 3: Adding SmartArt and Graphics
Work with SmartArt Styles
Change SmartArt Layout
Insert and edit pictures, graphics and shapes
Section 4: Work with Animations and Transitions
Apply and reorder animations
Apply multiple animations
Animate bullet points
Apply transitions
The new morph transition
Section 5: Start Strong and Thoughtfully
How to set the tone
How to create engagement
Be clear on the purpose
Section 6: What Hooks Your Audience?
What do they need to know?
What should they be thinking?
What could they be feeling?
Practice opening
Section 7: What Are Your Objectives?
What do you want people to do at the end of this presentation?
What do you want to achieve?
Section 8: How to Communicate the Message
Voice Pitch, Pace, Tone
Body language, facial expression
Self-talk
Practice delivery style
Section 9: Influencing Skills
How to shift others’ behaviours and ideas
When to transition to persuasion
Section 10: Managing Emotions
Dealing with nerves
Empathy
Practice delivery
Become a Great Presenter with MS PowerPoint and Presentation Skills
Upcoming Classes
All Public classes are held onlinewith a live instructor
| Dates | Price | Qty |
|---|---|---|
| January 11, 2024 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM ET | $695.00 Online |
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- Guaranteed to run classes
- Learning Guarantee
- Anytime after-training support for 30 days
- Bilingual training, manuals & post-training support available
This course comes with
PDF Reference Guide
Take the Reference Guide anywhere and save the environment with an electronic copy of your training Reference Guide for use on any of your computers or devices
Printed Reference Guide
Instead of the PDF that comes with your course, purchase a printed paper Reference Guide for use during your class and future reference
Can I customize my course?
OF COURSE!
Tailored Training
Your Reference Guide will follow a standard course outline but your class can be tailored to focus on the subjects that are most important to you
Use Your Own Files
You can include your own files in your training session to make it more applicable to your day-to-day role.