Preparing a Presentation
Price:
$39
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When
presentations aren’t
carefully prepared, the
audience knows it and that’s
risky business.
Take Control of
your message and your
slides.
This course provides you
with the insight, strategies
and skills you need to
quickly organize your
thoughts and develop visual
aids that will support you
and your message.
During this self-paced
online presentation skills
course, we’ll take you
step-by-step through the
preparation of your next
presentation. You’ll learn:
- How to analyze your
audience quickly and
efficiently (and
organize the content to
meet their unique needs)
- How to craft a
persuasive story and
communicate it
effectively
- How to improve the
look and effectiveness
of your visual aids
- How to assess your
own communication style
(and work with it for
maximum impact)
- How to minimize your
weaknesses
- How to put just
enough information on
your slides to guide you
through the presentation
(and free you from
memorizing a script or
reading from your
slides)
At the end of the course,
not only will your
presentation be ready to
deliver, but the tools and
techniques you’ve used
during the course will apply
to all of your future
presentations.
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Who Should Take This Course?
Preparing a Presentation is useful for all business presenters because it offers new ideas and strategies for preparing listener-focused presentations. Because it provides insight into strengths and weaknesses of your default approach, presenters at every level will learn to construct more successful presentations.
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It is especially appropriate if you:
- Struggle with
organizing your thoughts
- Need help
focusing your message for specific
audiences
- Overload your
presentations with too much data
- Suffer from
analysis paralysis
- Have a tough time
settling on the best approach
- Feel you spend
too much time preparing
- Hope that
preparation guarantees success and
are frustrated when it doesn’t
- Have been asked,
“what’s your point?” during or after
a presentation
- Deliver bad news
and struggle with how to do it
- Prepare
presentations for other people to
deliver
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Full Course Description
- Preparing a Presentation
This online course is led by
3 instructors and includes the following
interactive sessions.
Session 1 - Preparing Your
Presentation
Your listeners will appreciate it when
your presentations are thoughtfully and
appropriately prepared. This session
focuses on organizing your presentation
so that it’s listener-focused, concise
and easy to follow. It includes
strategies and tools designed to help
you understand:
- How to
clarify your goal
- How (and why)
to identify your listeners’
wants and needs
- How to
develop your message and visuals
so that they focus on listeners
(not you)
- How to be
concise
- How to
prepare and deliver a
straightforward introduction
that gives listeners a sense of
direction, purpose and reason to
listen
- How to be
appropriately persuasive given
your topic and your audience
- How to
organize the information in the
body of the presentation for
greatest impact
- How to craft
a clear, actionable conclusion
Session 2 - Working with Your Default
Ever wonder why some people have no
trouble preparing their presentations
while others struggle and fret and still
don’t quite succeed? The reason is
because everyone has a unique default
approach to the preparation process.
What works for one presenter may not
work for you. This session provides you
with the insight to understand:
- How to assess,
understand and work with your
default
- How to capitalize
on your strengths
- How to overcome
your weaknesses
Session 3 - Improving Your Visual Aids
Don’t let the look of your slides
undermine your credibility.
Well-designed slides not only
demonstrate respect for your listeners,
they also sharpen your message and
increase retention. This session helps
you develop audience-friendly visual
aids (or fine-tune the ones you already
have) so that they support you and your
key messages. This session provides
guidance on:
- How to improve the
visual impact of slides
- How to use slide
titles to set up the conversation
- How to organize
content on slides to focus attention
(both yours and the listeners’)
- How to apply
these concepts to handouts and
leave-behind decks
FREE
"PowerPoint: The Basics" Course Included
This optional module will introduce you
to the basic features of PowerPoint.
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If you suffer from nerves, you may want to consider Managing Nervousness and Engaging Listeners. Buy the bundle and save $9.
If you also need help delivering your presentations, you should consider purchasing the Comprehensive Course. It includes everything in Preparing a Presentation and Managing Nervousness and Engaging Listeners, plus the following Sessions to improve your delivery skills:
- Your Default During Delivery
- Helping Listeners Listen
- Handling Questions
- Managing an Orderly Conversation
- FAQs
The Comprehensive Course also includes an optional phone consultation with one of our coaches.
The Fine Print
| Approx. run time: 68 minutes |
Approx.
active time: [?] 2 hours |
Course materials/takeaways:
- Preparation Worksheet
- PowerPoint Preparation Tool
- Working with Your Default Handout
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Instructors:
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System requirements:
- Flash (free download
included)
- PowerPoint (or other presentation software)
- PDF reader (free download
included)
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License duration: 3 months
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