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Effective Presentations
Course Number: AP0300
Category: Business Skills
Duration: 1.00 day
Description

This 1-day course covers basic presentation skills. Students learn to plan presentations, analyze the audience, select supporting material, build presentations, use visual aids, deliver presentations, manage question and answer sessions, and use tools for effective persuasion.

Prerequisites
  • None
Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

  • distinguish between different types of presentations and plan presentations.
  • analyze the audience and select appropriate supporting material.
  • create an introduction, body, and conclusion to presentations.
  • apply visual aids to presentations.
  • prepare to speak publicly, deliver presentations, and use nonverbal communication.
  • prepare and organize persuasive presentations
Outline
  • Unit 1: Fundamentals of presentation
    • Topic A: Effective presentations
    • Topic B: Planning a presentation

 

  • Unit 2: Audience analysis and supporting material
    • Topic A: Audience analysis
    • Topic B: Supporting materials

 

  • Unit 3: Building presentations
    • Topic A: Build presentations
    • Topic B: Develop an introduction
    • Topic C: Organize the body of the presentation
    • Topic D: Effective conclusion

 

  • Unit 4: Presentation mechanics
    • Topic A: Visual aids
    • Topic B: Understand visual aids

 

  • Unit 5: Presentation process
    • Topic A: Extemporaneous speaking
    • Topic B: Preparation for speaking
    • Topic C: Deliver a presentation
    • Topic D: Nonverbal communication

 

  • Unit 6: Question-and-answer session
    • Topic A: Handle questions effectively
    • Topic B: Handle challenging questions

 

  • Unit 7: Fundamentals of persuasion
    • Topic A: Understand persuasion
    • Topic B: Organize a persuasive presentation
    • Topic C: Methods of persuasion