Presentation Skills

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Effective presentation skills are vital for sharing business information. This course helps you to plan, design and deliver an effective presentation that will connect with and engage your audience.

£100 +VAT

4 CPD hours

120 days’ access

Use ACPD101 for 10% off any purchase.

Presentation Skills

£100 +VAT

4 CPD hours 120 days’ access
Use ACPD101 for 10% off any purchase.

Presentation Skills

This course is not currently available. To find out more, please get in touch.

This course will enable you to

  • Deliver effective presentations to share information, win support for new ideas and enhance your reputation
  • Plan and structure successful presentations
  • Capture your audience’s attention using the right design and structure in PowerPoint
  • Tell stories to connect with your audience
  • Prepare effectively for presentations
  • Build rapport with your audience using a variety of verbal and non-verbal communication skills

About the course

Whatever your role, or the organisation you work in, effective presentation skills are an important part of your professional portfolio, and presentations will be vital for sharing business information. Being able to project an air of confidence and hold the room are, of course, key skills for presenters, but there’s something equally important that needs to take place behind the scenes.

In this course, explore how to deliver effective presentations to share information, win support for new ideas and enhance your reputation. Learn about the importance of planning, design and structure, and how to employ story-telling to engage your audience.

Contents

Presentations and why they matter

The ultimate communication challenge
Why presentations still matter in the workplace
What’s special about presenting?
Key skills for effective presenting
Common presentation challenges
Your natural presentation style

Planning and structuring a presentation

Thinking it through
Applying the GAMMOC model of communication
Thinking about goals and outcomes
Thinking about audience and context
The opening
Structuring information
Storyboarding like Hollywood
The end

Designing and using slides

Designing great slides
The role of PowerPoint
Principles of good design
Designing slides with data
Thinking about images

Persuasion and storytelling

Storytelling
Persuasive strategies
Why stories are so powerful
What makes a good story?

Final preparations

Last minute prep!
Drafting and using notes
Preparing yourself
Managing nerves
Warming up

Delivering an impactful presentation

In the moment
Building rapport
Using your voice
Using your body
Encouraging participation
Delivering a remote presentation
Handling questions
Dealing with hecklers

How it works

Author

Anna Faherty

Writer, lecturer and consultant working across the publishing, museum and charity sectors.