Duration: 3 Days
Course Overview
This course will teach you practical design and delivery techniques to communicate your ideas to any audience.
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COURSE OBJECTIVES
• Create effective templates for clear and persuasive presentations
• Use PowerPoint and Prezi to deliver information appropriate to your audience
• Identify clear objectives to attract and hold the attention of your audience
• Convey information in a clear, concise and engaging manner
• Drill down into the detail when required by the audience
• Tailor information to the needs of your stakeholders
• Use the pyramid principle of information construction to deliver information at the right level for the right audience
Course Content
Designing Presentations That Communicate
• What Makes an Exceptional Presentation?
• Building a Process That Guarantees Success
• Making a Positive Impression With Your
• Audience
• Developing Your Presentation Skills
The Design Process
• Identifying Your Objectives
• Aligning With Your Audience
The Idea Generation Toolkit
• Idea Generation and Reduction
• Brainstorming With Affinity Diagrams
• Using Mind-Mapping Tools
• Using LATCH to Structure Your Content
Storyboarding
Using Personal Communication Styles to Target
Information
• VAKOG – Maximizing Audience Attention
• Aligning Information with how the Brain Works
Designing High-Impact Slides
• Using Text Effectively
• Employing Colour for Impact
• Representing Information Graphically
• Types Of Content
• Sound
• Animation
• Movies
• Increasing Impact By Restricting Content
Using Templates
• What Is a Template?
• Examining a Typical PowerPoint Template
• Creating a Presentation from Local Templates
• Creating a Presentation from Online Templates
• Using PowerPoint’s Sample Files
• Creating a Presentation from Existing Files
• Accessing Recently Used Templates
Creating Your Own Templates
• Short Understanding Slide Masters
• Opening Slide Master View
• Using the Slide Master Tab
Creating a Slide Master
• Understanding Slide Masters
• Opening Slide Master View
• Using the Slide Master Tab
Creating and Customizing Slide Layouts
Applying a Global Theme or Background
Using Placeholders
• About Placeholders
• Inserting Placeholders
• Modifying Placeholders
• Moving Or Deleting Placeholders
Saving Slide Masters
• Creating a New Presentation With a Slide Master
• Editing and Updating Master Slides
• Removing a Master From a Presentation
Using Handout Masters
• Understanding Handout Masters
• Opening Handout Master View
• Using the Handout Master Tab
• Editing a Handout Master
• Creating Handouts in Microsoft Word
Using Notes Masters
• Understanding Notes Masters
• Opening Notes Master View
• Using the Notes Master Tab
• Editing a Notes Master
Case Study Activity: Fixing a Poor Presentation
Applying a Template to an Existing Presentation
This section will focus on reviewing and editing a presentation. We will apply the new template to the edited ‘poor’ presentation and example and preview changes made to it.
Zooming Into the Detail
• Adding Navigation to Your Presentation
• Using Hyperlinks to Focus On Detailed Information
Prezi: an Overview
• Introduction to Prezi
• Downloading and installing Prezi
• Using the Prezi Interface
• Adding Images to Prezi
• Customizing the Theme
• Step-By-Step
• Skill Sharpener
• Creating a Professional Presentation Using Prezi
Planning Your Prezi Presentation Using the Prezi Road Map
• Planning Your Presentation
• Starting a New Prezi
• Creating a Professional Layout
• Using the Theme Wizard
• Adding Text, Images, Links, and More
• 3D Backgrounds
Editing Images
• Removing Backgrounds
• Using Paint.Net to Optimize Your Images
Aligning, Layering, and Grouping Elements
• Adding Video and Audio to a Prezi
• Collaborating On a Prezi
• Printing a Prezi
• Step-By-Step
• Skill Sharpener
Structuring Your Presentation
• Creating an Introduction
• Using the Camera in Prezi
• Finishing Off Your Prezi
Creating a Prezi Template
• What You Can Include in a Template
• Creating Layouts
• Brand-generated
• Work-based
• Mindmaps
• Time-based
• Metaphorical
• Navigation Issues
• Avoiding Confusion
• Motion Sickness issues
Importing PowerPoint Slides and Presentations
• Importing your PowerPoint files
• Polishing your Presentation in Prezi
• Using Prezi and Communicating Your Message
Preparing to present with confidence
• Recognizing your key goals
• Constructing a presentation narrative
• Linking your goals to the presentation narrative
Managing Yourself
• Dealing with nerves
• Building self confidence
• Creating a confident impression
• Presenting from memory
• Stress reduction techniques: public speaking without fear
Increasing Information Retention
• Linking ideas for impact
• Getting the audience to do your work for you
• Visual reinforcement techniques
• Serial summarization: the power of repetition
• Providing audience takeaway: using handouts for the greatest impact
• Making sure they’ve ‘got it’: performing learning checks
Involving the Audience: The Interactive Presenter
• Facilitating audience involvement
• Opening up dynamic communication
• Audience feedback: the benefits for audience and presenter
• Using questions to increase audience involvement
• Designing questions to engage your audience
Handling Audience Interaction
• Encouraging responses
• Managing audience questions
• Dealing with difficult people
Presentation Practice
• Delivering a short presentation
• Evaluating presentations
Feedback Session
• Individual evaluations by course instructor
• Complete Personal action plan
• Course Summary and end of course evaluations