Our presentations training course is the most highly participatory and personalized workshop of its kind. Participants have two instructors to help them learn and practice fundamental and advanced presentation skills. There are 10 videotaped personal presentations and each of the 10 presentations is followed by personalized one-on-one feedback from a senior instructor to guarantee progress and eliminate any distracting behaviors.
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Seminar Objectives:
Present technical information clearly, concisely, and persuasively.
Enhance voice projection, articulation, pace and fluency, body language, eye contact, and gestures.
Determine audience attitudes and needs.
Overcome nervousness, anxiety, and any distracting mannerisms.
Use both common and high-tech media effectively.
Implement persuasive communication techniques.
Project control and confidence.
Plan and develop complete, formalized product presentations around the market forces that affect business.
Structure presentations to gain maximum effect.
Use audience involvement techniques to identify and handle questions.
Set up an on going action plan to improve future presentations.
Microsoft PowerPoint is a common presentation creation tool used by businesses worldwide. With its easy slide show creation capabilities, image and video capabilities, and wide range of design templates, PowerPoint is a user-friendly software program. With proper design combined with PowerPoint's features, even the most inexperienced presenter can design powerful presentations.
Difficulty: Moderate
Instructions:
1. Outline your presentation. Before you try to put information into a PowerPoint presentation, outline the information you plan to present. Narrow your story down to a specific focus, and make sure that all of your slides support your main points. If your information is organized and laid out before you create slides, the process will be smoother. Your PowerPoint presentation should flow from slide to slide, keeping your audience engaged and interested.
2. Be brief. Do not make your audience try to choose between reading paragraphs of text and listening to your explanation. Stick to a maximum of five lines per slide and three to five words per line. When giving a presentation, PowerPoint should be a visual aid and a prompt for your speech; do not write your entire text out on the slides.
3. Use appropriate graphics. Where your PowerPoint presentation can use further explanation or visual evidence, use a photo or graphic. Be sure that images are sized so that your audience will be able to make out details. If you have a photo will small details, consider using it as a full slide. To insert a photograph or graphic into a slide, select "Picture" from the Insert menu and choose "From File" to locate a file on your computer, or "Clip Art" to insert a Microsoft clip art image.
4. Embed video clips. Video can enhance a PowerPoint presentation, as long as it is relevant to your presentation's content. Edit your video into small, manageable clips, as they will load easier and keep your audience's attention. To embed a video clip, select "Movies and Sounds" from the Insert menu and choose "Movie from File" to locate a file on your computer.
5. Design your own layout. In PowerPoint, choose View > Slide Master to edit the design of your presentation. Any changes to the slides in this view will apply where they are used in the slide show. Add graphics, choose text size and color, and move elements around until you land on a design you like. The masters can be edited as many times as you need.
6. Insert sound effects. To add impact to your PowerPoint presentation, consider adding sounds. To insert a sound clip, choose "Movies and Sounds" from the Insert menu. You can then select "Sound from Clip Organizer" to insert a stock Microsoft sound file, "Sound from File" to locate a sound file on your computer, or "Play CD Audio Track" to insert a track from a CD. If your computer has recording technology, you can choose "Record Sound" to record and insert a custom sound.
Author: Elizabeth Smith