Course Outline

Introduction

Overview of "selling" through presenting

  • Providing value through informing
  • Combining the power of visualization with the power of great delivery
  • The danger of simply reading the slides
  • Listening vs persuasion
  • Hands on: Discussion and exercise

Overview of PowerPoint 

  • Main features
  • Content organization
  • Graphics and animation
  • Integrating with MS Excel

Preparing the Content

  • Adapting the content to the audience
  • Adapting the content for the duration of the presentation
  • Controlling the flow - from general to specific and vice versa
  • Define the topic scope through great titles
  • Using graphs, tables, and illustrations to create visual impact
  • Hands on: PowerPoint Practice and Exercise

Preparing the Slides 

  • Designing a slide deck
  • Data and visuals (charts, graphs)
  • The danger of including too much information
  • Connecting to PowerPoint to MS Excel
  • Hands on: PowerPoint Practice and Exercise

Creating Reports in PowerPoint

  • Structuring your report for clarity and impact
  • Visualizing data with charts and graphs
  • Incorporating external data and live feeds
  • Hands-on: Building a sample report in PowerPoint

Delivering Your Report Presentation

  • Techniques for an engaging report presentation
  • Highlighting key data points and insights
  • Handling Q&A sessions effectively
  • Hands-on: Delivering your report with PowerPoint

Setting the Stage for a Great Presentation

  • Understanding yourself, the place, and the audience
  • Mingling with participants before the presentation
  • Using a strong opener to gain trust from the outset
  • Blending your words and body language with your PowerPoint slides
  • Hands on: Your first presentation

During the Presentation

  • Scanning the room
  • Moving around or staying in place
  • Adjusting voice, vocabulary, and pace
  • Where should your hands be?
  • Tracking time
  • Using notes during the presentation
  • Using breaks and stretching exercises to relax and connect
  • Using handouts to engage audience and reduce tension
  • Hands-on: Practice mindful presentation skills

Pitching your Idea, Plan, Product, or Service

  • Establishing credibility
  • Understanding the needs of the audience
  • Demonstrating value
  • Enabling the audience to want what you have
  • Hands-on: Practicing the sell

Avoding Pitfalls (and recovering from them)

  • Bored audience
  • Innappropriate behavior
  • Equipment failure
  • Wrong slides
  • Unforeseen circumstances and other disasters

Practice Makes Perfect

  • Pre-presentation
  • Evaluating yourself through video 
  • How to cram knowledge at the last minute

After the Presentation

  • Mingling and exchanging contact information
  • Obtaining feedback from participants, organizer, etc.

Summary and Next Steps

Requirements

  • Basic knowledge of PowerPoint

Audience

  • Leaders and Managers
  • Engineers
  • Researchers
  • Consultants
  • Persons with little or no business background
  • Persons preparing to propose an idea or proposal
 21 Hours

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