Presenting with PowerPoint
| Description: | This interactive workshop enables professionals to develop and refine their presentation techniques using PowerPoint. There is a high level of student participation including the delivery of presentations. |
| Objectives: | At the end of the course students will be able to plan, outline, and create a PowerPoint presentation and be able to recognise and apply effective presentation techniques. |
| Pre-requisites: | This can be taken as 1 or 2 day course. If delegates have no knowledge of PowerPoint then full 2 day course is required. If delegates have a basic knowledge of PowerPoint then ‘Presentation Skills’ is only required. |
| DAY 1 – PowerPoint Essentials
Getting Started Working with Text Slides Designing & creating a new presentation Entering and navigating text Selecting, inserting and deleting text Moving, copying and importing text Formatting Text Slides Formatting and aligning text Paragraph and line spacing Bullets and numbers The Format Painter Editing a Presentation Understanding objects Undo, redo and repeat edits Reordering in Slide Sorter view Pictures and Drawings Using clipart Drawing and WordArt Text tool Changing object properties Selecting & grouping multiple objects Designs and Templates Using templates and design templates Adding footers Understanding master slides Adding background objects Creating a Slide Show Setting up and delivering a slide show Annotating slides Animation effects and custom animation Printing Slides and Hand-outs |
DAY 2 – Presentations Skills
Preparation Getting Acquainted with your Audience Gathering audience information Gathering Data Sources and types of data How to chose and present data Organising your Information Introductions and Conclusions Techniques that get attention Finish with a purpose The Presentation Environment Using Notes that Work for You Preparing and practising with your notes Using notes during the presentation Dealing with Nervousness Sources of fear Methods to combat fear and cover up nerves Verbal Communication Barriers to good communication Using your voice and language Non-verbal Communication Elements of non-verbal communication Your body language and reading others’ Persuading an Audience Five steps to persuasion Are there any Questions? When to take questions Techniques for fielding questions |