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Presentation Skills: Practical Strategies that Drive Engagement
This hands-on class covers the process and skills needed to create and deliver better presentations with a minimum of wasted time and effort. It is designed for anyone who is expected to deliver information in a group business setting while displaying a slide deck. Special emphasis will be given to implementing a series of “do this, not that” changes that are relatively simple to put into practice and will make any presentation less stressful to deliver and far more engaging to experience.
Class format will provide time for the instructor to recommend best practices, explain new concepts, demonstrate methods and answer questions. Participants will have time to immediately apply new knowledge and try out new skills through a series of short challenges and presentations. Topics include:
Ideology (core concepts)
The “magic formula” for compelling presentations
What audiences will appreciate, will tolerate, and won’t forgive
How presentations differ from slideshows, slidedocs, and reports
How slides, speaker’s notes & audience handouts should differ
Story (content)
Identifying your main point & communicating a clear call to action
Researching, compiling and editing your content
Utilizing storyboarding to organize your subject matter
Creating a compelling narrative through storytelling
Show (slides)
Converting standard PowerPoint slides into visual aids for a speaker
Utilizing visual thinking to enable “at a glance” comprehension of slides
Understanding how graphic design subconsciously conveys meaning
Tell (delivery)
Embodying the best version of your genuine self
Utilizing deliberate practice to quell anxiety and improve performance
Managing the interplay between your verbal presentation & your slides
Delivering fluently and comfortably without the stress of memorization
Managing yourself, your audience, environment, equipment & time
Incorporating audience interaction and humor safely and naturally
Instructor
Schedule
This is a three day class.
June 4-6, 2024
Class will meet 8:30a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Fee
Members: $924 per person
Non-members: $1254 per person
Attendance
Registered participants who fail to attend a class ('no-shows') will be charged full class cost. The 'no-show' fee may not be used as a credit for another EN class, or other type of event or service.
Cancellations made less than 10 business days prior to start of class will be charged full class cost. The charge may not be used as a credit for another EN class. or other type of event or service however, substitutions are welcome.