Presentation Skills incorporating PowerPoint

• Creating interesting and memorable PowerPoint presentations
• applying a style to reflect the tone of the presentation
• using custom animation selectively
• using slide transition selectively
• applying appropriate fonts
• using different styles of bulletpoint
• creating and using text box
• inserting and manipulating shapes
• inserting and manipulating images
• creating a custom background
• Building confidence and managing any nerves
• Starting your presentation
• creating a good first impression & generating rapport
• Presentation strategies and techniques
• body language
• techniques and examples of its use by ‘experts’
• oratory techniques and crucial points to remember
• using different resources and aids/when and where to use them
• managing tricky situations
• Closing the presentation - ending on a high

By the end of this course each delegate will have the tools to:

• Build interesting and memorable PowerPoint slides
• Prepare a detailed presentation plan
• Deal with nervousness before making a presentation
• Use an effective structure to add impact to the presentation
• Demonstrate powerful communication skills
• Encourage audience participation and deal with questions and feedback
• Use different visual aids professionally to enhance the impact of the message
• Talk positively and with authority

Anyone whose role requires them to professionally deliver presentations or communicate effectively and persuasively. This course will benefit those who are new to PowerPoint or who have limited skills in its use.

Introduction

• Save time in production of PowerPoint presentations
• Create more visually interesting presentations
• Discover features and shortcuts within the package
• Create professional looking slides
• Gain new confidence to face an audience and deliver your message
• Find out where to source high quality visual material

Prior to the course, delegates should give some thought to what sort of presentations they deliver and be prepared to deliver a short example presentation.

• Advanced Presentation Skills
• Presentation Skills in a Virtual World
• Facilitation Skills
• Facilitating in a Virtual World
• Zoom Host
• Microsoft PowerPoint – Introduction
• Microsoft PowerPoint - Advanced

All delegates who successfully complete this course will receive an electronic certificate of attendance

As this course is practically based, delegates will need to have a working familiarity with computers and have a basic understanding of their current operating system. If you have a current project that you need to create, bring the text and all visual files (logos etc) and the trainer will guide you through the process. There may also be an opportunity to practice the delivery at the end of the course.