A Two-day Course – designed for people who need to make effective public speeches and winning presentations. This is a two-day split course so delegates have several days between the first and second modules to allow time to create a 10-minute presentation using the skills learned.
Microsoft PowerPoint is a business graphics program that allows you to create slide-show presentations. Delegates will receive a thorough grounding in how to create dynamic slide-show presentations in PowerPoint incorporating text, charts, and diagrams.
This course is based on Microsoft PowerPoint 2010, 2007 and 2003. Course manuals will cover all versions
You will learn about:
- The benefits of presentations for speakers – change your mindset to make a presentation enjoyable for you
- The objectives of communication
- Voice exercises to improve your vocal fitness and control
- Planning a presentation
- Considering the audience – making your presentation fit with their thoughts
- The structure – methods to impart the message
- Delivering a presentation
- Learn about projecting your voice and controlling the room
- How improvisation can make your presentation flow and be flexible
- How to use body language to manage the audience
- Coping with stage fright – methods for controlling the nerves
- Beginning and ending a presentation – tips for success
- Use of visual aids
- The techniques of speaking
- Question techniques – how using your questions and audience questions can improve communication
- Handling difficulties confidently
- Creating a new PowerPoint presentation
- Working efficiently with outline and normal views
- Changing alignment, line spacing and bullets
- The different ways of printing
- Working with Graphic Objects
- Editing drawn objects
- Adding lines, colours & shadows
- Clip-art, photos, and video
- Creating and editing a chart data
- Linking to Excel data
- Making a dynamic slide show
- Adding professional-looking transitions & animations
Who would benefit from the course?
Anyone who needs to speak in public and wishes to deliver an effective talk or presentation.
Pre-requisites
Delegates should be familiar with the rudimentary PC keyboard. A basic understanding of using Windows and familiarity with using a mouse would be an advantage.
Delegates will be required to deliver a 5-minute talk during the first day. This talk should not use PowerPoint but will have been prepared before the course commences and can be on any subject. After the first day delegates will be asked to create a 10-minute PowerPoint presentation for delivery on the second day.
