Building Your Presentation


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level



Overview/Description
Effective business presentations need to have a sound structure. To ensure that your presentation has this structure, you need to consider its overall purpose, your audience, and the key points you'll be presenting, and then put them all together into a plan of action to guide you. In this course, you'll learn how to write the key parts of a presentation so they're memorable and effective. You'll also learn how to select and use eye-catching visual aids to bring your PowerPoint presentations to life. Finally, you'll learn how to rehearse your presentation – a key step for public speaking that will improve your verbal communication skills and build confidence for the real thing.

Target Audience
Individuals who want to improve their presentation skills.

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
0.5

Lesson Objectives

Building Your Presentation

  • recognize the essential elements of a presentation's opening section
  • recall strategies for writing an effective middle section for a presentation
  • identify the characteristics of an effectively written closing section
  • select the appropriate presentation aid to use in a given situation
  • recall guidelines for ensuring visual aids are clear for audience members
  • specify strategies for ensuring the quality of a visual aid
  • describe how to effectively rehearse a presentation
  • recognize how to build and rehearse an effective presentation
  • Course Number:
    acm_05_a02_bs_enus

    Expertise Level
    Everyone