Basic Presentation Skills: Planning a Presentation


Overview/Description
Target Audience
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
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Overview/Description
Even the most seasoned public speakers can experience nerves before a major presentation. The successful ones, however, have learned how to make those nerves work for them. Positive concern about the impact of a presentation can spur presenters to raise their game, enabling them to get the desired results. For example, a presentation can be immeasurably improved if you devote sufficient time and attention to three key steps - analyzing your audience, organizing your ideas, and selecting an appropriate presentation method. This course describes how to plan effectively for a presentation by carrying out these steps.

Target Audience
Individuals who want to improve their presentation skills

Expected Duration (hours)
1.0

Lesson Objectives

Basic Presentation Skills: Planning a Presentation

  • recognize how to analyze the audience for a presentation
  • identify the value of knowing the audience for a presentation
  • determine whether the steps in organizing ideas for a presentation have been carried out appropriately in a given scenario
  • match common types of presentations with descriptions
  • Course Number:
    comm_33_a01_bs_enus