Presentation Success
Author: Janis Fischer Chan
Credit: 1.0 CEUs
Testing Format: multiple choice
Your Price: $139.00
ISBN: 9780761213826
Format: Book
Overview
What does it take to impress an audience?
No more boring presentations! Presentation Success gives you what it takes to succeed—spectacularly—when you stand up to impress an audience.
Packed with easy-to-use worksheets, strategies, and tips, this self-paced course delivers success. It helps you overcome “presentation fear” and makes it easy to plan, prepare, and deliver the kind of presentations that make people sit up and take notice.
You’ll discover the best ways to prepare your opening, write smooth transitions, plan your Q&A session, and troubleshoot potential problem areas. You’ll learn how to use body language, communicate clearly, gain and hold attention, listen effectively, and elicit valuable feedback.
Eye-opening self-evaluation exercises enable you to pull the pieces together and practice the skills you need to be a resounding success. You can use the handy resource section to access timely books, websites, and media tools to continue your learning.
Course Objective: Employ a step-by-step approach to preparing presentations and master techniques to overcome obstacles in delivering successful presentations.
Selected Learning Objectives
• Evaluate what your audience already knows, needs to know, and wants to know
• Organize information so points are followed and understood as they are presented
• Avoid “overloading” the audience
• Carefully prepare and use visual and other aids
• Reduce and control your anxiety and nervousness
Testing Format
This course contains one multiple choice test valued at one Continuing Education Unit (CEU).
Table of Contents
About This Course
How to Take This Course
Pre-Test
1. Get Ready to Make Successful Presentations 1
Elements of a Successful Presentation
Matching Subject and Audience
Organizing Information Effectively
Choosing the Right Amount of Information
Starting and Ending on Time
Speaking to Be Heard and Understood
Choosing the Right Presentation Aids
Communicating Confidently
Benefits of Learning to Give Successful Presentations
Key Actions for Making Successful Presentations
Planning the Presentation
Preparing for the Presentation
Delivering the Presentation
So Why Are You Taking This Course?
2. Reducing Presentation Fear 13
Reasons for Presentation Fear
Reducing Fear
Reducing Anxiety Before a Presentation
Controlling Symptoms of Nervousness
3. Planning a Presentation 25
Plan for Success
The Planning Steps
Step 1: Evaluate the Audience
Step 2: Define the Presentation Objectives
Step 3: Determine What Presentation Methods to Use
Step 4: Select the Information to Include and Organize It Effectively
Step 5: Identify Where to Use Presentation Aids
4. Preparing the Presentation 51
Script or Notes?
From Outline to Script or Notes
Preparing the Opening
Preparing Transitions
Preparing the Closing
Adding Details
Incorporate Presentation Aids and Activities
The Presentation Environment
Factors to Consider about the Presentation Environment
To Improve the Environment
Prepare for Questions and Answers (Q&A)
Let the Audience Know Right Away How You Plan to Handle Questions
Anticipate Questions and Prepare Responses
Leave Enough Time
Questions You Can’t—or Don’t Want to—Answer
Anticipate Problems
Avoiding Problems
Strategies for Handling Problems
5. Delivering the Presentation 79
Practice Makes Perfect
How to Practice
Delivering Your Presentation
Getting Started
Communicating Clearly
Using Effective Body Language
Managing the Group
Pay Attention
Facilitate and Control Audience Participation
Respond Quickly to Distractions and Interruptions
Handling Difficult Participants
Managing Questions and Answers (Q&A)
Q & A—How and When?
Use Questions to Elicit Questions
Make It Easy for People to Ask Questions
Make the Questions and Answers Useful to Everyone
Avoid Emotional Responses
6. Using Presentation Aids Effectively 101
Why Use Presentation Aids?
Key Factors to Consider When Using Presentation Aids
Guidelines for Selecting, Preparing, and Using Presentation Aids
Handouts
White Boards
Blank Flip Chart Pages
Prepared Flip Chart Pages
Overhead Projections
Slides
Videos
Models and Props
Teleconferencing
Computer-Aided Presentations
Appendix A: Presentation Worksheets 117
Appendix B: Presentation Job Aids 134
Resources
Post-Test
Index