If you have forgotten the basics of making presentations, or you could use some tips for creating presentations with punch, then this practical, hands-on session is for you! In the Monday one-hour session, you will learn the basics of creating a strong, focussed, and interesting presentation and get some tips for delivering it. Monday night, you will have some homework—you will prepare a brief presentation to deliver in the Tuesday two-hour session for review and feedback from your instructor and peers.

Topics

• Analysing the audience
• Selecting the focus of the presentation
• Identifying the key points
• Capturing and maintaining the audience’s interest
• Designing the introduction and conclusion
• Creating transitions
• Adding humour
• Identifying the visual requirements
• Selecting the presentation medium
• Delivering the presentation—tips for posture, movement, body language and voice