Effective Presentations

Description

Principles of designing effective presentations. Practical demonstration and hands-on practise, using MS PowerPoint. This course would be suitable for technical authors interested in preparing marketing or sales presentations.

Prerequisites

None

Length

2 X 40 minute sessions

Topics covered

Principles of designing effective presentations
Audience analysis: Who is the presentation intended for?
Preparing a PowerPoint Template
Presentation structure and development: introduction, main body, conclusion
Use of speaker notes
Use of graphics and animation
Testing the effectiveness of a presentation
Viewing and analysing samples of effective presentations

Tools used

MS PowerPoint.

Course materials

PowerPoint presentation
Course notes

Practical

Participants are shown how to add speaker notes, graphics and animation using MS PowerPoint and how to design a template, Participants have the chance to design their own short presentation, followed by peer review and discussion.