Summary:

Public speaking is a frightening task to many people, but it's also a crucial tool in career success.

This training offers tips to help you prepare and deliver more powerful presentations.        

Learning segment: 1. Preparing for a Presentation    

Summary:

This Learning segment explains how proper preparation can help you deliver a more effective presentation.  

Objectives:

• List the stages for creating an effective presentation
• Describe how to analyze an audience
• Examine miscellaneous factors that can affect your presentation  

Topics:

• Presentation Stages
• Presentation Purpose
• Presentation Goals
• Audience Analysis
• Demographic Factors
• Corporate Expectation
• Corporate Hierarchy
• Miscellaneous Factors      

Learning segment: 2. Developing an Effective Message    

Summary:

This Learning segment shows you how to best structure message content to accomplish a presentation goal, as well as how to effectively use patterns in your presentations.  

Objectives:

• Structure a presentation using the framework of audience connection, wrapping up, and transitions
• Create presentations using both the general and problem-solving presentation patterns  

Topics:

• General presentation pattern

• Audience connection
• Presentation agenda
• Background
• Key points and support
• Wrapping up
• Message transitions
• Problem-solving presentation    

Learning segment: 3. Improving Delivery Skills    

Summary:

This Learning segment provides tips and tools for improving your delivery skills for presentations.  

Objectives:

• Describe how an audience views nonverbal cues
• Explain how presentation notes support your message
• Identify habits you should avoid when giving a presentation  

Topics:

• Nonverbal First Impressions
• Speaking Voice
• Nonverbal Cues
• Using Presentation Notes
• Habits to Avoid        

Learning segment: 4. Using PowerPoint and Other Visuals    

Summary:

This Learning segment shows how to design a dynamic PowerPoint presentation and use other visual tools to support message content.  

Objectives:

• Design effective slides using text features, color, and white space
• Organize information using an agenda, slide transitions, and planned slide builds
• Create visuals to illustrate message concepts
• Design overhead transparencies using text features, information placement, and visuals
• Use flip charts and white boards to organize topics and generate audience participation
• Create summary or supporting handouts  

Topics:

• Slide design
• Information structure
• Slide enhancements
• Overhead transparencies
• Flip charts and whiteboards
• Handouts

Features:

• Flash and audio provide animated, interactive Lesson Introductions, Activities, and Simulations.
• Flash scenarios use real world situations to illustrate course concepts.
• Streaming video scenarios illustrate real world issues and solutions discussed in the course.
• Audio accompanies each lesson page throughout the course.
• Decision Point activities allow learners to work toward an outcome in an interactive environment.
• Simulations teach learners to perform specific tasks in applications through guided, multi-step exercises.
• Activities allow learners to apply course concepts in an interactive questioning environment.
• Exercises allow learners to practice in the actual application being studied.
• A Course Topics list contains active hyperlinks, permitting quick access to specific topics
• .Find-A-Word allows learners to look up an unfamiliar term in the Glossary, on the Web, or in a dictionary.
• In addition, it lets them find other occurrences of the term in the same course.
• Search text enables learners to rapidly search all text within a course to easily retrieve information required.
• Courses challenge the learner with a variety of question formats, including multi-step simulations, true/false, multiple choice, and fill-in-the-blank.
• A skill assessment generates a customized learning path based on the results of a pre-test.A glossary provides a reference for definitions of unfamiliar terms.
•  Bookmarking tracks the learner's progress in a course.  

Technical Requirements:

P500+ Processor, 128MB of RAM; Windows 2000, 2003, XP, Minimum screen resolution 800x600, Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher; Windows Media Player 9.0 or higher; Flash 8.0 or higher; 56K minimum connection; broadband (256 kpbs or higher) connection recommended; Cookies enabled; Sound card with speakers or headphones strongly recommended.