Engaging Powerpoint Presentations

Description

We have all been there. We have attended conferences with one ‘death-by-PowerPoint’ presentation after another and wondered if there was another way. The good news is that there is. There are techniques to use the strength of PowerPoint (visual reinforcement) without making it a bland reading of bullet points.This course does not teach PowerPoint features, but instead how to use your slides in a more engaging way so that your presentation is memorable and effective.

What you will learn

In particular you will be able to:

• Identify the common characteristic of good and bad presentations
• Break free from restrictive use of PowerPoint
• Identify why bullet points get in the way of effective presentations
• Simplify your presentation to make it more effective
• Use techniques, like 30-20-10 and the rule of 10, that clarify your slides
• Recognise the importance of audience involvement
• Use questions to stimulate audience reaction
• Be confident in creating involvement
• Use story telling to increase the appeal to the audience
• Take old presentations and transform them to be to be simpler and clearer

Please note that this course does not teach PowerPoint features, but instead how to use your slides in a more engaging way so that your presentation is memorable and effective. If you would like to learn how to use PowerPoint, please take a look at our range of PowerPoint training courses. If you would like to learn how to deliver a better presentation, please see our Effective Presentation Skills workshop.