Cook Presentations Skills

Presentation Skills COURSE OUTLINE

WELCOME Welcome to the Presentation Skills program. This course was designed for professionals like you to provide you with enhanced skills for use when creating and delivering presentations. From meetings, to strategic planning, to team updates, to customer interactions, understanding how to devise, design, and deliver compelling and engaging presentations is a fundamental business skill. By understanding your audience, knowing how to pitch the data at the right level, use a system to organize your content, and deploy storytelling to simplify the complex, this Presentation Skills workshop provides the tools and processes to plan, organize, and deliver presentations that hold the attention of the audience from the first moment, while driving them towards specific actions at the end.

YOUR JOURNEY STARTS HERE

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This is a vILT session. vILT stands for Virtual Instructor Led Training – a highly interactive and participative learning event.

This is not eLearning nor a Webinar, but a very engaging and active development process. Therefore, come to the session prepared to be involved in open discussions, work in breakout groups, do presentations, argue and debate with your cohort colleagues, be called on by name to contribute and , most importantly, learn something new and have some fun!

The sessions takes place using WebEx. Please see calendar invitation for link.

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Find a quiet and comfortable space – without interruptions or background noise and with a good internet connection Make sure you have a working microphone and speakers (or headset), and webcam Take opportunities offered to network and engage with other participants Be ready to engage and respond openly to facilitators Log off from your emails and check your mobile is on silent Grab yourself a tea or coffee and enjoy the session! © 2020 Starfish vILT

vILT SESSION: Presentation Skills Part 1 - Objectives of the Session: •

Explore the purpose and need for presentations

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Learn how to understand the audience

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Examine three phases: Preparation, Practice, Presenting

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Understand how to organize presentation content

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Learn how to use storytelling during presentations

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Examine the differences between face-to-face and virtual presentations

Part 2 - participants will run a short presentation and receive feedback

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PREPARE FOR THE SESSION Presentation Skills

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Read the article: “How to Give a Killer Presentation”

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Watch the video below: “How to present to keep your audience’s attention”

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Think about a presentation you need to create and deliver - have that in mind when you attend the session

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