Delivery
The first module focuses on formatting
and delivery skills. These skills, when appropriately combined,
will give you the ability to deliver a confident clearly structured
presentation. This program can be tailored to address your needs.
It covers the critical components of presenting and individualized
hands-on practice. Several suggested topics could include:
Formatting |
- Structuring the essential elements
of the introduction, body, and conclusion
- Structuring the impromptu format, the most
valued of all speaking skills
- The differences between informative, persuasive,
and ceremonial speaking
- How to introduce, support, and wrap up points
- How to answer difficult questions
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Delivery |
- Selecting the appropriate delivery mode
- Using effective visual and vocal cues
- Enhancing speaker credibility
- Utilizing impactful visual aids
- Optimizing nervous energy
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Technology
A seemingly endless array of
mysterious new and complex technology appears almost daily. It's
hard to grasp, yet explosive in the potential for adding a significant
force to your presentations. In fact, it's actually becoming
an expected ingredient. You can't learn individual programs and
hardware in one day, but you can learn the concepts that will
literally open an exciting new world for you and your audience.
The program covers what you should know about:
- The basic differences between on-screen and
printed images
- How to learn presentation programs such as
PowerPoint
- Concepts of the key graphic programs such
as: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, PhotoDraw, and others
- How to make effective transparencies and
handouts
- Dealing with resolution, bitmaps, vectors,and
file formats
- Equipment such as printers, remote mice,
and laptops
- Using page layout programs like QuarkXPress
or Publisher
- Effectively using fonts, word art, and clip
art
- Understanding color, gamuts, RGB and CMYK
- Acrobat and the amazing New World of PDF
files
- Portable projectors and VGA, SVGA, and XVGA
- Object linking and embedding
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