Course Outline
Introduction
Overview of "selling" through presenting
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Providing value through informing
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Combining the power of visualization with the power of great delivery
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The danger of simply reading the slides
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Listening vs persuasion
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Hands on: Discussion and exercise
Overview of PowerPoint
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Main features
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Content organization
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Graphics and animation
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Integrating with MS Excel
Preparing the Content
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Adapting the content to the audience
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Adapting the content for the duration of the presentation
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Controlling the flow - from general to specific and vice versa
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Define the topic scope through great titles
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Using graphs, tables, and illustrations to create visual impact
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Hands on: PowerPoint Practice and Exercise
Preparing the Slides
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Designing a slide deck
- Data and visuals (charts, graphs)
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The danger of including too much information
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Connecting to PowerPoint to MS Excel
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Hands on: PowerPoint Practice and Exercise
Setting the Stage for a Great Presentation
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Understanding yourself, the place, and the audience
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Mingling with participants before the presentation
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Using a strong opener to gain trust from the outset
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Blending your words and body language with your PowerPoint slides
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Hands on: Your first presentation
During the Presentation
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Scanning the room
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Moving around or staying in place
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Adjusting voice, vocabulary, and pace
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Where should your hands be?
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Tracking time
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Using notes during the presentation
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Using breaks and stretching exercises to relax and connect
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Using handouts to engage audience and reduce tension
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Hands-on: Practice mindful presentation skills
Pitching your Idea, Plan, Product, or Service
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Establishing credibility
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Understanding the needs of the audience
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Demonstrating value
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Enabling the audience to want what you have
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Hands-on: Practicing the sell
Avoding Pitfalls (and recovering from them)
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Bored audience
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Innappropriate behavior
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Equipment failure
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Wrong slides
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Unforeseen circumstances and other disasters
Practice Makes Perfect
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Pre-presentation
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Evaluating yourself through video
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How to cram knowledge at the last minute
After the Presentation
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Mingling and exchanging contact information
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Obtaining feedback from participants, organizer, etc.
Summary and Conclusion
Requirements
- Basic knowledge of Power Point
Testimonials
presentation "speaker:
Antoni Wesoły
Exercises
NBP
I found out a lot
Barbara Kozłowska - NBP
quick response to additional questions
Krzysztof Krawczyk - NBP
Understanding keyboard shortcuts, references to other Office programs, cool pace.
- NBP
job
Artur Kosim - NBP
LECTURE
jacek zapędowski - NBP
The trainer made the class very dinamyc and you can tell it is very knowloable on the topic.
- Hewlett-Packard Centro de Servicios Globales, S. de R.L. de C.V.
the pace, the information provided. the way it as taught with theory and practice cases, handouts, exercises, etc.
Carlos Abascal - Hewlett-Packard Centro de Servicios Globales, S. de R.L. de C.V.
I would like to have one more practice/exercise of negotiation and not only one.
Susana Michel - Hewlett-Packard Centro de Servicios Globales, S. de R.L. de C.V.
I liked the all the information provided, knowledge and experience sharing.
Mike Silva - Hewlett-Packard Centro de Servicios Globales, S. de R.L. de C.V.
Knowledgeable speaker and a lot of examples
- Instytut Automatyki i Informatyki Stosowanej, Politechnika Warszawska
Everything :-)
- Instytut Automatyki i Informatyki Stosowanej, Politechnika Warszawska
A lot of knowledge in a short time. Plus Anecdotes
Justyna Góral - Neinver Asset Management Polska Sp. z o.o.
A lot of useful knowledge related to the work performed in the field of program use.
Izabela Sarniak - Neinver Asset Management Polska Sp. z o.o.
The trainer explained the issues on which I was most dependent
- Neinver Asset Management Polska Sp. z o.o.
How to Drive
Agata Chudzińska - Neinver Asset Management Polska Sp. z o.o.
A lot of exercises, a reminder in an affordable form of Excel
- Neinver Asset Management Polska Sp. z o.o.
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- Neinver Asset Management Polska Sp. z o.o.
way of driving
jolanta czajka - Neinver Asset Management Polska Sp. z o.o.
trainer's skills
- Neinver Asset Management Polska Sp. z o.o.
Jigsaw practice section
Cindy Liu - IRU Beijing
How open the trainer is about relevant issues. He can easily relate with his students.
Amdocs
I really liked the personalization and the rhythm of the training, it was lively and focused on what I needed.