Giving successful presentations

Whether you need to prepare a presentation for that all-important final interview, or are presenting in front of hundreds of colleagues, presenting successfully is something many of us struggle with. This course will introduce you to the techniques that will dramatically improve your performance in this area and give you the opportunity to show potential employers that you are confident in being the face of the business.

Why do this course?

• Looks great on your CV
• Shows recruiters you have the skills they are looking for
• Gives you a great grounding in business presentations

Presenting successfully

• This course concentrates on showing how each of these vital elements has to be taken into account when preparing a presentation. Presenting is a skill that needs to be learned and practiced, starting with how you prepare, and you will be shown a simple but powerful method for selecting the right content, and then structuring it.
• Controlling nerves is an important part of preparing, and this course helps you to remove anxieties in the presentation environment by making sure that the venue is set up correctly, and ensuring that you rehearse appropriately.

Delivering the message

• This course is about delivering your message, and the techniques you need to do this. 
  First of all, you have to make a positive first impression on your audience members by how and where you stand, by your appearance, and how you look at them.
• Then, you must lead your audience through your message, referencing what is important through the language you use, and the physical techniques you employ.
• Finally, the course shows what is needed to make a presentation really memorable, the 'wow' factor that outstanding presenters have, and how to achieve it.

Available presentation resources

• This course is about making effective use of resources that can take the pressure off you--visual aids, questions, and making a team presentation.
• This course shows you that questions are positive opportunities to be grasped eagerly: they are a way of deepening your communication with the audience. But there are techniques to handling questions successfully, and they need to be learned and practiced.
• This course tells you when team presentations are appropriate. It shows you how to look and sound like a team, how to prepare and practice together, and how to apply techniques that reinforce, rather than undermine, your collective relationship.

What’s included?

• Hands-on interactive exercises - learn by doing

In partnership with Skillsoft

reed.co.uk has partnered with SkillSoft, the world’s leading provider of eLearning, to offer you all the quality training you need. You will be learning on SkillSoft software. SkillSoft is the world leader in e-learning for businesses, and is used by multinational companies such as FedEx, Hilton, VirginMedia and Hewlett Packard. By training with SkillSoft you will be working with an industry recognised organisation and investing in training that employers already know and trust.

Please note:

Please allow 24 hours to receive your online training details. If your order is made over the weekend, your online training details will be provided on the following Monday morning.

This SkillSoft course is not aligned to any certification or exam - it is a course to teach knowledge and skills.

This course is designed specifically for for use on desktop browsers. Performance on mobile devices may vary and compatibility with non-desktop devices is not guaranteed.