Presentation Skills
- 9 Courses | 3h 38m 10s
- 12 Books | 17h 10m
- 12 Audiobooks | 34h 48m 56s
Clear and effective presentations get results. Learn techniques for creating and delivering memorable presentations today. Today, presentations are a big part of any business. From elevator pitches to networking events, you could be called on to give a presentation on a wide variety of subjects. Learn how to make yours memorable and engaging.
COURSES INCLUDED
Presenting Virtually
Virtual presentations are intrinsically a little awkward. There's less audience response, it's harder to get a read on how your audience is responding to you, and making eye contact is problematic. It's easy to forget that even when you can't see everyone, they're listening, and they need your attention. All of these can increase a presenter's anxiety, but it doesn't have to be that way. In this course, you'll learn how presenting virtually can increase your reach and bridge differences, the ways in which presenting virtually is similar to--and different from--presenting face-to-face, and how to set the virtual stage for success. You'll discover behavioral strategies to make virtual presentations come alive, and how to plan your presentations for the unique challenges of remote presenting. And you'll also explore techniques, both technological and personal, that can ensure that every virtual presentation you give is better than the one before.
7 videos |
23m
Assessment
Badge
Preparing a Great Virtual Presentation
The importance of preparing for a great virtual presentation cannot be overstated. Virtual presentations have enabled businesses to reach clients and partners across continents. They transcend physical boundaries, offering a powerful global platform to connect, engage, and influence diverse audiences. The ability to deliver a compelling virtual presentation is pivotal for success. By honing this skill, you can equip yourself to navigate the dynamic landscape of the digital age, leaving a profound and lasting impact on your professional journey. In this course, you'll learn to recognize the benefits of virtual presentations and identify strategies to create an engaging virtual presentation environment. You will also identify effective strategies to confidently navigate the technical aspects of virtual presentations and identify the key elements to plan for a compelling virtual presentation.
6 videos |
25m
Assessment
Badge
PMI PDU
Building and Delivering a Great Virtual Presentation
Crafting and delivering exceptional virtual presentations isn't merely a skill; it's a strategic imperative in this digital age. As the lines between physical and virtual communication blur, whether you're a business leader, educator, salesperson, or creative professional, your prowess in building and delivering compelling virtual presentations can significantly amplify your influence, foster engagement, and propel you to success. In this course, you will learn to recognize effective strategies to build content for a virtual presentation, identify the key considerations to create the slides for a virtual presentation, identify effective strategies to deliver an engaging virtual presentation, and recognize the effective strategies to overcome common pitfalls in virtual presentations.
6 videos |
27m
Assessment
Badge
PMI PDU
Telling a Business Story
As humans, we've been using narratives to share our knowledge and experiences with others since the beginning. But effective storytelling, specifically within a business context, requires thoughtful preparation and effective delivery. With practice, using storytelling can improve the way you communicate with key players inside - and outside - your organization. In this course, you'll learn how to plan and deliver effective stories that engage your target audience and help you accomplish your objectives.
8 videos |
28m
Assessment
Badge
PMI PDU
Presenting to the C-suite: Skills for Emerging Leaders
Whether you're pitching ideas, presenting reports, or seeking executive buy-in, this course will help you master the art of communicating with C-suite executives. You'll learn to craft clear, concise messages that resonate with top leadership, structure impactful presentations, and deliver them with confidence. By the end of this course, you will have the skills to make a lasting impression, from understanding C-suite priorities to using effective visual aids.
25m
Assessment
Badge
PMI PDU
Planning an Effective Presentation
Concern about the impact of a presentation can inspire presenters to improve their verbal communication skills, enabling them to get the desired results. Public speaking and business presentations can be immeasurably improved if the presenter devotes sufficient time and attention to planning. In this course, you'll learn how to define and understand your audience's characteristics, knowledge, needs, and responses. You'll also learn how to organize your presentation's timing, purpose, key points, and approach so that it is engaging, focused, and relevant. Finally, you'll learn about different presentation methods, such as PowerPoint presentations, and when they're most effectively used.
8 videos |
24m
Assessment
Badge
PMI PDU
Building Your Presentation
Effective business presentations need to have a sound structure. To ensure that your presentation has this structure, you need to consider its overall purpose, your audience, and the key points you'll be presenting, and then put them all together into a plan of action to guide you. In this course, you'll learn how to write the key parts of a presentation so they're memorable and effective. You'll also learn how to select and use eye-catching visual aids to bring your PowerPoint presentations to life. Finally, you'll learn how to rehearse your presentation - a key step for public speaking that will improve your verbal communication skills and build confidence for the real thing.
8 videos |
22m
Assessment
Badge
PMI PDU
Ensuring Successful Presentation Delivery
Whether your job includes delivering sales pitches, making PowerPoint presentations, or leading team trainings, presentation excellence can only be achieved when the standard of your public speaking matches the quality of your content. Having diligently prepared your presentation, you need to make sure that your delivery is engaging, enthusiastic, composed, and confident. In this course, you'll learn how to set up the right environment for your business presentations. You'll also learn techniques for managing stage fright and using your verbal communication skills and body language to deliver your message clearly and effectively. Finally, you'll learn about how to deal with audience questions in a Q&A session and the impact this has on your credibility.
8 videos |
24m
Assessment
Badge
PMI PDU
Getting Your Pitch Heard
Innovation, disruption, and revolutionary ideas are the stuff of business success. But unless you can get those ideas across to the people in your organization how matter, they're destined to remain pipedreams. Bland business presentations aren't doing your ideas justice and boring PowerPoint presentations are blunting your message. But effective verbal communication, public speaking and presentation skills can be cultivated and improved. This course looks at methods for presenting your ideas in a convincing, succinct, and confident manner that will get them heard and given the attention they deserve.
6 videos |
16m
Assessment
Badge
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BOOK SUMMARY
The Introverted Presenter: Ten Steps for Preparing and Delivering Successful PresentationsThe Introverted Presenter explores a ten-step process aimed at helping you overcome the fear of public speaking and empowering you to deliver engaging presentations. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
9m
By Richard Tierney
BOOK SUMMARY
Develop Your Presentation Skills, Third EditionDevelop Your Presentation Skills, Third Edition is a toolkit for delivering confident, engaging, and effective presentations. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
10m
By Theo Theobald
BOOK SUMMARY
Well Said! Presentations and Conversations That Get ResultsWell Said! provides a plethora of tips for crafting polished presentations on every level, from off-the-cuff conversations to major presentations. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
8m
By Darlene Price
Book
Scared Speechless: 9 Ways to Overcome Your Fears and Captivate Your AudienceUsing the psychology behind our public speaking fears to explain and tame our anxiety, this powerful and unique book offers real-world examples and humorous anecdotes you can apply to every kind of speech in every kind of setting to every kind of audience in order to deliver the freshest, most entertaining, and effective speech ever.
3h 9m
By Shirley Impellizzeri, Steve Rohr
Book
Develop and Deliver Effective Presentations: A 10-Step Process to Plan, Practice, and Rehearse a Presentation on Any Business TopicFrom identifying your audience, your purpose, and your main message, to incorporating strategic charts and graphs, this confidence-building workbook offers ten tips to help you develop and deliver a winning business presentation.
37m
By Natasha Terk
Book
The Introverted Presenter: Ten Steps for Preparing and Delivering Successful PresentationsLaying out a complete process guaranteed to raise you from a debilitating state of terror and aversion to a comfortable place of clarity, calm, and competence-perhaps even brilliance, this concise guide will show you how to deliver competent presentations, no matter how unsuited by nature you might be to the performing arts.
1h 29m
By Richard Tierney
Book
Presentation Advantage: How to Inform and Persuade Any AudienceWhether to one person or one hundred, effective presenting is today's top business skill. This expert guide will show you how to deliver dynamic, compelling, and truly effective presentations every time.
1h 59m
By Breck England, Julie Schmidt, Kory Kogon
Book
Be the Best Bad Presenter Ever: Break the Rules, Make Mistakes, and Win Them OverPassion and authenticity wins people over; not perfection. Packed with wise and witty advice, this book will help you avoid being one more robot behind a podium and will help free you to be a living, breathing, occasionally clumsy real person whose passion is powerful and infectious.
1h 56m
By Karen Hough
Book
What's Your Presentation Persona? Discover Your Unique Communication Style and Succeed in Any ArenaA practical guide based on a proprietary skill assessment tool-a Myers-Briggs for presenters, this revolutionary book provides tips and strategies that address the core element for becoming a successful presenter: YOU
3h 39m
By Scott Schwertly, Sunday Mancini
Book
Pitch Anything: An Innovative Method for Presenting, Persuading, and Winning the DealWhether you're selling ideas to investors, pitching a client for new business, or even negotiating for a higher salary, this unique and practical book will transform the way you position your ideas.
3h 36m
By Oren Klaff
BOOK SUMMARY
Delivering Effective Virtual PresentationsIn Delivering Effective Virtual Presentations, author K. Virginia Hemby explores ways to improve the way you present to audiences via an online platform. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
11m
By K. Virginia Hemby
BOOK SUMMARY
The Authenticity Code: The Art and Science of Success and Why You Can't Fake It to Make ItDr. Sharon Lamm-Hartman believes that learning how to express your authentic self can fast-track your career. In The Authenticity Code, she teaches you how to heighten your presence, connect with your audience, and create compelling presentations. In this Review, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
7m
By Sharon Lamm-Hartman
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AUDIOBOOKS INCLUDED
AUDIOBOOK SUMMARY
The Power Presenter: Technique, Style, and Strategy from America's Top Speaking CoachIn The Power Presenter, author Jerry Weissman takes us through the preparation stages so we become aware of our own thought processes and learn to leverage instinctive human reactions when called upon to give a speech. In this Review, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
10m 10s
By Jerry Weissman
AUDIOBOOK SUMMARY
Resonate: Present Visual Stories That Transform AudiencesContaining clear and elegant imagery and effective diagrams, Resonate allows readers to dive into the world of delivering a formal presentation with ease. In this Review, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
11m 5s
By Nancy Duarte
AUDIOBOOK SUMMARY
What's Your Presentation Persona? Discover Your Unique Communication Style and Succeed in Any ArenaWhat's Your Presentation Persona? offers tips and strategies for successful presenting, based on your unique presenter style. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
21m 47s
By Scott Schwertly, Sunday Mancini
AUDIOBOOK SUMMARY
10 Steps to Successful Presentations10 Steps to Successful Presentations provides the key information needed to deliver an effective and memorable presentation. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
19m 57s
By American Society for Training and Development
Audiobook
TED Talks: The Official TED Guide to Public SpeakingThis audio edition explains how the miracle of powerful public speaking is achieved, and equips you to give it your best shot.
7h 31m 48s
By Chris Anderson
Audiobook
Speak To Win: How to Present with Power in Any SituationThis audio edition reveals time-tested tricks of the trade that you can use to present powerfully and speak persuasively, whether in an informal meeting or in front of a large audience. Read by the author.
5h 14m 38s
By Brian Tracy
Audiobook
Speak on Your FeetThis audio edition will teach you how to speak with poise and persuasion in every situation, no matter how large, or small, the audience. Read by the author.
1h 9m 15s
By Brian Tracy
Audiobook
How to Deliver a TED Talk: Secrets of the World's Most Inspiring Presentations, Revised and Expanded EditionThis audio edition is an indispensable resource for any public speaker, whether you're presenting to an audience of one or one thousand.
5h 35m 34s
By Jeremey Donovan
Audiobook
Presentation Advantage: How to Inform and Persuade Any AudienceThis audio edition shows how you can deliver dynamic, compelling, and truly effective presentations every time, whether to one person or one hundred.
3h 41m 16s
By Breck England, Julie Schmidt, Kory Kogon
Audiobook
The Presentation Secrets of Steve Jobs: How to Be Insanely Great in Front of Any AudienceThis audio edition demonstrates exactly how to use Steve Jobs' crowd-pleasing techniques in your own presentations, and shows how easy it is to sell your ideas, share your enthusiasm, and wow your audience the Steve Jobs way. Read by the author.
4h 17m 7s
By Carmine Gallo
Audiobook
Scared Speechless: 9 Ways to Overcome Your Fears and Captivate Your AudienceThis audio edition explores the psychology behind our fears to explain and tame our anxieties surrounding public speaking so that we give effective, entertaining presentations.
5h 56m 5s
By Shirley Impellizzeri, Steve Rohr
AUDIOBOOK SUMMARY
Delivering Effective Virtual PresentationsIn Delivering Effective Virtual Presentations, author K. Virginia Hemby explores ways to improve the way you present to audiences via an online platform. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
20m 14s
By K. Virginia Hemby
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SKILL BENCHMARKS INCLUDED
Presentation Skills
Clear and effective presentations get results. Learn techniques for creating and delivering memorable presentations today. This benchmark evaluates your understanding of this topic. Being aware of potential knowledge gaps allows you to better understand your current competency and areas for improvement, so you can find suitable content and curate your own learning path. The courses recommended at the end of this benchmark can help you fill potential gaps in your knowledge.
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