Presentation Skills

Overview

What you will learn

Over the duration of the Presentation Skills course offered by City, University of London , you will learn new approaches and techniques, including:

• Clarifying your objectives - what do you want your audience to feel, think and do?

• Developing an effective preparation process;

• Structuring a clear, concise and persuasive message;

• Exploring creative approaches which make an impact;

• Storytelling, and how to use it to make your argument more persuasive;

• Deploying rhetorical devices and imagery to make your message stick;

• Handling nerves and eliminating physical tension, using techniques from psychology and the dramatic arts;

• Build rapport and credibility through how you broadcast your voice and physical presence;

• Preparing slides that tell a persuasive visual story;

• Understanding the strategic value of making presentations;

• Practice delivering prepared messages onscreen, with feedback and recommendations.