Developing Effective Presentations: Tactics and Tips
This online engineering PDH course is about the strategy and mechanics of designing an effective presentation and conducting a successful meeting within which the presentation is made. It does NOT cover verbal presentation skills or visual design techniques. Toastmasters and Dale Carnegie are two very well-known and well respected sources for gaining presentation skills while endless examples of creating visually compelling PowerPoint presentations abound on the Internet.
Students of this course will learn that a presentation intended to "give information" to the audience such as the announcement of a new policy or a new initiative would be much different from the one designed to "get information" such as getting feedback about a recent issue or event. But as simple as that sounds, you can break it down further into "give-information-with-no-discussion-expected" (such as the upcoming blood drive with the where, when, why details included) or "give-information-and-expect-a-lot-of-discussion" such as the company is changing health plans in the fall with a new premium and co-pay schedule.
Then there is the "brainstorming (problem solving) or strategic planning" presentation when you must filter the useful ideas from the flood of chatter that always results. Then there is the presentation that must be "persuasive so you can get something" such as additional resources or approval for a new initiative.
This 3 PDH online course is intended for professionals whose responsibilities include making PowerPoint presentations because that is the world standard. However, traditional flip charts can be used successfully with this same content.
This P.Eng. continuing education course is intended to provide you with the following specific knowledge and skills:
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Determining which of the four kinds of presentations/meetings he (she) will conduct
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Constructing tools useful in data gathering, organizing, and analysis
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Developing a plan for a BS/PS presentation/meeting that will engage the audience and gather useful and relevant data quickly
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Keeping the presentation/meeting on track while maintaining good will with the participants
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Designing a persuasive presentation with a high probability for success!
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Using three powerful and effective data generation techniques for brain storming or problem solving meetings.
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Generating useful data from a group while minimizing follow-up work for the presenter/facilitator.
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Avoiding a "worst case" outcome scenario by using an effective design tactic
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Getting the attention of the audience quickly and effectively
In this professional engineering CEU course, you need to review the document titled, "Developing Effective Presentations: Tactic and Tips".
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