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Making Impactful Presentations (edX)

Making Impactful Presentations (edX)

The course is about leaders learning to design and deliver engaging and effective presentations with maximum impact to achieve the desired and realistic outcomes through use of various soft skills. As leaders, have you ever tried making presentations to people and failed to make an impact on them? Were you left disappointed after making a presentation? Then this course is for you. As CEOs, Senior Executives, or Business Unit Leaders, presentations, sure are significant and an inevitable part of your day to day functions. Through such presentations, you not only deliver information but motivate people, and build relationships too.

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In this course, you will enjoy learning the nuances of designing and making impactful presentations especially when

  • the stakes are high
  • you need consensus and agreement
  • want to ensure achieving the appropriate and desired outcome
  • you want to succeed in dealing with critical and crucial conversations

This course will boost your ability to lead and deliver powerful presentations with maximum impact while keeping your audience interested, rather enthralled!

What you'll learn

  • the nuances of designing and making impactful presentations especially when

o the stakes are high
o you need consensus and agreement
o want to ensure an appropriate and desired outcome
o you want to succeed in dealing with critical and crucial conversations

  • the soft skills of persuasion, motivation, and communication with your audience.
  • a bunch of ideas, techniques, and approaches that will help you become an outstanding presenter.

to coach, nurture and support your colleagues too, to present effectively as well.

Syllabus

Module 1 – Introduction
****What is a Presentation?
Why do you make Presentations?
Kinds of Presentations

Module 2 – Keeping the Audience in Mind
Rudiments of Preparation
Step by Step Process for Preparation

Module 3 – Designing and Structuring Presentations
Key Principles for Structuring
Template Design for Presenting

Module 4 – Delivering Powerfully through use of Soft Skills
Steps to Creating the Desired Change
Influencing, Persuading and Motivating
Handling Questions from Audience

Module 5 – Guiding Pathways to Progress
Following through for eventual success
Enhancing your capability to guide and coach

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