Visual Storytelling: Creating More Persuasive Presentations (Skillshare)

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Visual Storytelling: Creating More Persuasive Presentations (Skillshare)

Join Prezi's Susannah Shattuck for a 60-minute dive into using the power of visual storytelling to create more compelling presentations. This class focuses on the structure and strategy for giving your audience a visual analogy for understanding your ideas — which means you don't need any design or art experience to add this core skill to your professional toolkit. And, while you're welcome to use Prezi, the lessons in this class apply to any presentation software you'd like to use

Bite-sized lessons

  • define visual storytelling
  • show why it's essential for a compelling presentation
  • demonstrate core principles through 4 real-world examples
  • provide frameworks for transforming your own key messages into visual metaphors

This class is perfect for entrepreneurs, professionals, marketers, content strategists, and everyone who needs to hook, persuade, and resonate with an audience.
Develop a presentation with a visual story.
Your project in this class is to develop a presentation using a visual story or metaphor to bring your core messages to life!
Use your Project Workspace as an ongoing place to bounce ideas, ask questions, and show your progress towards the final piece.
Personally, I always find it helpful to set myself a schedule — commit to uploading your idea today, your sketches next week, and your final presentation in 14 days.

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