The powerpoint presentation course is a most useful tool for the presenter. It is also the most misused tool. It has coined phrases such as ‘Death by PowerPoint’, ‘Bullet Point maze’, and MEGO*. The reality is most PowerPoint presentations have little ‘Power’, and often lose the ‘Point. (*Mine Eyes Glaze Over)!

Make your PowerPoint Powerful. Harness the Power aspect!

This standalone power point course is designed for candidates who have attended the Intermediate presentation skills course, or who feel that they have attained a reasonable level of presentation skills. It does not teach the basics of using the programme, but concentrates on how to use PowerPoint to the best effect – to enhance and clarify your presentation skills. PowerPoint for this course means either presentations delivered using a laptop and a data projector, or using an Overhead Projector and acetates.

Explore PowerPoint and understand how to use it
Learn how to avoid the common mistakes
Analyse your shows to modify and improve
Make PowerPoint work for you rather than against you.

Candidates will be asked to bring a short recent presentation they have used with them, in order to both present it to the group, and to provide working material to examine and improve upon. Additional material will be supplied by the trainer. Whether you think your slides need some help, your presentation technique needs advice, or you just want to move up a league when using slides, this course is for you.

In this course you will:

Understand the strengths and weaknesses of PowerPoint
Learn to use PowerPoint to tap into the way adults learn
Discover alternatives to bullet points
Avoid mis-using the three main components of the programme
Learn specific techniques that presenters should observe when using PP
Gain confidence in delivery techniques based on knowing your material is not outdated in style, content or delivery.

This course is not a course to teach you the mechanics of preparing PowerPoint slides. It assumes that you have some knowledge of the programme, or an assistant who prepares slides to your instruction. It is also assumed that you have developed some general presentation skills through earlier courses or experience. (For example see our Intermediate Presentation Course).

STOP Getting it wrong, START getting it right!
Stop having badly designed slides
Stop having long lists of bullet points
Stop the silent groaning of your audience as you switch the projector on
Start to dramatically improve your presentations
Start to stimulate the cognitive retention of your material
Start impressing your audience with your ability to put information across.

Two options are available. A one day course as an advanced follow-on to a general presentation skills course, and a two day advanced course. The two day course refreshes and builds on general presentation skills combining those skills with the specifics of the PowerPoint course.

If you need to give strong presentations, you need this course.

The trainer for this power point course is Ian Price who prepared and wrote this course. As well as delivering presentation skills training at all levels, he has a wealth of experience in working with PowerPoint. As senior manager he has witnessed countless meetings that have suffered the slow ‘death by PowerPoint’ syndrome. He has researched this aspect of power point training delivery and also been responsible for creating powerful and dynamic presentation shows and training material. In partnership with an American trainer and established author, he has written some helpful booklets on the use of PowerPoint and is developing material for a future book that will cover both presentation skills and PowerPoint specifics.

Candidates on both courses will receive a pack of written material to be used as a resource immediately and in the future.

Course requirements

To get the most out of this course, candidates should have some general experience of presenting. They will be asked to prepare in advance a short presentation to be delivered using either acetates on an OHP, or using a data projector which will be available during the course. On the two day course, candidates will be invited to spend a short time between the two days to prepare or modify their material. Candidates on both courses will receive a pack of written material to be used as a resource immediately and in the future.

Course title: Improving Your PowerPoint Presentations

Course level: Intermediate, Advanced

Course length: One day (Intermediate) an two day (Advanced) in-house

Course price: From £1075 per day

Further information: Email Us or call 0845 056 9696

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