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Presentation Success : How to Plan, Prepare, and Deliver Effective Presentations - EBook Edition.
Title:
Presentation Success : How to Plan, Prepare, and Deliver Effective Presentations - EBook Edition.
Author:
CHAN, Janis Fischer.
ISBN:
9780761215011
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (177 pages)
Contents:
Contents -- About This Course -- How to Take This Course -- Pre-Test -- 1 Get Ready to Make Successful Presentations -- Elements of a Successful Presentation -- Matching Subject and Audience -- Organizing Information Effectively -- Choosing the Right Amount of Information -- Starting and Ending on Time -- Speaking to Be Heard and Understood -- Choosing the Right Presentation Aids -- Communicating Confidently -- Benefits of Learning to Give Successful Presentations -- Key Actions for Making Successful Presentations -- Planning the Presentation -- Preparing for the Presentation -- Delivering the Presentation -- So Why Are You Taking This Course? -- 2 Reducing Presentation Fear -- Reasons for Presentation Fear -- Reducing Fear -- Reducing Anxiety Before a Presentation -- Controlling Symptoms of Nervousness -- 3 Planning a Presentation -- Plan for Success -- The Planning Steps -- Step 1: Evaluate the Audience -- Step 2: Define the Presentation Objectives -- Step 3: Determine What Presentation Methods to Use -- Step 4: Select the Information to Include and Organize It Effectively -- Step 5: Identify Where to Use Presentation Aids -- 4 Preparing the Presentation -- Script or Notes? -- From Outline to Script or Notes -- Preparing the Opening -- Preparing Transitions -- Preparing the Closing -- Adding Details -- Incorporate Presentation Aids and Activities -- The Presentation Environment -- Factors to Consider about the Presentation Environment -- To Improve the Environment -- Prepare for Questions and Answers (Q&A) -- Let the Audience Know Right Away How You Plan to Handle Questions -- Anticipate Questions and Prepare Responses -- Leave Enough Time -- Questions You Can' t-or Don't Want to-Answer -- Anticipate Problems -- Avoiding Problems -- Strategies for Handling Problems -- 5 Delivering the Presentation -- Practice Makes Perfect -- How to Practice.

Delivering Your Presentation -- Getting Started -- Communicating Clearly -- Using Effective Body Language -- Managing the Group -- Pay Attention -- Facilitate and Control Audience Participation -- Respond Quickly to Distractions and Interruptions -- Handling Difficult Participants -- Managing Questions and Answers (Q&A) -- Q & A-How and When? -- Use Questions to Elicit Questions -- Make It Easy for People to Ask Questions -- Make the Questions and Answers Useful to Everyone -- Avoid Emotional Responses -- 6 Using Presentation Aids Effectively -- Why Use Presentation Aids? -- Key Factors to Consider When Using Presentation Aids -- Guidelines for Selecting, Preparing, and Using Presentation Aids -- Handouts -- White Boards -- Blank Flip Chart Pages -- Prepared Flip Chart Pages -- Overhead Projections -- Slides -- Videos -- Models and Props -- Teleconferencing -- Computer-Aided Presentations -- Appendix A: Presentation Worksheets -- Appendix B: Presentation Job Aids -- Resources -- Post-Test -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- K -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.
Abstract:
What does it take to impress an audience? No more boring presentations! Presentation Success gives you what it takes to succeed-spectacularly-when you stand up to impress an audience. Packed with easy-to-use worksheets, strategies, and tips, this book delivers success. It helps you overcome "presentation fear" and makes it easy to plan, prepare, and deliver the kind of presentations that make people sit up and take notice. You'll discover the best ways to prepare your opening, write smooth transitions, plan your Q&A session, and troubleshoot potential problem areas. You'll learn how to use body language, communicate clearly, gain and hold attention, listen effectively, and elicit valuable feedback. Eye-opening self-evaluation exercises enable you to pull the pieces together and practice the skills you need to be a resounding success. You can use the handy resource section to access timely books, websites, and media tools to continue your learning. This is an ebook version of the AMA Self-Study course. If you want to take the course for credit you need to either purchase a hard copy of the course through amaselfstudy.org or purchase an online version of the course through www.flexstudy.com.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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