Effective Presentations Manual (with CBT option)

Produced

• 2002-2004

Key Features

Student manuals available in packs of 5.

Effective Presentations Manual, ISBN #0-619-07544-9 © 200,2 Publish date: March 29, 2002, 200 pages, student version (without disk), $150 for pack of 5

Effective Presentations: with CD + CBT, ISBN #1-4188-4602-3 © 2005, Publish date: December 21, 2004, 144 pages, student version with disk, $165 for pack of 5

Effective Presentations: Instructor Edition + CBT, ISBN #1-4188-4601-5 © 2005, Publish date: December 20, 2004, 146 pages, includes CD with PowerPoint presentation, one manual with CBT and CD is $30

This course teaches students about creating effective presentations. Students learn how to determine realistic presentation objectives, analyze the audience, use supporting materials effectively, organize a presentation clearly, and successfully incorporate visual aids. Course activities also cover reducing the fear of speaking, remaining calm, appearing relaxed, and improving the delivery of your presentation. Finally, students learn how to assess the audience members and answer their questions, organize a persuasive presentation, and use reasoning and emotional appeals to persuade an audience. The manual is designed for quick scanning in the classroom and filled with interactive exercises that help ensure student success.

Course Length: One day

Table of Contents:

Unit 1: Fundamentals of presentation
Topic A: Effective presentations
Topic B: Planning a presentation

Unit 2: Audience analysis and supporting material
Topic A: Audience analysis
Topic B: Supporting materials

Unit 3: Building presentations
Topic A: Build presentations
Topic B: Develop an introduction
Topic C: Organize the body of the presentation
Topic D: Effective conclusion

Unit 4: Presentation mechanics
Topic A: Visual aids
Topic B: Understand visual aids

Unit 5: Presentation process
Topic A: Extemporaneous speaking
Topic B: Preparation for speaking
Topic C: Deliver a presentation
Topic D: Nonverbal communication

Unit 6: Question-and-answer session
Topic A: Handle questions effectively
Topic B: Handle challenging questions

Unit 7: Fundamentals of persuasion
Topic A: Understand persuasion
Topic B: Organize a persuasive presentation
Topic C: Methods of persuasion

Objectives:

•  Identify and use effective presentations, use different types of presentations, plan a presentation, and determine primary and secondary objectives.
•  Analyze the audience, determine the supporting material, and learn about different types of supporting material.
•  Incorporate visual aids, understand the types of visual aids, display, and create visual aids.
•  Handle the questions effectively, approach the question-and-answer session, responsibilities during a session, and handle challenging questions.
•  Persuade a presentation, understand the goals of persuasion, organize a persuasive presentation, and use the methods of persuasion. 

Features:

•  Designed specifically for instructor-led training.
•  Modular format allows instructors to skip around within a manual without breaking the overall flow of a course.
•  Content available to be licensed and customized to meet your individual training needs.
•  Accompanying Instructor's Manual includes marginal annotations and PowerPoint slides with embedded videos to support instructors in the classroom.
•  This title may be purchased off-the-shelf, or licensed through CustomCourse software.
•  Also available with a companion CBT program.
   

Effective Presentations: Instructor Edition + CBT

This course teaches students about creating effective presentations. Students learn how to determine realistic presentation objectives, analyze the audience, use supporting materials effectively, organize a presentation clearly, and successfully incorporate visual aids. Course activities also cover reducing the fear of speaking, remaining calm, appearing relaxed, and improving the delivery of your presentation. Finally, students learn how to assess the audience members and answer their questions, organize a persuasive presentation, and use reasoning and emotional appeals to persuade an audience. This instructor's edition is designed for quick scanning in the classroom, and filled with interactive exercises. Comes with a companion CBT program.

Features:

• Marginal annotations prompt you with relevant information as you teach the course.
•  PowerPoint slides with embedded videos accompany this book.
•  Use publisher's dedicated instructor's web site to download important teaching resources.
•  All instructor’s editions have the same consistent layout, structure, voice and timing across all topics to minimize prep time for instructors teaching a variety of courses.
•  This title may be purchased off-the-shelf, or licensed through CustomCourse software.
•  Comes with a companion CBT program.