I Wasn't Prepared for That: Overcoming the Fear of Making Presentations

Introduction

Speaking to an audience of customers, suppliers or colleagues can be a daunting experience – but the business presentation is a perfect platform to create interest and excitement in products or services and trust and enthusiasm in the company or organisation.

I Wasn’t Prepared for That: Overcoming the Fear of Making Presentations introduces the skills needed to plan and deliver a well-prepared presentation. By developing the techniques explored during the course, employees will be able to influence, motivate and engage their audience and use the presentation opportunity to promote the business and its products.

Who is the course for?

I Wasn’t Prepared for That: Overcoming the Fear of Making Presentations is suitable for anyone who is new to presentations, those who have some experience but lack confidence and experienced presenters wishing to review their technique.

This course is appropriate to any business sector, there are no formal entry requirements and employees do not require any prior experience.

What will you get from this course?

When you have completed this course you will be able to:

• prepare thoroughly to give a presentation
• appear confident and professional when giving a presentation
• communicate complex proposals effectively
• adapt your presentation to suit difference audiences

Course features

Famous faces including Dawn French, Robert Lindsay and Gary Waldhorn demonstrate all the slip-ups people make when giving presentations, and how to overcome them. With help from an office colleague, a novice presenter gains confidence and learns the skills to prepare and deliver a presentation.

Set in everyday surroundings, well-known performers act out realistic situations in a light hearted and entertaining way that will help you recognise some common errors and understand how to correct them. The familiar settings and witty role play will help you to apply the material to your own workplace.

Before you begin you’ll take a short test to help identify any knowledge gaps. As you work through the course you’ll be presented with simple exercises to check your learning.

You can start the course straight away and access it at any time, providing you have the use of a computer with an internet connection. The course is available for six months from the date first accessed.

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Course code

104198BT009

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