Topic: Teaching Effective Presentation Skills
Instructions: This project requires you to develop a PowerPoint slide presentation for use as a training tool with managers and supervisors on how to prepare
an effective presentation. As you move up through the workforce you will at some point be required to give a briefing or presentation to others. Hopefully, one
day you will also have to the opportunity to develop one of your worker’s speaking and presentation skills. There is great satisfaction in taking a nervous
employee, helping them to develop their presentation, coaching them on delivery and then watching them knock it out of the park! With this in mind, your
presentation should briefly outline (i.e., no more than 2-3 slides) how to start a presentation (that is attention-getting steps) an and overview for the
audience. You should focus the majority of your presentation (i.e., 8-10 slides) on what makes an effective presentation. Factors to consider in all forms of
communication–Who is your audience? What is your message? Are you trying to persuade? Inform? The Week 5, Lesson 1 has a lot of great information to
get you started, as well as the Forum in Week 4 (the Guy Kawasaki TED Talk).
Here are some guidelines to get you started: You are going to brief a small group of newly graduated APUS Business Students on how to present an effective
presentation. Your audience ages are anywhere from 20-60 years of age, with various business backgrounds, military experience, and even some small
business owners.
There should be an introduction slide, a topic overview slide, 8-10 slides on presentation techniques, a conclusion slide and lastly a reference slide. Use the
“notes” feature of PowerPoint to list your talking points on each slide for me to read what you would actually be saying.
Ressources
Interpersonal Skills at Work
Review Chapters 1-6
Guy Kawasaki-Creating Enchantment [Entire Talk]
Interpersonal Skills at Work
Chapters 7 & 8
You are contagious | Vanessa Van Edwards | TEDxLondon