PRESENTATION SKILLS

Oral presentations may be one of the most anxiety-inducing prospects for many students and professionals alike. Yet the ability to plan your presentation, use available technologies, and speak clearly and confidently in public is an important competency in the workplace.

Since there is an enormous amount of information on this topic available on the internet, and since “showing” is often more effective than “telling,” links to several online resources are included to help you sort through and find credible and authoritative sources of information and sample presentations to help you learn more and develop your own presentations.

Unit 11 Learning Objectives

This unit will help you develop confidence and skills in presenting information orally, both individually and as a team, and in designing visually effective presentations in person and virtually by focusing on the following areas:

11.1 Applying skills and techniques that will help build your confidence as a presenter

11.2 Developing presentation skills by using a systematic process to practice delivery and use visual rhetoric

11.3 Using software features and slide tools to design your presentation

11.4 Using collaboration skills to effectively present as a team

11.5 Extending and applying your skills to present virtually

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Communication Essentials for Business Copyright © 2019 by Suzan Last (Original Author) Robin L. Potter (Adapter) Tricia Nicola Hylton (H5P) is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, except where otherwise noted.

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