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Dynamic Decks & Powerful Presentations (G053)

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WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?

A highly interactive daylong session for anyone who wants to learn or upgrade their ability to develop decks and presentations. Students are introduced to a wealth of tips, tools, templates and techniques they can put to use immediately. Exercises conducted throughout the day are designed to help participants build strategic thinking, planning and writing skills. Students also script and deliver a five-minute presentation and receive feedback from the instructor.

Anyone who writes, contributes to, manages or delivers presentations will benefit from attending Presenting with Precision.

Workshop leader Wendy Cherwinski infuses subject material with stories, anecdotes and examples drawn from real life assignments. Learning is reinforced by a slide show, video excerpts and exercises that allow participants to try out the concepts they have just learned.

Note: Participants are encouraged to bring their own computers and copies of presentations they are currently working on for use during exercises.

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

During the daylong session, participants cover how to:

Conduct research to determine listeners’ needs for information
Combine logical arguments and elements of persuasion
Set a clear objective and use it to choose the best content
Use templates and flow structures to speed up preparation and help the audience follow arguments;
Expand or cut a presentation to suit different audiences and circumstances while still getting the salient points across.
Create simple, attractive visuals that reinforce key points
Use PowerPoint features to smooth the presentation flow.

WHAT WILL YOU TAKE AWAY?

A workbook with checklists, how-to procedures/reminders, templates and a valuable list of resources

A laminated writer's checklist you will refer to again and again

Exercise hand-outs

Agenda Day 1
8:45 - 8:55 AM	Participant Introductions and Workshop Overview
8:55 - 9:05 AM	Introduction to Decks and Presentations Why are they becoming more popular? What do presentations have in common with comic books and movies? What kind of persuasion works best?
9:05 - 9:35 AM	Finding the focus Identifying the objective. Determining listeners’ needs for information and perspective.
9:35 - 10:30 AM	Brainstorming your presentation Gathering, sorting and giving priority to information Exercise
10:30 - 10:45 AM	Break
10:45 - 12:00 PM	Organizing your presentation Using a logic tree; templates and flow structures; using deductive reasoning and parallel construction to build and organize arguments.
12:00 - 1:30 PM	Lunch
1:30 - 2:30 PM	Working with visuals Using photos, charts and text to best effect.
2:30 - 3:30 PM	Creating a presentation Exercise Students divide into groups to create 5-minute presentations
3:30 - 3:45 PM	Break
3:45 - 4:15 PM	Student Presentations Exercise Students make presentations and receive feedback.
4:15 - 4:30 PM	Presentation Writer’s Tools and Resources Demonstration of PowerPoint features and review of best web resources
4:30 - 4:45 PM	Wrap-up and workshop evaluation