Building Great Presentations
Building Great Presentations
What you’ll learn
Skills you’ll gain
Great presentations can change the world. They inspire, shift perspective, and get people talking. But what's the differentiator between a good presentation, and a presentation that achieves this greatness? In this course, public speaking coach and presentation expert Michelle Barry Franco will guide you on a journey to building this caliber of presentation. Michelle shares how you can refine your core message, build your magic blend of content and storytelling, and structure your content. She then takes a deep dive into storytelling, and provides her tips to ensure you can use stories to your advantage in a business presentation. Finally, Michelle gives you her acclaimed strategies for engagement throughout your presentation, as well as powerful methods for delivery that can take your content up a notch. So, if you're ready to go from good to great when it comes to presentations, this is the course for you!
Syllabus
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Identify your goal If you know the goal of your presentation, you can reverse engineer the points you need to cover. 2m
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Connect with your audience When you create content that meets the needs and desires of your audience, they can't help but pay attention. 3m
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Establish trust and connection Once you understand your audience better through audience analysis, you can show them that you understand their struggles and are ready and qualified to help. 2m
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Assemble compelling content To bring forth your best content, you'll want to cast a wide net on possible data, research, stories, examples, etc. 3m
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Diversify your content You want hearts and minds engaged in your presentation to make the strongest impact. 3m
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Integrate stories Humans are wired for story, and when you recognize a story is beginning, your brain lights up in an especially active way. 3m
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Create content themes You have a treasure chest of content for this presentation, but you'll want to organize that content into relevant themes. 2m
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Create an outline It's easy to get overwhelmed with all of the things you could say in a presentation. 2m
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Choose your main points Your core message is the point of clarity and focus for your presentation, and your main points expand upon and/or support that core message. 2m
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Craft your conclusion You want your audience to walk away crystal clear on their call to action. 2m
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Captivate with your introduction You want to let your audience know from the very start that this isn't going to be another one of those boring presentations. 2m
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Grab their attention Coming up with ideas to captivate your audience can be intimidating. 2m
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Find great stories One of the reasons you might resist using stories in your presentation is that you can't think of stories that would be useful in your presentation. 3m
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Master business storytelling Business storytelling needs to be concise and relevant to be effective. 2m
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Flesh out your content Going from a preliminary outline to a full fledged presentation can be tricky. 2m
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Map your slides Presentation slides are meant to assist with clarity and engagement in your presentation. 3m
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Amplify with aids While presentation slides can be helpful in your presentations, they are not the only way to enhance a presentation to make it more effective. 2m
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Reduce anxiety by practicing When you work through an effective presentation preparation process, you can build in practice elements that make practicing less daunting. 1m
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Presence over perfection Preparation and practice are invaluable for great presentations, but nothing is more important than your full presence when delivering your content. 3m
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Time to get started Thanks for watching this course! 1m
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
Awarded upon successful completion of the course.
Instructor
Michelle Barry Franco
Michelle Barry Franco is the founder and lead facilitator at her company, Brilliance at Work, which supports leaders on their journey to come alive in the workplace and inspire others. She also oversees a separate consulting business of her own namesake, which specializes in executive speaking. Michelle is on a mission to empower others with the communication skills and mindset that allow them to communicate with ease, care, and strength. She is a tenured executive speaking coach, and has served as a part-time instructor for various communications and public speaking classes since 1999. In her spare time, Michelle supports her community as a mediator and trainer as well as a speaker coach with local TedX chapters. She is a Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Whole Person Coach, and Holds a Master of Arts in Speech Communication from San Francisco State University.
Michelle Barry Franco
Founder of Brilliance at Work & Speak So It Matters
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How GoSkills helped Chris
I got the promotion largely because of the skills I could develop, thanks to the GoSkills courses I took. I set aside at least 30 minutes daily to invest in myself and my professional growth. Seeing how much this has helped me become a more efficient employee is a big motivation.
