Audience-centric speaking from Create and Deliver Standout Technical Presentations by Melissa Marshall
Important technical ideas and game-changing innovations can fail if they’re not understood and appreciated by others. In this comprehensive course, learn to create presentations that win minds and gain stakeholder support with help from Melissa Marshall, a PowerPoint MVP, author of the popular TED Talk “Talk Nerdy to Me” and consultant to NASA, Pfizer, Harvard Medical School, and other leading organizations. Melissa shows scientists, engineers, researchers, and tech professionals how to present scientific and technical content in an understandable, memorable, and persuasive way. Through Melissa’s engaging examples and practical strategies, gain a renewed enthusiasm and skill set for communicating your technical successes and expertise. After this course, you may never present your work the same way again.
Storytelling for technical presentations from Presenting Technical Information with Stories by Karen Catlin and Poornima Vijayashanker
Technical information can be dry and hard to understand. But that doesn’t mean your presentation has to be. Storytelling can transform technical talks into dynamic and energizing presentations. In this course, you can learn the top reasons why audiences tune out and discover techniques to make your complex material more memorable and engaging.
Develop the skills you need to prepare and deliver an outstanding speech or presentation. In this course, Laura Bergells offers practical insights that can help presenters prepare, open, deliver, and close their speeches. Along the way, discover how to project confidence, outline a speech, take questions, and develop the creative story that adds life to a speech.
Improve public speaking skills and achieve executive presence from Own Your Voice: Improve Presentations and Executive Presence by genConnectU
The ability to deliver a powerhouse presentation isn't reserved for a gifted few. With enough practice, anyone can learn how to express themselves with confidence. In this course, join communication coach Jackie Miller as she shares practical tips for exuding executive presence and poise when speaking to audiences large and small. Explore different communication styles (and how to embrace your own). Get theater-based techniques for improving eye contact and harnessing the power of breath. Plus, learn best practices for amplifying voices that may otherwise go unheard; ridding your speech of qualifiers, fillers, and apologies; communicating effectively when English isn’t your first language; and more.
Join master presenter Todd Dewett as he outlines the basic elements of delivering a great presentation and staying on message. Todd discusses the "pre-work" involved in a great presentation so that you feel—and are—well prepared. He also delivers tips on creating handouts and slides that contain just the right amount of information, responding to your audience, and recovering from the occasional mistake.
Strong team presentations are developed and delivered together. While "divide and conquer" seems like an efficient approach, it often isn't effective. This course walks through the crucial aspects of presenting as a team. Duke University professor Dr. Daisy Lovelace shows how to plan, develop, and practice a cohesive presentation that sticks in the mind of your audience. She explains how to switch between presenters and build a flow that makes the presentation stronger than the sum of its parts.
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