Shining in the spotlight
During a presentation you are in the spotlight. You are literally standing face to face with the audience. One individual against the group. Human beings are essentially group animals, and for most of us addressing a group is an enormously stressful event. We don't want to fall outside the group and fail under the watchful eye of an audience.
To avoid failing, a presentation needs to be well prepared. And this is usually where it goes wrong. People often think that preparing a presentation is the same as creating PowerPoint slides showing what you want to say. After that, it's simply a matter of 'doing' your PowerPoint for the audience. The result: an audience fighting off sleep while staring at slides. Hoping it will soon be over. And the presenter is often hoping the same thing. Sound familiar? Good. You'll never do it that way again. Now you are going to learn how to prepare a presentation, how to use PowerPoint properly and how to become that relaxed, effective presenter. You are going to shine in the spotlight.
This online course is a practical course. Each chapter includes exercises. It is essential that you actually carry out these exercises. Presenting can only be learned by doing. If you want professional feedback and theory and exercises tailored specifically to you, register for our 'Presenting persuasively' course.
This free course is also available as downloadable PDF available.
Your own motivation and commitment are essential if you want to master something new. You can get a long way with self-study. Learnit wants to contribute to this by offering valuable content such as free webinars and courses. This way you can get acquainted with new fields of learning. Once you have made a start, you may discover that there are also many advantages to taking a course at Learnit under the guidance of an experienced trainer.
In short, you achieve much more in less time.
The free courses are suitable for home study, as you can download them online as a PDF. The range of free courses consists of IT and Communication & Management courses. Would you like to learn more about these subjects, or is the subject you want to learn about not included? Then take a look at our courses.
In this PowerPoint Basics course you learn step by step how to build a presentation. You work with text, charts, illustrations, videos and animations, and practise playing your presentation. Optionally, you also cover PowerPoint with Copilot.
In this Storytelling course you learn how to convey your message powerfully through a story. You work on structure, narrative style and interaction, and discover how to connect people to you or your organisation with stories that really stick.
Learn to present convincingly in a short space of time with a sharp, personal pitch that suits who you are.
Learnit offers more than 300 IT and Communication & Management training courses. The courses are given as one-day or multi-day courses, and almost all of them can also be given as a workshop. In addition, Learnit offers courses as e-learning and as a combination of e-learning and classroom lessons.
Learnit has many locations throughout the country, so there is a good chance that a course is also given near you! A course can also be given in-company, in which case it takes place at your own company or organisation.
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