Effective Presentations - $99.00
Learn to organize, structure and create effective presentations.
Product Code: EFFPRES
Duration of Course Access: 90 Days
CEU Credits: .5
Total PDUs/ Contact Hours: 5
Technical PM PDUs: 4.5
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Introduction and Overview
The ability to deliver an effective presentation is critical in most job functions. This online course helps learners organize, structure, and create effective presentations that feature slides as a visual aid. Because many organizations use PowerPoint as a way of communicating information, this course offers advice and guidance on the most effective and persuasive uses of PowerPoint, including best practices on word count, graphics, and structure.
After completing this course, you will be able to:
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- Recognize what makes communication effective.
- Understand the elements in the communications process.
- Better organize your communications and presentations.
- Understand PowerPoint graphic rules of thumb.
- Create an effective summary slide.
- Describe and employ the four steps of purposeful communication in your presentations.
- Understand the forecast, present and echo structure for presentations.
- Recognize key visual considerations for PowerPoint slides and presentations.
- Understand how to organize and create PowerPoint presentations.
- Revise PowerPoint slides to make them more effective.
- Understand the success factors for face-to-face presentations.
Key Features of this course:
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- Mobile-friendly
- Audio-enabled
- Badge and credit-awarding
- Real-world case studies
- Fully accessible
- Games & Flashcards
- Expert-supported
Note:
Estimated time to complete: 5 hours
This course has an "Ask the Expert" feature, which submits your questions directly to an expert in the field you are studying. Questions are answered as quickly as possible and usually within 24 hours.
This course does not require any additional purchases of supplementary materials.
Learners must achieve an average test score of at least 70% to meet the minimum successful completion requirement and qualify to receive IACET CEUs. Learners will have three attempts at all graded assessments.
CAPM®/PMP®/PgMP®
Technical PDUs: 0
Leadership PDUs: 3.5
Strategic/Business PDUs: 1.5
PfMP®
Technical PDUs: 0
Leadership PDUs: 3.5
Strategic/Business PDUs: 1.5
PMI-ACP®
Technical PDUs: 0
Leadership PDUs: 3.5
Strategic/Business PDUs: 1.5
PMI-PBA®
Technical PDUs: 0
Leadership PDUs: 3.5
Strategic/Business PDUs: 1.5
PMI-RMP®
Technical PDUs: 0
Leadership PDUs: 3.5
Strategic/Business PDUs: 1.5
PMI-SP®
Technical PDUs: 0
Leadership PDUs: 3.5
Strategic/Business PDUs: 1.5
Refund Policy:
You may request a refund up to 5 days from the purchase date. The registration fee will only be refunded if less than 10% of the course has been completed. Completion percentage can be viewed on the Course Progress page from within the course.
Estimated Time to Complete: 5 hours
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Rethinking Presentation Slides - $49.00
Learn best practices when using slides in your presentations and speeches.
Product Code: PresentSlides
Duration of Course Access: 60 Days
CEU Credits: .1
Introduction and Overview
Rethinking Presentation Slides teaches how to best use PowerPoint slides to support your presentations and speeches.
"Engaging and clear course, with a nice mix of theory and practical. I especially liked the tips for organizing the presentation before even beginning the slides. The videos create a nice connection to the sender of the information, and the in/effective slide examples were nicely done and useful." – Agi
After completing this course, you should be able to:
- Explain why slides make effective visual aids
- Explain the characteristics of effective and ineffective visual aids
- Put into practice some graphic rules of thumb that increase the effectiveness of slide presentations
- Explain which font types, colors, and styles tend to be most consistently effective
- Organize your slide presentation using the forecast, present, and echo technique
- Create a summary slide
- Identify how to revise your slides in each of the three slide revision stages: the structural revision stage, the slide revision stage, and the proofreading revision stage
- Vary the appearance of your slides to maintain the interest of your audience
- Revise your slideshows to be sent independently as slidedecks
- Understand how to avoid practical and technological problems on presentation day
This course is self-paced and online. You will have access to this course for 60 days. Upon successful completion, you will receive a certificate of completion from One Hour Courses.
Note: This course assumes basic knowledge of PowerPoint or other presentation software.
Target Audience: This course is designed for professionals, managers, and those interested in better public speaking.
Level/Prerequisites: Introductory/ No Prerequisites
Estimated Time to Complete: 1 Hour
Successful Completion Requirement for IACET CEU: Learners must score an average test score of at least 70% to meet the minimum successful completion requirement and qualify to receive IACET CEU credit.
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Public Speaking: Command the Audience - $49.00
Learn how to deliver a winning and engaging talk, speech, or presentation.
Product Code: PubSp-ComAud
Duration of Course Access: 60 Days
CEU Credits: .1
Introduction and Overview
Public Speaking: Command the Audience helps you deliver speeches and presentations that are interesting and lively so that you can capture and maintain your audience's attention. It summarizes best practices that will help you deliver a winning and engaging talk, speech, or presentation. It also explores how to master anxiety over public speaking.
"A strong course overall, offering quite sensible advice. Very helpful videos - and the featured public speaker was clear, interesting, and well-integrated into the course. The contrast between the fluidity of the videos and the written texts worked nicely." – W.
After completing this course, you should be able to:
- Differentiate between various purposes for giving a speech and identify a statement of purpose specific to your own speaking engagement
- Prepare a speech targeted to your specific audience
- Organize a speech so that the audience can follow you through your thoughts
- Use sentences and words that increase the clarity and vividness of your language
- Understand when slideshows or other presentation aids will help to capture the attention of your audience
- Explain why reading directly from notes or slides or memorizing your speech makes you a less effective speaker
- Create an outline that will guide you through your content without distracting you from your audience
- Convert anxiety about your speech into positive energy that can be used to deliver your speech with enthusiasm
This course is self-paced and online. You will have access to this course for 60 days. Upon successful completion, you will receive a certificate of completion from One Hour Courses.
Target Audience: This course is designed for professionals, managers, and those interested in better public speaking.
Level/Prerequisites: Introductory/No Prerequisites
Estimated Time to Complete: 1 Hour
Successful Completion Requirement for IACET CEU: Learners must score an average test score of at least 70% to meet the minimum successful completion requirement and qualify to receive IACET CEU credit.
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