Confident Communication: From Planning to Delivery
Level up your public speaking skills as a solo-speaker or with a team. This online, self-pace course is tailored for business professionals and leaders who deliver presentations for remote, on-site, and hybrid audiences.
Course Description
Learn to create and deliver audience-focused informative and persuasive presentations using credible research, impactful presentation aids, and professional vocal and physical techniques. Participants will face scenario-based challenges typical in business settings to determine the necessary information, use credible sources and evidence ethically, organize information logically, present in a variety of channels professionally, and handle questions professionally.
Format
Self-Paced, Online Course
SHRM Recertification
- 4 PDCs
- Activity ID: 26-3NU6P
Skills
Communication and Presentation Skills in Professional Settings
Learning Objectives
Participants will learn strategies to:
- Identify techniques to overcome presentation anxiety.
- Organize a presentation with an introduction, body, conclusion, and transitions.
- Demonstrate language strategies that appeal to specific audiences.
- Evaluate presentation aids for alignment with topic, channel, audience, and occasion.
- Identify informative and persuasive presentation elements to make each effective.
- Recognize how to use credible sources and evidence to ethically support ideas.
- Examine examples of effective vocal expressiveness and body language.
- Explore strategies for varied presentation modalities (i.e., in-person, virtual, hybrid).
- Compare effective and ineffective group presentation strategies.
- Choose methods for professionally managing audience questions.
