Courses and resources

These two modules are designed for anyone who has to make presentation to others, from a team meeting to a conference, and who needs to know the key issues and wants to develop his or her skills and thereby increase in confidence.

Module 1 - Preparing a presentation The important issues Nerves - why we get them, whether anyone notices and what to do.

Preparation - knowing your audience, working out your objectives, gathering information and designing an effective structure.

Visual aids - their use and abuse.

First presentation.

Please note that you must book a place on each module separately.

Workshops will be highly participatory and will be based upon your experiences ? personal and observed ? tutor input, observation of others and practical experimentation.

Under tutor guidance you will make two short presentations, both of which will be recorded for you to take away and review later (videos will not be shown to the group).

You will be required to prepare a presentation in advance of both workshops - please see the pre-workshop reading for more detail.

Aims & Outcomes: This programme will.

- Show you how to design and deliver an effective presentation.

- Explain some of the issues in handling difficult audiences.

- Demonstrate how to adjust a presentation to different sizes of audience.

You should be able to.

- Design and deliver an effective presentation.

- Explain some of the issues in handling difficult audiences.

- Adjust a presentation to different sizes of audience.

Attendees should read pre-course materials before attending.

Additional Information:

Pre-programme reading is available at http://www.exeter.ac.uk/staff/development/courses/materials/. The reading materials are integral to this course.

Please take the time to read them before the course.

Training Provider:

Staff Learning & Development (sld@exeter.ac.uk)