Course Catalog
Strategic Presentation Skills
90-718
Units: 6
Description
Strategic Presentation Skills provides practical instruction for preparing and delivering professional presentations. Activities and assignments include: analyzing audience members, writing outlines, creating cohesive visuals, and speaking extemporaneously. Students target and engage specific audiences using a communication style suitable for workplace environments. Overall, the course helps students develop confidence and apply effective techniques when speaking in a public setting.
Learning Outcomes
- Compare and contrast effective versus ineffective professional presentations
- Conduct an audience analysis and adapt messages to particular audience members
- Establish a professional presence through nonverbal communication
- Structure a logical, cohesive message via spoken and visual transitional devices
- Design and utilize visuals (e.g. slides, logos, photographs, tables, graphs, and diagrams) effectively
- Engage attendees and respond eloquently to questions from the audience
- Provide productive feedback to peers
- Explore technologies relevant to public speaking
- Self-evaluate professional development as a public speaker