Mastering Presentations and Creating Effective Decks | Online

About this class

In this overview, we will explore how you are communicating and how that is enhancing or taking away from your effectiveness. We will do this by engaging in fun and interactive exercises that will make you feel more aware, concise, clear and confident in how you are communicating.

The best parking structure to use is at 350 E. 2nd Street. It is directly next door (to the right) of our building. The cost is $2.00/15 min ($10 max), $5.00 flat rate after 4pm.

Gold line stop in Little Tokyo is a 5 minute walk to campus. Red line stop at Grand Park and Civic Center is about 10-15 minute walk.

Takeaways

• Behavioral skills - physical communication behaviors that support engagement, credible presence, and elimination of nervousness and distracting idiosyncrasies
• Listener adaptability - stakeholder analysis and planning, reaching agreement on actionable next steps
• Content - clarity and organizational structure, succinctness, persuasion, and mental agility tools for extemporaneous speaking

Prereqs & Preparation

None! Please bring a laptop and/or pen and paper.