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How to Give an Engaging Presentation
1,013 students
How to Give an Engaging Presentation
AI can write your slides. It still cannot stand up and convince a room. Master the 5 principles that decide the outcome.
Created byArvind J
Last updated 7/2023
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What you'll learn
- Why stories persuade people that statistics can't, and how to build one into any presentation
- The Pyramid Principle: how top consulting firms structure arguments so executives can follow them instantly
- The SCR and Three-Act frameworks for structuring any presentation or pitch
- How to establish credibility with skeptical stakeholders, especially when the news isn't good
- Why AI can help you prepare faster, and why it still can't do the part that actually persuades people
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Course content
7 sections • 17 lectures • 1h 10m total length
Requirements
- No prior knowledge of presentation, giving speeches, or public speaking is required!
- A desire to be better in communication and presentations.
- A willingness to learn, practice and apply what you've learnt.
Description
AI can generate your slides, summarize your data, and draft your talking points in seconds.
What it cannot do is stand in front of a room, read whether people are with you, and make them trust what you're saying. That gap is bigger than it's ever been, and it's the whole subject of this course.
You'll learn 5 core principles for turning any presentation into a persuasive one: leading with story instead of stats, thinking with the end in mind, answering "what's in it for me" in the first 30 seconds, establishing credibility under pressure, and cutting your content down until only the essential survives. Alongside that, you'll learn three frameworks used by top consulting firms to structure information so people can actually follow it: the Pyramid Principle, the SCR framework (Situation, Complication, Resolution), and the Three-Act story structure.
This course is for anyone who has to influence an audience or sell their work: leaders, product managers, designers, founders, or anyone who has to stand up and convince a room that their idea is worth acting on.
What you'll learn:
Why stories persuade people that statistics can't, and how to build one into any presentation
The Pyramid Principle: how top consulting firms structure arguments so executives can follow them instantly
The SCR and Three-Act frameworks for structuring any presentation or pitch
How to establish credibility with skeptical stakeholders, especially when the news isn't good
Why AI can help you prepare faster, and why it still can't do the part that actually persuades people
Who this course is for:
- This class is for Leaders, Product managers, designers or anyone who has to sell their work to an audience
- This class is for parents and friends who have to persuade people.
- This class is for YOU!