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Presentation Design for Smart People
Rating: 4.4 out of 5(82 ratings)
485 students

Presentation Design for Smart People

Learn how to plan, design, and deliver a damn good presentation.
Created byMJ Truong
Last updated 4/2018
English

What you'll learn

  • Find the narrative arc of your presentation
  • Create a clear, well-organized outline
  • Plan your script and delivery
  • Create elegant slides with great fonts, colors, and layouts
  • Deliver a presentation that is engaging, to the point, and good-looking to boot.

Course content

2 sections • 45 lectures • 3h 9m total length

  • Introduction: Hello!3:09
  • What we'll be learning1:00
  • What is a narrative arc?0:37
  • Why do you need a narrative arc?1:41
  • Three Types of Presentation2:26
  • Persuasive Presentations14:58
  • Narrative Presentations11:10
  • Explanatory Presentations8:17
  • What is a storyboard?0:42
  • Why you need a storyboard0:26
  • Creating your storyboard5:59
  • Outlining a Persuasive Presentation5:16
  • Outlining a Narrative Presentation7:03
  • Outlining an Explanatory Presentation8:19
  • From Outline to Storyboard4:26
  • Planning your Script9:01
  • Tips for Delivery10:20

Requirements

  • Basic knowledge of presentation software like PowerPoint or Keynote

Description

Hi! My goal for this course is to teach you, with as little BS as possible, how to create and deliver a compelling, effective, and attractive presentation. 

Presentation skills are incredibly important, especially in the business world. If you've ever worried that your presentations might be aimless, rambling, ineffective, unattractive, or boring, take the chance to learn what it takes to craft a really great presentation.

You'll learn how to:

  • Plan the narrative arc of your presentation so it makes complete sense
  • Use a storyboard to intelligently plan your slides
  • Create attractive slides by learning design strategies for color, font, images, layout, and visual hierarchy.
  • Prepare your script and deliver your talk confidently

After you finish this course, you'll have everything you need to build your next big presentation.

Let's get started!

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone who needs to make a presentation for work or school
  • Anyone who needs to give a TED-style talk

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