Presentation Masterclass: Design and Deliver Unforgettable Presentations

3+ Hours of Video Instruction

Learn simple secrets for impressing your audience, creating effective presentations, and getting your message across.

Overview

Many people find public speaking to be anxiety-inducing. This fear prevents them from giving a compelling presentation, which only reinforces their belief that they are terrible at speaking in public.

Anyone—not just professionals—can speak easily and effectively in public; you just need to learn how.

In this course, veteran television producer and director, Larry Jordan, uses real-life examples to explain the simple and time-tested techniques for improving and perfecting your presentation skills. You’ll discover how to successfully overcome the fear of public speaking and how to present yourself on stage, in person, or virtually. Then, you’ll learn how to use readily available design tools to make your slide presentation pop off the screen to keep your audience’s attention and clearly articulate your message, without distracting from you as the speaker. Finally, you’ll watch as Larry shows you how to pull it all together to create and deliver a powerful presentation.

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About the Instructors

Larry Jordan is a television producer, director, editor, author, teacher, and Apple Certified Trainer in Digital Media with more than 45 years of media experience including producing and directing national broadcast, corporate, and webisode programs. Based in Boston, he’s a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Producers Guild of America. He’sreceived national awards as a “[Media] Industry Innovator” and “Top Corporate [Media] Producers in America;” as well as being an Adjunct Professor at USC, Los Angeles, from 2011-2020.

He’s directed hundreds of stars and “ordinary people” to look and sound good on camera. He’s written eleven books on media and software, thousands of technical tutorials, and created hundreds of hours of video training for almost all major training sites. His two latest books are: Final Cut Pro Power Tips and Techniques of Visual Persuasion. Visit his website at: LarryJordan.com.

Additional books and courses from Larry Jordan on O’Reilly.com:

• Books
• Live Training

Learn How To

• Understand why speaking in public makes people nervous
• Use techniques to overcome this fear
• Present yourself more effectively in person or virtually
• Use existing design tools to make PowerPoint presentations more compelling
• Understand the difference between slides, handouts, and your presentation
• Make your next presentation truly successful

Who Should Take This Course

Anyone in any organization who needs to speak in front of an audience of one or more people.

About Pearson Video Training

Pearson publishes expert-led video tutorials covering a wide selection of technology topics designed to teach you the skills you need to succeed. These professional and personal technology videos feature world-leading author instructors published by your trusted technology brands: Addison-Wesley, Cisco Press, Pearson IT Certification, Prentice Hall, Sams, and Que Topics include: IT Certification, Network Security, Cisco Technology, Programming, Web Development, Mobile Development, and more. Learn more about Pearson Video training at http://www.informit.com/video.