EN 441 - Professional Presentation Techniques

• Apply the principles of effective communication in professionally focused presentations
• Analyze and evaluate supporting material and organize this content for informative and persuasive oral presentations
• Analyze situational,contextual, and audience characteristics and apply this analysis to the development of professional presentations
• Demonstrate knowledge of the principles of effective graphic aids and apply these principles to professional presentations
• Analyze individual strengths of team members
• Evaluate individual strengths of team members
• Apply this analysis and evaluation toward working as a team in preparing and presenting a formal professional presentation
• Understand (comprehend) the importance of verbal and non-verbal communication variables and apply this to concisely, coherently, and persuasively presenting his/her ideas

• Speaking in public
• Listening
• Topic selection/purpose
• Audience analysis
• Supporting your ideas
• Organization of a speech
• Outlining
• Introducing and concluding a speech
• Using language
• Delivery
• Using visual aids
• Types of speeches - informative, persuasive
• Speaking in small groups

• Course introduction (1 class)
• Defining communication (1 class)
• Presentation speaking (2 classes)
• Organization (2 classes)
• Audience analysis (2 classes)
• Credibility (2 classes)
• Non-verbal communication (2 classes)
• Demonstration speech (4 classes)
• Graphic techniques (4 classes)
• Model-building techniques
• Graphic problem (2 classes)
• Group presentations/Group dynamics (4 classes)
• Selling the concept (4 classes)
• Physical procedures (2 classes)
• Office rehearsals (2 classes)
• Presentations (4 classes)