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Presentation Training is provided across the United States and Canada. Participants have three options to attend and participate in our presentation training. Presentations are delivered via public open enrollment courses in all major metropolitan areas and are also available to be delivered on-site via private courses. The 3rd option is to attend Online Webinar Presentations Skills Workshops. Our face to face Presentation Training can be provided as off-the-shelf sessions, ready to be delivered to a diverse audience or can be customized to provide a tailored and personalized presentation training approach based on client needs. All presentations courses are limited to a maximum of twelve participants so as to increase presentation course effectiveness and provide the individual level of face to face or online coaching and interaction that is associated with the Presentations Training Skills Center.

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The Pitfalls of PowerPoint Presentation Courses

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Where to start! Around 10 years ago, the advent of PowerPoint technology was the 'wow' factor in presentations. Short-lived! It didn't take long before it became the 'yawn' factor - "Not another PowerPoint presentation!"

Why did this happen? One of the main reasons that has emerged from recent studies (carried out by Interactive Options), is that over 70% of audiences said that far too many slides are used, there is too much text on the slides and that too many presenters stand there, reading their slides. Boring! The focus is on cramming as much information in, as possible in the time allowed. No wonder people 'switch-off'. Only 10% of audiences said they have seen an excellent PowerPoint presentation.

Research that was recently carried out at the University of NSW, showed that the human brain processes and retains more information, if it is digested in either its verbal or written form, but not at the same time. It is very difficult to process information if it is constantly coming at you in the written and spoken form at the same time, as happens in so many PowerPoint presentations.

Many PowerPoint presentations have little 'power' and often lose the 'point'. Presentations are much more than just churning out a lot of information. So, what's the answer, if you don't want your next presentation to be 'death by PowerPoint"?

Firstly, your slides cannot replace YOU as the presenter. Fear of public speaking is often recognized as the No. 1 fear and for that reason; many presenters have made their slides the focus to take the attention of themselves. Eye contact and that vital connection with the audience is lost, when the presenter is constantly turning to the screen to read the slides. HOW you deliver the content is very important.

Instead of racing through 60 slides or more, in 30mins, the maximum should be 10 slides, with less text and use pics or diagrams wherever possible.

In my 10 years' experience of running numerous Presentation Skills training courses for business clients, I have witnessed time and time again, that once they develop the confidence to interact with their listeners, enhance their delivery skills, reduce and create more interesting slides and utilize a variety of visual aids where appropriate, they take their PowerPoint presentations to a whole new level.

Then PowerPoint becomes a great asset to your presentations as you now DO have the 'power' to get your 'point' across.

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