Presentations: Craft the Best Content, Tell the Best Story
Offered By: Skillshare
Course Description
Overview
Craft a great message. Your audience will remember.
The heart of a great presentation is what you say and how you say it. In this 1-hour class, presentation expert Scott Schwertly provides straightforward talk on how to organize and craft content that is memorable, persuasive, and perfect for any audience. From concepts like "the one-word theme" to the 5 classic story frameworks that work in every business presentation, the class has totally changed the way we prepare for a talk of any size. Don't start slides without it.
Learn by doing.
You can choose to revise the content from a previous presentation, start brand new, or speak to a subject that's important to your work, interests, or creative pursuits. After this class, you'll have a solid foundation for designing an actual slide deck.
Watch 12 video lessons.
- Introduction: Why Present? (7 minutes)
- Introduction: Objectives (4 minutes)
- Framework: The Big Three (5 minutes)
- Framework: Themes (6 minutes)
- Planning: The Presentation Outline (4 minutes)
- Planning: The Slide Outline (4 minutes)
- Story: Tension and Discovery (7 minutes)
- Story: Visual Metaphors (2 minutes)
- Story: User Experience (6 minutes)
- Story: Heroic Journey (2 minutes)
- Story: The Only (6 minutes)
- Conclusion: Next Steps (2 minutes)
Be sure to check out Scott's other 2 classes: Presentation Slide Design for Non-Designers and Nailing Presentation Delivery Every Time.
Syllabus
- Trailer
- Introduction: Why Present?
- Determine Your Objective
- The Big Three
- Theme Development
- The Presentation Outline
- The Slide Outline
- Tension and Discovery
- Visual Metaphor
- User Experience Story
- Heroic Journey
- The Only
- Next Steps
Taught by
Scott Schwertly
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