Course Description

This Virtual course is designed to give you succinct rules and best practices in data presentation. You will learn to “understand the message” and then use the rules to determine what presentation technique (specific Tables or Charts) will best pass the message. This course has 106 Lessons which you would need to cover within a study time not less than 21.4 hours. By the end of this course, you would be able to:

  • Distinguish between Quantitative & Categorical Data, and Recognize when to use a table or graph when presenting data.

  • Apply best practices in table & graph design, and as well apply principles of graphical excellence.

  • Engage your audience by applying a structured approach to instill uniformity during presentations.

  • Understand what critical information is required by top management to make data driven decisions.

  • Learn how to deliver an impactful presentation on any topic in less than 7 minutes, and as well understand fundamentals of PowerPoint presentations.

  • Learn how to Ideate content used to create persuasive presentations, and Storyboard your ideas to distill complex information.

  • Engage your audience by applying a structured approach to instill uniformity during presentations.

  • Build a structured framework for visualizing your story and delivering recommendations.

  • Deliver a presentation that tells a story.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome to the Course

  • 2

    Course Downloads

    • Advanced Presentation Skills for Business Manual
  • 3

    PowerPoint Essentials

    • What is PowerPoint

    • Create and Format a Presentation in PowerPoint

    • Design in PowerPoint

    • Working with the Slide Master

    • Align Objects in PowerPoint

    • Stacking Shapes, Pictures and Objects

    • Add, rearrange, duplicate and delete slides

    • Apply a Slide Layout

    • Using Themes in PowerPoint

    • Inserting Pictures in PowerPoint

    • Adding a Background Picture to your slide

    • Add or record Audio in your slides

    • Important PowerPoint Keyboard Shortcuts

    • PowerPoint Quiz
  • 4

    Presentation Styles & Tips

  • 5

    Virtual Sessions

    • Introducing the Class Digital Whiteboard

    • Navigating the Whiteboard

    • Adding Content to the Whiteboard

    • Formatting content on the Whiteboard

    • Using Keyboard Shortcuts for the Whiteboard
  • 6

    Session 1

    • Assignment Instructions

    • Assignment Submission - Session 1

    • How to create a Pecha Kucha Presentation with PowerPoint

    • How to record a Presentation with PowerPoint
  • 7

    Session 2

    • Telling a Story with a Chart Exercise file

    • Telling stories with a chart

    • How to create a data story template

    • Session 2 Assignment Upload
  • 8

    Session 3

    • Session 3 Assignment

    • Ways to Summarize Numbers
  • 9

    Session 4

    • Session -04 Group Assignment
  • 10

    International Business Communications Standards

    • Introduction

    • Unit 1 - Semantic Notation - Other Disciplines

    • Unit 2 - Topics for Semantic Notation in Business

    • Unit 3 - Business notation Manual

    • Unit 4 - Templates for Charts and Tables

    • Unit 5 - Benefits of Standards in business notation

    • Unit 6 - Conceptual, Perceptual and semantic Design

    • Unit 7 - SAY and STRUCTURE

    • Unit 8 - EXPRESS and SIMPLIFY

    • Unit 9 - CONDENSE and CHECK

    • Unit 10 - UNIFY and the IBCS Project
  • 11

    Evaluate the Course

    • Instructions

    • More resources for you

    • Evaluate & get your Certificate
  • 12

    Bonus Content

    • PowerPoint: Harnessing Artificial Intelligence with Design Ideas

    • PowerPoint: Organise slides into sections

    • PowerPoint: Inserting a Linked Excel Chart

    • PowerPoint: Using Morph Transition for special effects

    • Building Charts like the Economist

    • The Age of Insight

    • 5 Things to know to create persuasive Content

    • Importance of Hierarchy in Design

    • Working with how our Brains & Eyes work