What You’ll Learn
- Recognize what makes communication effective
- Understand the elements in the communications process
- Organize your communications and presentations
- Understand PowerPoint graphic rules of thumb
- Create an effective summary slide
- Describe and employ the four steps of purposeful communication in your presentations
- Understand the forecast, present, and echo structure for presentations
- Recognize key visual considerations for PowerPoint slides and presentations
- Understand how to organize and create PowerPoint presentations
- Revise PowerPoint slides to make them more effective
- Understand the success factors for face-to-face presentations
![](https://www.ama.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AMA-PCM-5-CEU-Badge.png?w=350&resize=350%2C350)
Are you an AMA Professional Certified Marketer®️? This training is worth 5 Continuing Education Units (CEUs) to maintain your PCM®️ certification.
About the Course
The ability to deliver an effective presentation is critical in most job functions. This introductory-level course helps learners organize, structure, and create effective presentations that feature slides as a visual aid. Because many organizations use PowerPoint as a way of communicating information, this course offers advice and guidance on the most effective and persuasive uses of PowerPoint, including best practices on word count, graphics, and structure.
Skill Level: Beginner
![](https://www.ama.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/AMA-Membership_620x466_v2.png?resize=620%2C466)
AMA Members Get the Best Pricing
Not only do members get discounts on training like this, but they also receive exclusive content, downloadable tools, unlimited access to AMA Journals, membership in networking communities and more.
About Our Learning Partner
![](https://ama-preprod.go-vip.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/ME-logo-icon-480.png)
This course is hosted by our approved learning partner, MindEdge, whose mission is focused on helping adults learn the fundamentals and master the skills needed to succeed personally and professionally.
Related Courses
-
Beginner | 5 Hours
Certificate in Business Communications
Master communication for professional success through clear writing and impactful presentations.
-
Beginner | 1 Hour
Data-Driven Decision-Making for Marketers
This course will sift through the buzzwords and identify the most important aspects of data, how to visualize that data and how to interpret those visualizations strategically to help your organization.
-
Beginner | 3 Hours
AI for Marketing Professionals
Learn the impact of AI systems and how to leverage these tools to perform marketing tasks.