Presentation Skills for Finance Executives to Make an Impact

Deliver killer presentations that command an audience, influence behavior, and persuade action

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Last Updated: 2023-03-27 08:03:32 English Course Type: Self Learning

Develop and organize content in a presentation for optimal absorption by the audience.
Describe methods of conveying key messages to persuade audiences.
Deliver insightful and inspiring presentations to establish credibility and leadership.

In this course we are going learn how to deliver an inspired presentation. Finance executives are being called on more and more to deliver presentations inside and outside the organization. How you deliver these presentations is ultimately a reflection of your executive presence. In this course, you will learn how to plan and organize your presentation; how to tell your message in a way that your audience will remember it and act up on it; and how to deliver your presentation with poise and confidence. Leadership is a key attribute of the modern finance executive and being a successful leader in part hinges on your ability to communicate your ideas in a way that people will follow. This course has been tailor made for you as a financial professional working in today’s business world.

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Anyone and everyone who needs to or is serious about making better presentations.

Section 1 : Welcome to the Course! 1 Lectures 00:00:00
Lecture 1 :
Welcome to the Course! Preview
Iâ€™ll go over the broad topics weâ€™ll cover in the course, as well as review the supplemental material and assignments. Iâ€™ll also touch on why the course will help you, and what youâ€™ll get out of it once youâ€™ve completed it.
Section 2 : Principles of powerful presentations. 1 Lectures 00:07:27
Lecture 1 :
Principles of powerful presentations.
In this lesson, Iâ€™ll tell you about the principles of persuasion. All presentations have an objective, though sometimes we forget that. Understanding the principles of persuasion will help you formulate your message and deliver a compelling call to action.
Section 3 : Planning perfect presentations. 1 Lectures 00:07:57
Lecture 1 :
Planning perfect presentations.
In this lesson, Iâ€™m going to tell you how to plan your next presentation and that doesnâ€™t begin by starting up PowerPoint. There are a few ideas and tools you should use to help structure your presentation to give it some backbone.
Section 4 : Deliver a killer opening. 1 Lectures 00:04:21
Lecture 1 :
Deliver a killer opening.
Let me tell you in this lesson about how you should kick off your presentation and share a few doâ€™s and donâ€™t.
Section 5 : Getting your message across. 1 Lectures 00:10:05
Lecture 1 :
Getting your message across.
In this lesson, Iâ€™ll give you a few ideas on how to make your message more sticky with you audience.
Section 6 : Making your presentation visual. 1 Lectures 00:07:12
Lecture 1 :
Making your presentation visual.
Another idea for making your message more sticky is to incorporate imagery and visual content. In this lesson, Iâ€™ll share a few tips.
Section 7 : Wrapping up your presentation. 1 Lectures 00:03:13
Lecture 1 :
Wrapping up your presentation.
In this lesson, Iâ€™ll tell you how you should wrap up your presentation and send off your audience with a strong call to action.
Section 8 : How to present. 1 Lectures 00:04:42
Lecture 1 :
How to present.
In this lesson, Iâ€™ll discuss how you should present including how you speak, how you stand and what you should be doing with your arms during the presentation.
Section 9 : Handling the Q&A. 1 Lectures 00:04:43
Lecture 1 :
Handling the Q&A.
The Q&A session is tricky. The wrong question and the wrong answer can obliterate your credibility and undo all the good work you delivered during your presentation. In this lesson, Iâ€™ll share a few alternative ideas.
Section 10 : See it in practice. 1 Lectures 00:18:42
Lecture 1 :
See it in practice.
Okay â€“ time for you to evaluate me! See the principles of this course in practice and leave comments on what Iâ€™ve done well and what I can improve.

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Blair is a many-time corporate director, CFO, author, speaker, educator, innovator, and thought leader. His educational videos of accounting and finance have million of views on YouTube. He has keynoted and spoken at national conferences from New York to Toronto. Along with Jen, he co-hosts CPA Canadaâ€™s podcast series â€œCPA Success Podcast.â€ He works with real businesses to experiment with theories and practices developed both in the academic and real world. He then shares these experiences and stories with others of what works, what doesnâ€™t, and what was learned. He is the author of The Illiterate Executive: An Executiveâ€™s Handbook for Mastering Financial Acumen.