PowerPoint Presentations: Deliver a Non-Boring Presentation (Udemy.com)

The course gives an insight into capturing the audience attention and interest in whatever being presented. I dont know if it was deliberate but i think the course is about powerpoint, and yet not a single slide of powerpoint was shown throughout the course. For the course is about the speaker getting all the attention and not the slide, but i believe the use of some slide would have made the course better

good concepts that will improve my presentations, but the repetitive nature of some of the intros made the class less enjoyable. I understand that the introductions have been ditched in newer courses - so kudos to the instructor for being responsive. I've long ago ditched text in PowerPoints but would add one suggestion - instead of creating a separate "handout" presentation, I just use the outline and notes - and format them nicely. Very few people know that you can format the handouts. The advantage is that you have just one presentation - fewer electrons - fewer chances of losing one or the other. This course will undoubtedly give every student some insight in how to give a more impactful presentation - the challenge is going to be in changing the corporate culture. I used to tear my hair out doing presentations for the Department of Defense where the corporate culture was that no square millimeter could be blank on a PowerPoint

I liked this course a lot as it's short, but precise and as the main important things to remember were repeated multiple times, so I can't forget. Unfortunately I stucked a bit as some of the sections were not loaded - might be a general issue at Udemy or something with my internet connection.

I can relate to a lot of the topics discussed in this training - both positive things and not-so-positive things that I do or see other do while presenting. I am distracted by the monitors in the background. I don't see how these provide 'atmosphere.' I believe that a key factor in delivering a non-boring presentation also involves body language. The camera view in this training only shows TJ's top half - I can tell hands are moving, but can't see them move. Also, moving around while presenting is a good idea - walking from one side of the room to the other to engage more of the audience.

it gives me more encouragement & confidence on how to be a good communicator by having an effective PowerPoint presentation. His expertise & experience gives more influence to his student to pursue their dreams as a better person or effective communicator.

I thought that this course was a really good one and provided helpful tips that can be easily put into effect. There are a few things that could be enhanced though: - The closed captioning would benefit from being reviewed and corrected. There are some mistakes in it (words that are replaced by others). - From one chapter to another, parts are sometimes repeated. This made me feel that this course was compiled from videos that were pre-existing. While this is not a problem, editing the course to remove these repetitions would be good. Here is one example of a repetition: the intro of chapter 6 is the same as chapter one (how people think PPT is bad, the analogy with television etc). Also, it would make more sense to have the housekeeping notes be the first topic. Finally, I have two questions I would like to ask: - You mention that presenter's notes should be on a piece of paper and that the text should be removed from the slides. What about the notes section in PPT and the use or the presenter's view (slides as well as the notes are displayed to the presenter while the audience only sees the slides)? Do you think that this is a useful tool? - While I understand that this wasn't the purpose of this course, I would be very interested in learning some tips about body language while presenting and how to behave physically on a stage. Would you recommend any course about this specific topic? Thank you in advance for your feedback.

Yes, it is. I just think that the introduction was too long and the monitors in the back of the video are distracting. The same is true for the PDF files, too many words for a few valuable tips. Basically, what is true for PowerPoint, is true for every message: Less is More!

Overall this was a great presentation and is certainly memorable. That said, I felt that you could blend your real life experiences and examples with actual PowerPoint slide example (1 or 2), that convey the message in a more understanding and memorable way.

I do agree with the whole concept of not using bullets and using pictures instead. Does depend on your audience so a person needs to keep that in mind. Section 1 and Sec 2 (2-5) are basically repeated in Section 2 (6). Last 6 minutes are basically selling himself. Probably makes more sense to do the intro of who TJ is up front first. Oddly enough, even though it runs counter to what is presented, I think this could do with a real world example PowerPoint showing the types of images and such that are used. Or a video of a presentation using these techniques. Shows at being 5:51:48 long total length course, which is a bit misleading, but glad it isn't that long. The reading material and performing the steps outlined will take close to 6 hrs for sure. I have to say, I think I much prefer the reading material in PDFs over what is presented in video and maybe that's the point. Ideas for props is a good one.

The content provided and the soft copy/pdf books, provided me with the information I needed to be able to use my power point slides more effectively and to be able to catch the attention of my audience. it has pointed me in the right direction which I need to practice.