stand-out presentation preparation skills for PAs
 

course overview

Your assistant/administrator can help with your filing and managing your diary and so why not your presentations? You don’t always have the time to make them look as good as you could or include everything you want to.

But if you knew you had someone you could trust to turn your scribbled notes or long report into master presentations, imagine how much more productive you could be and how much time you would now have available to spend on gathering content and ensuring a top-class delivery.

To assist your administrator to improve your productivity and help you deliver a truly professional presentation, BizTech is offering a course on “Stand-out Presentation Preparation skills for PAs”.
 

THE WHOLE POINT OF PRESENTATIONS:

• Making sense of the content
  
• Getting clarity on the purpose of presentations
  
• Understanding what makes the target audience tick
  
• How to turn paragraphs of text into punchy bullet points
  
• Paraphrasing, précis, punctuation and proof-reading
  
• Using headlines, quotes and conclusions for maximum impact
  
• Tips for getting the message across

• A professional design does not need to be boring
  
• Corporate consistency: The purpose and advantages of templates and masters
  
• ‘Just right’ versus ‘Over-the-top’
  
• Less is more: Managing layout, spacing and density
  
• Choosing the right fonts for utmost readability and emphasis
  
• Choosing graphic elements and illustrations wisely
  
• Colour usage to stimulate the response you want
  
• Deciding when to use animation and sound effects most effectively

• Clarifying expectations and objectives
  
• Getting input & feedback from your manager
  
• Gaining insight into your manager’s personal presentation style
  
• Pointers, projectors, plug points and printing: managing presentation logistics

who should attend

• Personal Assistants and secretaries who regularly have to prepare presentations as part of their normal job requirements

• Marketing and Communications assistants

• Office administrators and those staff entrusted with creating presentations

• Sales Assistants and project administrators responsible for producing their department’s presentations

• Anyone responsible for producing presentations

outcomes

After attending this course, you should be able to:

• Produce professional presentations of a consistently high standard from a variety of source material
• Understand and clarify your manager’s requirements to ensure an efficient production process, and greatly reduce the need for reworking
• Have a much better comprehension about what factors feature in excellent presentations, and how to impress and influence an audience
• Feel that you have expanded your own knowledge and level of expertise and can add even more value to your company and advance your own career

take home tools

Training Manual & CD

All delegates receive one month of telephonic support relating to course content

general

COURSE DURATION
The course will take place over 2 days - 08:30 to 16:30 daily

COURSE FEES
R6 050.00 (excl. VAT) per delegate

(5 % discount for enrolment 2 weeks prior to course date)

PROVISION OF THE COURSE BY BIZTECH INCLUDES:

• Dynamic and knowledgeable facilitators

• Training File and a CD

• Certificate of Attendance

• High quality training venue

• Lunch and refreshments

• Parking

• Quality folder, notepad and pen

the venue

The course will take place at the AstroTech Conference Centre in Parktown, Johannesburg. 

The AstroTech Conference centre is in a gracious mansion in one of the most historic and beautiful areas of Johannesburg.

It is a high-end business focused conference centre with competitively priced packages, excellent facilities and top client service.

Close to major highways, airport and Johannesburg city centre, this state-of-the-art venue offers elegance, discretion, security and convenience with safe parking.

The course will be run from 08:30 to 16:30 daily.

Course venues will be confirmed prior to course commencement.

bbbee compliance

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terms and conditions

Should course expectations not be met for any reason, delegates are given the opportunity to leave before lunch on the 1st day and receive a full refund of the course fee.

Cancellations:
A cancellation can only be confirmed if we are advised in writing at training@biztech.co.za
For cancellations received more than one week prior to the course:
          0% cancellation fee will apply.
For cancellations received less than ONE WEEK prior to the course:
         50% cancellation fee will apply. 
For cancellations received within 24 hours of the course:
         100% cancellation fee will apply.

Substitutes are welcome at no additional charge at any time prior to the course.

Postponements:
Requests to postpone course attendance must be received in writing at least three full working days prior to the course commencement. Should we not receive written confirmation within this period; the postponement will be subject to an additional fee of R 1,000 (excl VAT) per delegate.

All course postponements or programme exchanges need to be utilized within 6 months of the original course booking or the course fee will be forfeited.

Cancellations on postponements or exchanges are subject to the full course fee

Absent Delegates:
In the event that a delegate does not arrive for the course and no written cancellation has been received and confirmed, the full course fee will be payable

Presenters:
Should it be necessary, BizTech reserves the right to substitute the presenter.

Communication:
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Disclaimer:
BizTech wish to advise that they will not be held responsible for any loss, damage or harm, direct, indirect, consequential or otherwise and howsoever arising that may be caused to any person or property during the providing of any services by BizTech to the client.