Persuasive Presentations (CPE Course)

CPE Credit: 3 hours

Course Type: Downloaded PDF materials with online test

Price (with PDF Textbook): $35

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Course Description
A presentation is a great opportunity to influence the thinking of others, as well as to advance your career. In the Persuasive Presentations course, we cover the essentials of how to make a polished, effective presentation. Topics covered include the process flow for the construction of a great presentation, preparation techniques, how to engage with the audience, how to improve your body language, and much more.

Author: Steven Bragg

Course number: PD0008

Learning Objectives:

  • Recognize the methods available for learning more about the audience.

  • Specify how to change the behavior of the audience.

  • Specify how a presentation should be adjusted when the audience is senior managers.

  • Describe the various parts of a presentation, and what each one should contain.

  • Recognize the reasons for using different types of visuals in a presentation.

  • Identify the methods that can be used to enhance the quality of visuals.

  • Specify how a presentation should be adjusted when it is scheduled for late in the day.

  • Recognize the various preparation steps to work through just before a presentation begins.

  • Identify the methods for improving one’s performance in a question and answer session.

  • Recognize the ways in which one can obtain information about the impact of a presentation.

  • Describe how to deal with a difficult audience member.

  • Specify how one’s eye communication with the audience can be improved.

Level: Overview

Instructional Method: QAS Self-Study

NASBA Category: Communications and Marketing

Prerequisites: None

Advance Preparation: None

Latest Review Date: November 2023

Program Registration Requirements: Click on "Purchase Course" near the top of this page to pay for and access the course. You will then be able to download the course as a PDF file, then take an on-line examination, and then download a certificate of completion if you pass the examination.

Program Refund Policy: For more information regarding administrative policies concerning complaints, refunds, and other matters, see our policies page.

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AccountingTools, Inc. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have the final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.

The NASBA sponsor identification number for Accountingtools, Inc. is 115881.

AccountingTools is an IRS Approved Continuing Education Provider. We are compliant with the requirements for continuing education providers (as described in sections 10.6 and 10.9 of the Department of Treasury’s Circular No. 230 and in other IRS guidance, forms, and instructions). Our IRS Approved Continuing Education Provider number is 72821.