The Theoretical and Practical Foundations of Successful Presentation, Presentation Techniques

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Topic

A good presentation is more than a well-structured slideshow, more than discussing an interesting topic, and more than a lecturer with outstanding knowledge. A good presentation is primarily composed of the speaker's skills, abilities, and techniques, which can be learned and developed.

Future doctors, dentists, and pharmacists often face the challenges of giving presentations during their university years. Later in their careers, they will inevitably find themselves in situations—ranging from scientific conferences to hospital briefings, teaching activities, and public health education—where they must present in front of audiences of varying sizes within different areas of healthcare.

The goal of this course is to prepare students for the challenges of giving presentations, teach them how to handle and overcome these difficulties, and introduce the principles of effective and targeted presentations.

Beyond learning presentation techniques, the course also covers fundamental concepts of psychology, rhetoric, self-awareness, assertiveness, stress management, communication, leadership, and time management. Students can expect dynamic, engaging, and interactive lectures throughout the course.

Lectures

• 1.

  What Makes a Good Presentation?

  - Zand Afshin
• 2.

  Communication Rules

  - Zand Afshin
• 3.

  Steps of Presentation Preparation (Pre-work – Preparation, Presentation, Post-work)

  - Zand Afshin
• 4.

  Structure and Composition of a Presentation

  - Zand Afshin
• 5.

  Rhetorical Tools

  - Zand Afshin
• 6.

  Handling Audience Questions, "Reframing"

  - Zand Afshin
• 7.

  Managing Internal Stress – Handling "Mental Blocks" – Internal Resources

  - Zand Afshin
• 8.

  Personality Development I – Positive Mindset, What is Reality?

  - Zand Afshin
• 9.

  Personality Development II – Forms of Influence, Motivation, Manipulation, Assertiveness, Aggressiveness, Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

  - Zand Afshin
• 10.

  Speaker Skills

  - Zand Afshin
• 11.

  Difficult People, Difficult Situations I – Handling Indifference

  - Zand Afshin
• 12.

  Difficult People, Difficult Situations II – Managing Interaction

  - Zand Afshin
• 13.

  Difficult People, Difficult Situations III – Handling Skepticism and Rejection

  - Zand Afshin
• 14.

  Presentation Analysis I

  - Zand Afshin
• 15.

  Using Visual Aids

  - Zand Afshin
• 16.

  10-Step Presentation Strategy

  - Zand Afshin
• 17.

  Basic Types of Presentations

  - Zand Afshin
• 18.

  Structure of Presentations

  - Zand Afshin
• 19.

  Organizational Aspects

  - Zand Afshin
• 20.

  The Perfect Outline

  - Zand Afshin
• 21.

  Time Management

  - Zand Afshin
• 22.

  Presentation Analysis II

  - Zand Afshin
• 23. Techniques for Different Audience Sizes - Varga Csaba (Népeg)
• 24. Communicating Environmental Risks - Varga Csaba (Népeg)

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Internal teaching materials

Printed lecture notes distributed during the lectures

Literature developed by the Department

Notes

Recommended literature

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

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Mid-term exams

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Making up for missed classes

To be arranged individually with the instructor

Exam topics/questions

Available in the Neptun system

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars