You can complete one short course as a standalone credential or stack multiple to build towards a full postgraduate degree at Deakin. Want to know more?
Course overview
This short course gives you the skills to become a more polished, engaging and compelling communicator. Get the tools and techniques to create well-constructed and persuasive presentations in line with your corporate strategy and your company's brand identity.
After completion of the masterclasses, you will be able to apply these skills immediately in your workplace.
- Develop core messages tailored specifically to your audience.
- Build impactful and persuasive presentations that clearly articulate your core communication messages effectively.
- Learn how to present confidently by understanding the importance of body language and how to handle your nerves.
Entry requirements
To be successful we recommend you are proficient in English and have a minimum of an undergraduate degree in a related field or significant work experience.
Industry organisation and expert
This industry-led stackable short course is co-designed with Managing Your Message consultancy. Together, we’ve designed a course where you’ll gain skills that you can apply immediately in your workplace.
Naomi Robson became well-known to the Australian public as a news reporter at Seven News in 1991 and during her 10 years as presenter of Today Tonight – a public affairs program on the Seven Network. Since 2007, Naomi has been the director of, and primary trainer at, Managing Your Message.
Managing Your Message is a company that provides customised presentation skills and media training courses, media crisis management, as well as media consultation.
Earn a digital credential
We’ve teamed up with Credly to award you a digital credential when you complete this industry-recognised stackable short course, plus you can bank the credit towards a Deakin postgraduate degree. You can also share your digital credential on social and professional platforms.
Course structure
How you'll learn
Learn directly with industry experts in small groups during online live sessions delivered over six weeks. Build your expertise and elevate your industry knowledge with support from your educator, fellow learners and our team. We’re there for you before and after the online live sessions and assessment tasks. You are required to attend all masterclasses.
What you’ll learn
During the masterclasses you’ll:
- identify core communication messages and customise them to your audience
- learn to build a more persuasive presentation with a consistent message
- learn the critical elements required to create an impactful presentation
- explore the importance of body language
- fine-tune your performance and take it to the next level.
How you’re assessed
Before the short course, you’ll be required to send through a video of yourself giving a Powerpoint presentation of any kind. This will allow Naomi to tailor the training to everyone in the room. On days two and three you will be filmed as you present a revised presentation, putting what has been discussed in each masterclass into practice.
Reshaping university education
An innovative learning structure delivered by a leading university. With more than 40 years’ experience in distance and online education, we’re proud to be adding this unique study format to our courses, providing you with more choice to further your career and fulfil your lifelong learning needs.
Most people don't like presenting and I'm no different, but thanks to Naomi I now have the skills and confidence to take on the challenge and get my message across.
Improve Your Presentation Skills graduate
Register your interest
Our stackable short courses are constantly evolving to keep up with the fast-changing world of work. Don’t see a date yet? Register your interest and be the first to know when dates become available and new courses open.
Did you know you can apply credit to a postgraduate degree?
Unsure what degree you want to study? Study two short courses that interest you and apply both as credit towards a wide range of postgraduate degrees at Deakin – from business administration to nursing, sustainability to communication and more.*
*Subject to successful completion of the short course and meeting Deakin’s award course admission and selection requirements, including English language proficiency requirements.
Limits on elective space in a destination degree are outlined in specific degrees’ course rules within the Deakin University Handbook. Typically, a maximum of four stackable short courses can be used as credit (2 credit points) towards a masters; and two stackable short courses can be used as credit (1 credit point) towards graduate certificates and diplomas.
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