About the course
This course is designed for every IT professional in your organization. In this course we cover the top techniques that will show any attendee how to research and write professional quality reports, and how to create outstanding presentation materials. Attendees will also get a crash course on advanced public speaking skills.
Writing reports is a task that many IT professionals struggle with, sometimes from the perspective of writing the report and other times from the perspective of having to read someone else's report! In the morning material we cover step by step how to work through the process of identifying critical ideas, how to properly research them, how to develop a strong argument in written form, and how to put it all down on paper. We also discuss some of the most common mistakes that can negatively impact the reception of your work and show how to avoid them. Attendees can expect to see the overall quality of their reports improve significantly as a result of this material.
After writing a meaningful report, it is not uncommon to find that we must present the key findings from that report before an audience, whether that audience is our department, upper management, or perhaps even the entire organization. How do you transform an excellent report into a powerful presentation? We will work through a process that works to either condense a report into a presentation or can even be used to write a presentation from scratch that communicates your important thoughts in a meaningful and interesting way.
Writing the presentation is only half of the battle, though. How do you stand up in front of a group of five or even five thousand and speak? We will share tips and techniques of top presenters that you can apply to give the best presentation of your career. Additionally, students will have the opportunity to work up and deliver a short presentation to the class followed by some personal feedback from one of SANS' top speakers.
Course Syllabus
MGT305.1: Technical Communication and Presentation Skills for Security Professionals
Who Should Attend
- All SANS Masters students
- Auditors
- Security Architects
- Managers
- Incident Handlers
- Forensic Examiners
- Any individual seeking to improve his technical writing, presentation and reporting skills
- Individuals who write reports or make presentations to management
- Awareness trainers, local mentors
- Management should strongly consider sending individuals who must write and present reports and project plans to this course.
This course is beneficial to SANS Alumni with a GIAC Gold certification and alumni of SEC401, SEC504, FOR508, AUD507, plus all management courses.
What You Will Receive
In this course, you will receive the following:
- MP3 audio files of the complete course lecture