Students may stop by the center for free hands-on training and one-on-one assistance learning:

• Public speaking skills
• Business writing skills
• Effective PowerPoint design
• Digital video
• Digital audio
• DVD creation
• Photo editing
• Streaming media
• Image & Text Scanning
• Web page creation

Improve Your Presentation Skills

Students may schedule presentation practice sessions with the center's director, David Williams, before delivering their presentations in class. David will videotape each practice session and review it with the students so that they can see how well they are doing with eyes, hands, voice, stance, transitions, and slide design. Each student will receive individual written feedback as well as tips for dealing with presentation anxiety. Request a Presentation Practice Session

Enter Our Presentation Competition

The BCC also coordinates the annual Westheimer Presentation Competition in which business students deliver team presentations to a panel of judges for cash prizes based on effective delivery skills and use of technology.

Sharpen Your Writing Skills

Juniors and Seniors in the college may sharpen their business writing skills by scheduling an appointment with the center's Communication Mentor, Steve Wilson. Steve will give students feedback and refresher tips for working with memos, letters and reports. Focus on documents includes formatting, rhetorical concerns, sentence and paragraph development, grammar and spelling. Request a Writing Consultation

Improve Your Soft Skills

The BCC has handouts and soft skills training videos to help business students learn to:

• Run meetings
• Work in teams
• Resolve conflicts
• Give and receive feedback
• Network
• Deliver presentations
• Provide customer service
• Maintain a positive attitude in the workplace