Presentation Skills

This module is a dynamic and interactive session designed to empower participants with the essential techniques and strategies to deliver powerful presentations that captivate, persuade, and leave a lasting impact on their audiences. 

Whether participants are presenting to colleagues, clients, or stakeholders, this session equips them with the tools needed to confidently and effectively communicate ideas and messages.

• Learn great presenting skills by managing your message, managing yourself, and managing your audience
• Apply the fundamentals of structuring, writing, and delivering powerful communication
• Develop self-awareness to better understand your own emotional responses to presenting
• Identify strategies to effectively manage your audience

Pre-course activity

You will be required to prepare two presentations: one of around 5 minutes in length to deliver on day one, and a longer 10 minute one to deliver on day two. The topic of each presentation is entirely your choice, they may be work-related or personal. You are encouraged to prepare in advance any information that you will need for your presentation.

• Three areas to effectively manage for maximum impact when presenting
• How to structure your presentation using the Ruel of 3 and the Pyramid frameworks
• Effectively using visual aids
• How to manage yourself physically, emotionally, and mentally when presenting
• Using body language for maximum impact
• How to manage challenging audience behaviour
• Taking and handling questions
• Considerations for presenting virtually