Presentation Skills Training

Course Overview

The course is designed for both new starters looking to kick-start their careers and hone their presentation skills and experienced professionals who want to discover and develop their approach and structure to pitching. It emphasises individual presenter style and covers a versatile structure applicable in virtual, phone, and face-to-face settings. 

Focusing on boosting confidence in high-pressure situations, the training addresses crucial topics such as mindset, audience considerations, and effective use of virtual aids. Additionally, presentation skills training covers how to present effectively to different personality styles, emphasising adaptable communication strategies crucial for reaching diverse audiences. 

Key Outcomes

Participants in our presentation skills training course will gain valuable skills such as:

• Perfecting a Pitch: How to deliver a 10-15 minute pitch that includes preparation, setting the scene, selling the value, summarising and gaining commitment for the next steps.

• Evaluating Message Success: The importance of evaluating the success of how your message was received following feedback from a group audience.

• Mastering Audience Engagement: Audience engagement through the effective use of verbal, vocal and visual communication.

• Increased Confidence in High-Pressure Situations: Learn strategies to boost confidence in challenging presentation environments.

• Comprehensive Toolkit for Pitch Development and Evaluation: This tool kit includes: 

  • Skills for Effective Presentation: Focus on pitch content and delivery, cultivating essential skills to become an exceptional presenter.

  • Audience Consideration: Learn to tailor presentations based on audience analysis, understanding diverse communication styles and preferences to ensure effective message resonance.

  • Structural Framework: SSS Structure: Introduce a one-stop-shop structure (Set the Scene, Sell the Value, Summarise) for a clear, concise, and effective pitch framework.

  • Adaptation for Various Modes of Communication: Guidance on adapting pitches for face-to-face, phone, and virtual presentations, ensuring versatility in today’s communication landscape.

  • Visual Aids and Communication Style: Understand the use of visual aids and diverse communication styles, incorporating DISC theory elements to create visually appealing pitches aligned with audience preferences.

Pre Course

Before starting the course, participants should make sure they prepare well and get the most out of presentation skills training by following these steps:

• Have an awareness of your company’s sector, the value of the solution you provide, as well as the types of clients you sell to. The activities in the course will build on how to apply this knowledge through practical skills application.

• Have or create a short presentation that will be built on during the session.

• Watch the TED talk video – How to Avoid Death by PowerPoint by Dr David Phillips.

• As this course is interactive, delegates are required to bring their own mobile device to this session.

Modules Covered

The presentation skills training structure includes: 

• Powerful Pitch Framework - What makes an engaging and successful pitch/presentation? 

• Presenter - Top Tips for Becoming a Professional Presenter

• Audience - Addressing Audience Wants and Needs

• Message - Creating Objectives for Pitches to Enable Desired Outcomes

• Preparing and Presenting a Final Pitch - Present and Receive Feedback on their Pitch

Our training sessions develop engagement and collaboration, promoting interaction and teamwork through a mixture of group activities, self-reflection, and individual exercises.