Presentation skills coaching

Presentation skills coaching helps take the content of your presentations and your skills to a higher level.

Presentation skills coaching is appropriate in the following circumstances:

• Preparing for a major and important presentation.
• Preparing a new business pitch.
• Preparing for a conference speech.
• Designing an important presentation.
• Developing your inaugural speech.
• Preparing a sales conference talk.

The following roles have benefited from our presentation skills coaching

• Partners.
• Senior lawyers.
• Directors.
• Senior sales people.
• Sales managers.
• Managers.
• Professors.
• Lecturers.
• Scientists.
• Researchers.
• Research nurses.

What is presentation skills coaching?

Presentation skills coaching is a one to one session where you get direct input from an experienced coach.

Presentation skills coaching picks up where training finishes

Presentation skills training develops the individual’s skills and performance. Presentations skills coaching takes these skills and impact to the next level. By working on on one you have more specific input on your content, style and impact.

What typically happens during a presentation skills coaching session?

1. We discuss your objectives and preferred outcomes of your presentation.
2. We take time in whichever you feel are the key areas for development.
3. We discuss the audience and what you want them to be saying at the close of your presentation.
4. We look at the content of your talk and give ideas on ideas to get the points across.
5. We suggest interesting and creative methods of delivery not necessarily including power point.
6. You run through your presentation and we give ideas and feedback for improvement.

Typical outcomes of our presentation skills coaching

• Improved content.
• Better structure.
• More interesting and increased impact of delivery.
• Improved confidence in delivery.

Areas which are typically covered in the presentation skills coaching session:

• Voice impact.
• Slide structure.
• Slide content.
• Presenting with just images and no bullets.
• How to present complex data.
• How to present without slides.
• Body language.
• Where to stand.
• How to present without notes.
• How to tell a story in a presentation.

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If you would like to discuss your need for presentation skills coaching, please call us for an exploratory conversation.

Tel : +44 (0)800 804 8086 

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Presentation skills coaching timings

Presentation skills coaching timings can very widely depending on the objectives and changes required. Typically it will include a two hour session to go through the content and style, followed by another two hour session for practice and feedback.

Location for presentation skills coaching

It is ideal for at least one of the sessions to be held in a room similar to that in which you will be making your presentation. This is not always the case and if not, then the next best can work. The idea is to create the circumstances in which you will be making your presentation in so that the atmosphere is more accurately represented.

Number of presentation skills coaching sessions

Again this depends on the objective. Sometimes one will suffice. Sometimes two or three are required.

Presentation skills coaching objectives

The objectives can be very varied, here are a few:

• Improve impact.
• Develop confidence.
• Create more impactful and clearer slides.
• Gain an external view on a presentation.
• Get feedback to improve performance.

Presentation skills coaches

Our consultants are all experienced business professionals, with a practical approach. We work to a clear brief and focus on your objectives, so that you get what you want, and achieve your goals.

 

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If you would like to discuss your needs for presentation skills coaching please call us on +44 (0)800 804 8086 for an initial discussion.

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