Presentation Skills Training
Presentation skills training with ITD will have an impact on your skills and confidence. That’s because we use a blend of training and coaching, so that you develop during the session. This training is delivered virtually or in-person. Working on your presentation skills in the training, you get feedback and ideas on how to improve it from the experienced training consultant. If you’ve got specific questions, these will be answered. Typical questions we are asked include;
- How best to start and end the presentation?
- What’s the best way to present complex data?
- How to structure your presentation?
- How to get the audience engaged?
- What to do with your hands?
- How to answer difficult questions.
You will develop both your content and how to present it through our live coaching approach. This means you present part of your presentation, receive feedback, and present again. In this way you develop and improve your skills.
ITD approach to Presentation Skills Training
The ITD approach to presentation skills training helps you increase your skills and confidence.
We work with a very wide range of roles including; Managers, Sales People, Research Nurses, Scientists and Lawyers and many others to help develop their ability to present.
There are two key parts to this. Firstly knowing how to become a better presenter. This means in body language, knowledge of Powerpoint, your choice of words, your slide design, or any other of the many areas in presenting.
The second is how we help you to develop your skills and confidence. We do this by creating an open and comfortable learning environment in the training room, whether this is virtual or live. We also achieve this through our knowledge of behavioural change. This means we can help you put in place the changes you want to make.
In conclusion our approach means we help people deliver. That’s because where some training just gives tips and ideas, we help change your behaviours.
Agenda
The following agenda is tailored according to your needs. This means we may remove some of the subjects and go into others in more depth.
Presentation structure
- Defining your objective.
- Considering your audience’s objective.
- Structure options.
- How do we keep people engaged with the structure.
Developing confidence when presenting
- Examples of people we have worked with and their journey to increased confidence.
- A behavioural science approach to developing confidence.
- Steps to increasing confidence.
Slides
- The role of your slides.
- What does a good slide look like.
- Slide design and overall impact.
- Use of AI tools.
- How many slides.
- Pimp my slides – where we take examples of participants slides and look at the impact of changes we can make.
Audience engagement and interaction
- How to keep your audience engaged before you even start.
- Engaging very large groups.
- Engaging disparate groups within your audience.
Voice - impact and development
- The importance of your voice.
- Working with your natural voice, dialect and accent.
- Presenting in a second language and to those listening in a second language.
- Developing the impact of your voice.
Body language
- The positive and negative impacts of body language.
- Body position and movement.
- Arm and hand movements.
- Facial expression.
- Eye contact even with large groups.
Presentation content
- What to include to achieve your objective and what to leave out.
- Matching content to your objective.
The importance of words
- The importance of the words you chose to use.
- The types of words you might avoid.
- Technical words.
- Acronyms.
- The power of simple language.
- Explaining complex ideas with simple words.
Practise and feedback
Each participant has the opportunity to practise their skills and gain feedback and coaching from the trainer. Based on this they can practise again and develop their skills
Post workshop activity
Each participant completes the session with specific actions to take forward. They receive a pdf of the workbook used in the training. And they have access to tot he trainer for further questions after the session.
Outcomes of this presentation skills training
- Specific feedback and ideas tailored to your needs.
- Improve skills in delivering high impact presentations.
- Improve relevance of your presentations from the audience’s perspective.
- More interesting presentations.
- Better style and body language.
- Improve slides both in terms of number of slides and slide content.
- Improve verbal communication in the choice of words.
- Increase confidence in delivering presentations.
Examples of participant feedback on this training
- “Very interesting training with new ideas on how to create and deliver a presentation full of impact.”
- “I had not looked at presenting in this way before, it changes how I will prepare in the future.”
- “Excellent presentation skills training which really made me think about my whole approach. It was very encouraging to get good feedback on my style, but also great to have lots to work on.”
- “I will look less at the slides and more at how I can create impact.”
- “I thought the slides were the important part but by practicing the other ideas I can see how the slides are almost a distraction.”
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Check out our reviews
Presenting with Impact Virtually
I recently attended the “Presenting with Impact Virtually” training workshop led by Martin Chapman, and it was a thoroughly engaging and practical experience. Martin’s delivery was professional yet friendly, making the virtual format feel interactive and enjoyable. The session was well-structured, with clear slides and practical examples. I highly recommend his training services for anyone looking to improve their presentation skills in a virtual setting.
Enhancing Virtual Presentation Skills
I recently attended the “Presenting with Impact Virtually” workshop and found it to be highly beneficial. The session was well-organised and provided practical strategies for enhancing virtual presentation skills. The interactive elements and real-time feedback were particularly valuable, allowing participants to apply techniques immediately. The facilitator, Martin Chapman was knowledgeable and engaging, making the workshop both informative and enjoyable. Overall, it was a worthwhile experience that has equipped me with tools to improve my virtual presentations.
I found the training session to be exceptional and loved every moment
The trainer possessed a deep understanding of the subject, and the way he managed the pace, timing, and creatively delivered the training was outstanding.
Great tips for virtual presentation
I like that the facilitator actually practiced these tips when presenting virtually. I saw some new features to zoom which I hadn’t used before such as using stamps. We use Teams here, so it would be great if this could perhaps be done on Teams in future too.
I like the tips on using rhetorical questions – this stood out to me and will be using this in future to give myself time to slow down and think, and also to appear confident.
Thanks!
Great session
Very engaging session with a good instructor.
The environment of presentation skills training
Our presentation skills training uses a live approach to personal development. That means you will be practising your skills and thinking about your style of presentation throughout the training session.
Our skill is in creating a comfortable atmosphere for you to practice in. With feedback from our training consultant you will improve during the session. We’ve done this with many people and no matter how nervous, or unsure they are at the beginning, they always improve.
We tailor the training to suit your development needs. Whatever you need to focus on we cover that area with you, from body langauge, to structure, or how to handle questions.
Presentation Skills Training client case studies
Where we have delivered our Presentation Skills Training
We have deliveerd presentation skills training across the world. This includes in manay countries in Europe, UAE, Hong Kong, China, Singapore, Australia, USA, Canada and South America. This gives the experience to help you with your presentation challenges.
Roles and teams we have helped
We work with people at all levels of the organisation, which means we have almost certainly worked with people at your level. This includes senior directors, managers, team leaders, sales people, scientists, researchers, academics and importantly anyone who needs to improve their presentation skills.
What will you learn from our Presentation Skills Training?
Deciding on your objective
It is vital to make sure you have a clear and specific objective for your presentation. Above all, this is because it will give the rest of your planning real focus.
Presentation construction
Based on your objective, you can build the framework of you presentation. Building blocks such as a powerful begining, logical middle and thought provoking end are paty of this process.
Slide design
How your slides look can be critical in gaining and keeping the audience’s attention. Importantly this applies whether you are presenting in the same room or virtually.
Presenting complex data
This is particularly important for academics, researchers and those presenting technical data. We show you how to present complex data, including for example, charts, tables and reports.
Audience engagement
Engaging your audience is always importnat, but particularly vital in the virtual world where there are more potential distractions.
Handling difficult questions
We show you how to handle any question and then progress to handling the most difficult of questions. For example, how to handle a question you do not know the answer to.
Developing confidence
Our presentation skills training helps to develop your confdence by firstly givng you tips and frameworks to help in the most challenging of situations. Then we coach you through practise sessions. And lastly through step by step progress we help you to develop an action plan for future progress.
Other options to our presentation skills training
Cost
The cost of your presentation skills training course depends on; how long the session runs for; the number of people; the number of sessions. We do not charge for adapting the training to fit your needs. Contact us for a quote.
Why do organisations choose ITD for their Presentation Skills Training?
- Over 20 years experience.
- Worked with many different people & organisations.
- We've worked with many roles from Sales, to Research Nurses to Scientists & Lawyers.
- Develop your natural skills and style.
- You develop your confidence and skills in the workshop.
- We work with you on your content and style.
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Call us on +44 (0)800 804 8086 to discuss your needs for Presentation Skills Training
