Expert Presentation Skills

This two-day presentation skills workshop considers the importance of preparation before giving a presentation, speech or talk – being sure you know what you want to say and organising your material. You will discuss and examine the use of audio-visual aids (such as PowerPoint slides), effective self-presentation and will have an opportunity to deliver a short presentation to your group.

Course Overview

Prices

  • Standard Price

    £900*

  • SME
    Fewer than 250 staff

    £770*

  • Public Sector Price

    £660*

  • Large Charity
    Over 31+ staff

    £500*

  • Small Charity
    Fewer than 30 staff

    £390*

  • *Per person, excluding VAT

  • Duration

    2 days

  • Class size

    8 approx.

  • Location

    Classroom

    Public classroom sessions are held at 3rd Floor, 9 Alie Street, London E1 8DE

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    Classroom
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Course Overview

This workshop is currently only available on our public programme in the classroom. It is also available for private bookings, both online and in the classroom — please get in touch for availability.

The content delivered is the same and we create the same interactive and engaging environment via Zoom as we do in the classroom. However, some elements will have been adjusted for online delivery, with sections for self-guided study.

 

This live online workshop will take place across two full days consisting of multiple 2 hour interactive online sessions with independent work in between.

What you will learn

The course will enable you to:

  • Set clear objectives for your presentation
  • Choose and apply the appropriate structure, style and strategy to plan and deliver their presentation
  • Understand and utilise a range of skills and techniques to make their presentation more effective
  • Deliver a presentation clearly and competently

Advanced preparation

Please bring along a 5-10 minute pre-prepared presentation on any subject of your choice ready to deliver at the start of the programme to the other participants.

Themes covered

  • Practice delivering your pre-prepared presentation and receive feedback on what you did well and what could be even better
  • Identify what makes a great presentation
  • Ensure you have clear purpose for every presentation
  • Identifying a through-line for your presentation
  • Structure a presentation effectively
  • Discover Guy Kawasaki’s 10,20, 30 rule for PowerPoint presentations and avoid ‘death by PowerPoint’
  • Recognise the power of stories and practice telling your own stories
  • Ensure your non-verbal communication and body language back up your message
  • Deliberately choose your body language to boost your credibility or approachability as required
  • Handling nerves and using your body language to boost your confidence
  • Using pauses and intonation to emphasise your message
  • Discover practical tips for involving and engaging your audience
  • Identify how to make your presentation memorable
  • Personal action plan beyond the programme

What You Will Learn

The course will enable you to:

  • Set clear objectives for your presentation
  • Choose and apply the appropriate structure, style and strategy to plan and deliver their presentation
  • Understand and utilise a range of skills and techniques to make their presentation more effective
  • Deliver a presentation clearly and competently

Advanced preparation

Please bring along a 5-10 minute pre-prepared presentation on any subject of your choice ready to deliver at the start of the programme to the other participants.

Themes Covered

  • Practice delivering your pre-prepared presentation and receive feedback on what you did well and what could be even better
  • Identify what makes a great presentation
  • Ensure you have clear purpose for every presentation
  • Identifying a through-line for your presentation
  • Structure a presentation effectively
  • Discover Guy Kawasaki’s 10,20, 30 rule for PowerPoint presentations and avoid ‘death by PowerPoint’
  • Recognise the power of stories and practice telling your own stories
  • Ensure your non-verbal communication and body language back up your message
  • Deliberately choose your body language to boost your credibility or approachability as required
  • Handling nerves and using your body language to boost your confidence
  • Using pauses and intonation to emphasise your message
  • Discover practical tips for involving and engaging your audience
  • Identify how to make your presentation memorable
  • Personal action plan beyond the programme


Related courses

You might be interested in these workshops covering similar themes:

  • Engaging PowerPoint Presentations — Learn how to use your PowerPoint slides in more engaging ways to ensure that your presentation is as memorable and effective as possible.
  • PowerPoint for Intermediate Users — For anyone who has used PowerPoint before to create and alter simple presentations, and would like to develop their skills to create more dynamic presentations.
  • PowerPoint Master Slides (90 minutes) — Learn how to use Master Slides to make global changes to the style of your presentation.
  • Building Self-Confidence — Learn how to work with your thoughts, feelings and behaviour to create a greater sense of self-confidence.

If you need help beyond this programme fulfilling your personal action plan, then we also offer 1-to-1 Executive Coaching which can provide you with an insightful and structured space to discover and develop yourself further in order to achieve even more positive results.

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020 7375 7300

Group Learning Events

Looking for a private group event for your team, or even your whole organisation?

We can organise a date that works for you, and we can tailor the content to your team. Our private workshops can be held online, inhouse at your workplace or here at Happy's HQ in London.

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What are Happy's online events like?

In this short video, take a look at some of the ways that we create interactive, engaging experiences online using Zoom.

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The Small Print

For Face-to-Face Live Online Learning

All learners will need to install Zoom on their machines. Full technical requirements are on the Zoom website. Your link will be included in your joining instructions once you have booked your place — if you haven't received this email then please contact our team.

Each day of the course will be delivered via a combination of face-to-face live online Zoom sessions and self-guided study. You should reserve the full day in your diary for the learning. This will allow you to join the interactive workshops and have time to reflect and do the assignments in between. 

Learners should log into the training session 10 minutes before the start time to ensure that they have downloaded and set up Zoom correctly. The course will start precisely on time and it may not be possible to go back over material missed by late arrivals.

Your active participation is expected: everyone will be heard and seen throughout, just as they would be if we were in a room together. To be heard, hear and seen you will need a microphone, speakers and camera — if you have a modern laptop that’s all you will need. Remember, you’ll need a quiet place to call from and a decent internet connection is a must.

Please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions before booking for our payment terms and cancellation policy.

For classroom sessions

All public classroom sessions take place at Happy's HQ in London at Robert Dolan House, 9 Alie Street, London E1 8DE. Please see our Contact Us page for full directions and a PDF map.

Each day of the course will run from 10am to 4:30pm (lunch is served 1pm to 1:45pm — we offer a choice of 3 cold bowl dishes). Please be careful to arrive by 9.45am for registration and refreshments. The course will start precisely on time and it may not be possible to go back over material missed by late arrivals. If you arrive over 30 minutes late you may be asked to leave and attend another day.

Please ensure you read our Terms and Conditions before booking for our payment terms and cancellation policy.

The happy Guarantee

We want everyone to go away from our courses feeling as though they have learnt useful, practical skills that they can use straight away when they go back to work.

If you don’t feel that your training has been useful or if you are unhappy in any way, please get in touch with our Customer Services team within 30 days of the course. We will be happy to offer you additional support and training free of charge to help you to gain the skills you need, or if you’d prefer, a full refund.

If you have any questions or concerns, please get in touch with our friendly team.

Did you know...

...giving a presentation doesn't mean that you have to do all the talking?

The most effective presentations are those that engage the entire room in a discussion. 

Happy has a range of other presentation and meeting skills workshops.

Engaging PowerPoint Presentations to enable you to use your slides in a more engaging way so that your presentation is memorable and effective. Find out more

Leading Engaging Remote Meetings to enable you to ROCK at engaging distant participants and have tons of tips to share with others. Find out more