Presentation Skills Training
Award-winning, small, friendly presentation courses in London, online & across the UK.
Practical training which gives you plenty of time to practice what you're learning
All courses CPD certified and include 6 months post-course support.
Learn to enjoy making presentations and speaking clearly and confidently.
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Our Presentation Skills Courses
Intensive Presentation Course
CPD Certified
4.96 / 5
1 day.
Client Site Courses Available.
London & Guildford.
This course explains the ‘how’ of effective presenting and gives you lots of practice using them.
- Holding your audience's attention
- Designing impactful presentations
- Handling questions
- Using props for added emphasis
- Getting control of your nerves
This course explains the ‘how’ of effective presenting and gives you lots of practice using them.
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Holding your audience's attention
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Designing impactful presentations
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Handling questions
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Using props for added emphasis
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Getting control of your nerves
Download full course details- How you’re doing now: a quick self-check
- Spotting what could be better
- Where you might present at work and how to make the most of those chances
- How to manage nerves
- Figuring out the point of your presentation
- Planning what to say and how to say it
- Building a structure that works
The 3 C’s framework.
- Getting the content right
- Connecting with your audience
- Staying in control
- Keeping people interested
- Coming across as confident
- Using your voice effectively
- Using body language to support your message
- Staying cool under pressure
- Handling questions like a pro
- Choosing the right ones
- Knowing when and how to use them
- Staying in charge of your tools—not the other way around
- Making the most of your best asset: your audience
- Making a clear plan for what you’ll do next
- Picking specific things to try out right away
Private Presentation Workshops
CPD Certified
4.89 / 5
Client Site Courses Available.
It's your private course, you choose..
We also offer private presentation skills workshops for individuals and groups.
This allows us to create a customised course, designed for you and / or your organisation.
These can be run at your offices, one of our training centres or run virtually online.
Please contact us for more details.
We also offer private presentation skills workshops for individuals and groups.
This allows us to create a customised course, designed for you and / or your organisation.
These can be run at your offices, one of our training centres or run virtually online.
Please contact us for more details.
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Presentation Training FAQs
For General FAQs and Booking questions, see our FAQ Page.
Helen attended a course in 2023 to prepare for a speech she was making to raise money for a charity.
We believe that guided practice is the best and fastest way to learn any new practical skill.
Our presentation courses will very quickly get you practising the skills that you are learning.
This means that our trainers will explain the theory of how to make a good presentation to you and also offer practical advice on how to implement it best when you are practising presenting.
To lead or persuade a group of any meaningful size, you need to learn to present.
Good presentation skills allow you to communicate ideas clearly to groups of people and are a key part of career development.
This means that presenting is a part of the communication skills you will need more and more as you go through your career and reach increasingly senior positions.
There is no one right way to make a presentation.
The basics of clear, engaging communication stay the same, whoever you are.
However, part of this is finding your particular presenting style, which is a combination of pace, body language, verbal intonation, using visual aids and answering questions.
Great presentations involve all of these elements, which is why presenting is such a practical skill.
You are at your most engaging when you are relaxed and presenting naturally.
This means that everyone will present slightly differently, and there is no one universal right way to make a presentation.
The key difference between presenting and public speaking is the number of people being communicated with.
When you make a presentation, you speak to a smaller (less than 100) group of people with a specific message, idea, or concept to convey.
Presenters usually allow questions during the presentation. Answering questions helps to keep your audience engaged and is a key effective presentation skill, especially difficult questions.
By contrast, public speaking is typically to large audiences.
Speeches can be about anything. Speakers will usually request that their audience keeps their questions until the end because they are usually to large audiences.
If you want to see our effective public speaking courses see this link: public speaking training.
PowerPoint is a useful tool when making a presentation but not required.
PowerPoint is widely used for a reason.
It is a very easy way to create slides to support and help structure a presentation. We use PowerPoint during our courses because people use it so frequently when making presentations.
This does not mean that you must use slides when presenting. This is not a PowerPoint presentation skills course!
Depending on your topic and the other visual aids you have available, there may be a better way to engage with your audience. We discuss how using visual aids is a key part of effective presentation skills during our courses.
We also offer PowerPoint courses which can be found here: PowerPoint Courses.
What Do Previous Delegates Say
Matthew White – Horserace Betting Levy Board (HBLB)
The informal delivery worked really well for me.
Samuel Cartright – WEPA
The course was engaging, and I came away with useful tips that I can take into my future presentations.
Valentina Dotto – The Chartered Governance Institute
The course had great tips to implement for future presentations.
Jacki Shoard, Administration Executive, PLSA
It was great working in a small group, which let us ask questions and participate properly.
Graham Dowers, Head Of Engineering, Pro Economy
The course had plenty of skills that really helped my career development.
Sandy Lowry, Community & Events, Royal Surrey County Hospital
I was able to ask questions that were relatable to my specific needs.
Gabriel Ulu, Zenobe
Greg Kim, Zenobe
Asha Karbhari, The Architectural Heritage Fund, Director of Investment
TaylorMade Golf Ltd
Our teacher Jo was simply amazing!! The way she guided this course made it really enjoyable, where we learned a lot from the content she had to show to us and also where we had the opportunity to interact and learn from each others.
Duncan McNeill, Experiential Technician, TaylorMade Golf Ltd
Using presentations that we are actually going to be using was nice, so we could get some feedback on what to improve in them, but also how what we can look at to make different presentations better in the future.
Minh Nguyen, EA Marketing Intern, Electronic Arts Ltd (EA)
The instructor was lovely - she answered all of my concerns and gave great feedback on my presentation skills. Happy to recommend to others!
Gabriella Persson, Campaign Associate, Electronic Arts Ltd (EA)
Info/theories that help you understand why certain methods are good to consider when presenting and techniques to reduce nervousness and boost your confidence were really helpful.
Kirstin Scott, TaylorMade Golf Ltd
Training was very relatable and specific to our needs.
Jack Marsh, Experiential Technician, TaylorMade Golf Ltd
I really enjoyed the atmosphere of the course. It felt like a self space to be able to discuss vulnerability.
Olivia Ionescu, Credit Controller, TaylorMade Golf Ltd,
Very interesting topics, very friendly atmosphere
Mathilde Luzio, Regional Marketing Executive, TaylorMade Golf Ltd
Getting new tools for time management, hearing experience with colleagues of other departments and sharing best practice for time management.
Oliver Wheeler-Nurdin, Digital Facilities Management
Jo has provided me with some good recommendations that should help me with calming my nerves before I give a presentation.
Ana Maria Tarasov, Workshop Assembler, TaylorMade Golf Ltd
Anthony Atkinson, BI Anlayst, The Co-Operative
Very well explained
Where Do Your Courses Run?
London Training Venue & Course Details
44 Southampton Buildings
London, WC2A 1AP
Tel: 0203 603 0150
London, WC2A 1AP
Tel: 0203 603 0150
Our City of London training centre sits in Holborn, one of central London’s most accessible locations. From the West End, Paddington or Canary Wharf – you’re rarely more than 20 minutes away.
See the full London location details here.
Guildford Training Venue & Course Details
Surrey Technology Centre, 40 Occam Road
Guildford, GU2 7YG
Tel: 01483 688 488
Guildford, GU2 7YG
Tel: 01483 688 488
See the full Guildford location details here.
Online Courses
We run a full schedule of remote courses over Zoom.
We also deliver private courses over Teams, if requested.
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