Presentation Skills from Planning to Delivery
Knowing the material is not enough to make a presentation work. Presenters can lose their audience when they are unsure what to emphasize, struggle to organize the content, rely too heavily on slides, or let nerves affect how they speak and respond.
This presentation skills course gives participants the FRAME approach, a repeatable process for planning, organizing and delivering clear workplace presentations in virtual and in-person settings. Participants learn how to focus the result, shape the message for the audience, create an easy-to-follow route, reduce distractions, and deliver with effective voice, pace, presence and adaptability.
Throughout the course, participants apply each stage of FRAME to their own short workplace presentation or a provided scenario. They practise key delivery techniques and test whether their message is clear and usable. Participants leave with a reliable method for future presentations, while their organizations benefit from clearer communication and better use of meeting time.
- Define the intended result, core message and what the audience needs to understand or use.
- Analyze the audience’s knowledge, needs, context and likely questions.
- Organize presentation content into a clear route from opening to close.
- Refine content, slides, and visual support so they strengthen the message rather than compete with it.
- Deliver presentations using effective voice, presence and timing while managing common presentation nerves.
- Adapt explanations and respond to audience cues and routine questions.
- Use AI responsibly to test message clarity, organization and audience fit, anticipate questions and support rehearsal.
Plan the Presentation
- Define the intended result, core message and what the audience needs to understand or use
- Analyze the audience’s knowledge, needs, context and likely questions
- Use AI responsibly to test message clarity and audience fit
Organize the Message and Visual Support
- Build a clear route from opening through key points, transitions and close
- Select, sequence and refine content so the main message is easy to follow
- Use slides and visual support to strengthen the message without adding clutter
Deliver Clearly and Adapt to the Audience
- Use voice, pace, pauses, presence and notes effectively, while managing common presentation nerves
- Monitor audience cues, adjust explanations and timing, and respond to routine questions
- Rehearse, gather feedback and check whether the intended message landed
This course is a good fit if you present at work and want a clearer, more reliable way to do it. It’s especially useful for:
- Professionals who present information, recommendations, updates, or proposals to colleagues, clients, or leaders and want a repeatable method rather than starting fresh each time.
- People who know their subject well but find it difficult to decide what to include or how to organize it.
- Presenters who rely too heavily on slides and want to keep their message clear and focused.
- People who get nervous presenting and want to feel more in control.
There are no prerequisites for this course.
FAQ
Yes. The course is foundational and is suitable for newer presenters as well as people with some experience who want a more reliable method for planning, organizing and delivering workplace presentations.
Yes. The course focuses on preparation, which can help reduce nervousness and make presenting feel more manageable. Participants learn to use preparation, rehearsal, voice, pace, pauses, notes and presence more effectively so they feel more familiar with their message and more in control when presenting.
Yes. Participants apply the FRAME approach to their own short workplace presentation or a provided scenario, practice delivery techniques and receive feedback on whether their message is clear and usable.
Yes. The course applies to both virtual and in-person workplace presentations, including how to organize the message, use visual support and adapt delivery to the audience and setting.
This is our foundational course. If you’re already comfortable presenting and your next challenge is winning buy-in, making the case for a recommendation and handling tough questions or pushback, our next step is a better fit: Presentations That Influence Decisions.
Open to all members of the public.
$ 595 plus tax
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