Excel at Public Speaking and Business Presentations with our
Powerful Presentation Skills course

Liz Banks - Skillstudio

Hi there, I'm Liz Banks. Skillstudio is passionate about helping you maximise your impact in front of an audience.

Powerful Presentation Skills is an intensive and highly interactive two-day training course to help ensure you get the most from every presentation opportunity.

The course is ideal if you are an experienced presenter or public speaker and now want to achieve more with your presentations.

You will gain a wide range of practical experience through many exercises (voice, physical presence, body language etc) and the delivery of four presentations. Each of the presentations provides a different challenge and will give you the opportunity to present in a different style.

Complete the course and see the results for yourself

Come on our two-day workshop and we guarantee that you will become a more influential speaker

You'll be able to ...

  • Fine tune your delivery style to create maximum impact
  • Develop a more persuasive and impressive speaking style
  • Control your space and presence to get rapport and influence your audience
  • Use pace and structure more powerfully
  • Use language creatively to present a more powerful message
  • Deliver different styles of presentations for different audiences

You'll be inspired by what you achieve on this course

Client Testimonials

"Small group helped with focus - took away nerves. Great course - now feel great about presenting."
Stanley UK

"Alison interacted well with the participants - emphasising the positives and showed empathy for the negatives and suggested ways to improve"
Arab Banking Corporation

"Very constructive atmosphere created where everyone could critically evaluate styles in a friendly and non threatening way."
City University

"Great - huge improvement in my presentation technique. One of the best workshops I ever did!"
Texas Instruments

"Feedback was thorough and not rushed. Have learned a lot and valuable points taken on board to work with.”
LBi

"Lots of chance to practise and get indepth feedback. Helen has lots of experience and knowledge in relation to body language and voice quality.”
SOCA

... more testimonials

What does the course cover?

Introduction

  • Exercises to develop group rapport
  • Self analysis of current presentation style
  • Controlling nervous energy

Presentation practice (prepared presentation)

  • First delivery of presentation one (approx 5 mins)
  • Feedback on effectiveness of delivery style

Creating greater impact through the voice

  • Developing a more confident and convincing voice
  • Developing a greater range of expression in the voice
  • Influencing your audience with the power of your voice

Engaging with the audience visually

  • Analysis of your visual impact on the audience
  • Using body language to build audience rapport
  • Developing your unique presentation style

Presentation structure, style and language

  • Preparing a presentation within a strict time constraint
  • Establishing the key message
  • Applying structure and style effectively
  • Using language to clarify and influence

Presentation practice (unseen presentation)

  • Delivery of presentation
  • Analysis via trainer feedback and group discussion

Spontaneity and audience awareness

  • Thinking on your feet
  • Developing greater command of your audience
  • Gaining your audience's attention and interest

Presentation practice - set presentation

  • Adapting material to the needs of the audience
  • Delivery of a set presentation to a given audience
  • Analysis via trainer feedback and group discussion

Presentation preparation - business topic

  • Delivery of opening of presentation
  • Feedback on first impressions on audience

Taking control of your audience

  • Tips on delivering to large and small audiences
  • Managing audience expectations
  • Dealing with difficult audiences

Presentation practice - business topic

  • Final modifications
  • Delivery of presentation
  • Analysis via trainer feedback and group discussion

General feedback session

  • Individual assessment of progress achieved
  • Personal action plans
  • Overall workshop feedback

You'll carry on learning after the course

During the workshop we'll give you a course manual that's full of practical advice and further information to help you consolidate what you've just learned..

Each course also comes with a FREE Followup Service by telephone or email . If you have any questions you'd like to ask about a forthcoming presentation simply email or call us and we'll do our best to help.

So we will continue to help you develop your presentation skills even after the course has completed!

Public Workshop Schedule

*Please note that Our Powerful Presentation Skills (PPS) courses last two days. The dates quoted below are the first day of the course.

2008

London
  Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
PPS * 23 18 18 22 20 19 16 13 11 9 11 11


The skills you will learn on this course are invaluable

Client Testimonial

"I found the course extremely useful and the skills I learnt invaluable ... My other delegates were as equally impressed as I was ... Thank you again ... "

British Heart Foundation

... more testimonials

You can try us out with no risk to yourself

As we are confident that you will really benefit from the workshop, we are willing to offer you a Money Back GUARANTEE.

If having completed the public workshop, you can honestly say that you have haven't benefited from attending, just let us know in writing within 7 days of the course, along with your reasons why and we'll refund your money in full.

(Offer is limited to one refund per company.)

Want to take the next step and book your place?

Why not take the next step today and book your place on one of our public workshops.

Our two-day public courses are competitively priced at £647 + VAT (£760.23 including VAT) per delegate, which includes refreshments and a sandwich lunch each day.
Liz Banks - Skillstudio


To book your place, simply click here and you'll be taken to our online booking system.

Or call us on +44 (0)8456 444 150 or e-mail us at public@skillstudio.co.uk and we can email you a booking form out to you in MS Word format.

Further questions before making a decision?

If there's anything else you'd like to ask, we'd be more than happy to answer them via telephone or email. So get in touch today.

Telephone:- +44 (0)8456 444 150

Email:- public@skillstudio.co.uk

Like a copy of our course brochure?

You can download our course brochure in Adobe Acrobat format (PDF) by clicking on the small picture on the right.

If you havent got an Adobe Acrobat viewer on your computer, you can download it (for free) by clicking here.

If you'd prefer us to email or post you you a copy of the brochure, please get in touch and we'll send it on to you by return.

Call us on +44 (0)8456 444 150

or email us at: public@skillstudio.co.uk

You'll discover that this is a highly practical course which will stretch you

Client Testimonials

"Good pace, knowledgeable trainer and good mix of candidates. Good combination of exercises. Took us outside our comfort zone and forced us to work within specific constraints”
DMW Group

"Nella was extremely warm and very enthousiastic. Made the course very hot!”
GSK

"Lots of practice – no point being lectured for 2 days – so being able to practise skills over and over again made the course effective.”
Stanley UK

"It gets you involved right from the start. It was informal, friendly but very focused. Julia was funny, charming and very experienced."
Cable & Wireless

"Julia was very supportive in guiding us through the workshop. There was good interaction with the team.”
Civil Aviation Authority

"Excellent – will be of great value in the future.”
i-2-k

"I enjoyed the workshop a great deal and I thought Alison's mixture of humor and serious presentation was well balanced. It was great to get feedback on where I was already strong and where improvements could be made, furthermore I was able to see a marked improvement over the two days.”
LVG

... more testimonials

You'll also enjoy the unique learning experience

The workshop is very interactive and practical We use a powerful combination of proven theatrical techniques with a pragmatic, business-focused approach.

The course includes learning how to make presentations more interesting and entertaining, how to deliver a persuasive message and how to use language to help expand your influence over your audience.

You get feedback throughout the course through group discussion, video playback and tutor analysis.

By the end of the workshop you will have developed a greater flair in presenting and learnt how to use your own personal style to maximum effect.

Interested in some in-house training?

Our in-company two-day course (anywhere in the UK) costs from just £2380 + VAT and expenses for up to 6 delegates.

Call us on +44 (0)8456 444 150 or email us at inhouse@skillstudio.co.uk to check availability and to discuss things further.

And please remember, our in-house courses can be tailored to your specific requirements.

Got some friends or colleagues who might be interested?

If you have some friends or colleagues who might want to improve their presenting or public speaking skills, then click here to let them know about us

So if you really want to present with more power and conviction ...

      We know we can help you:-

  • Make the most of your voice
  • Present a more persuasive message
  • Present with power and passion
  • Maximise your impact in front of any audience

Our money back guarantee means you've got nothing to lose. And a lot to gain.

Liz Banks - Skillstudio

So book your place today ...

To book your place simply click here and you'll be taken to our online booking system.

Alternatively, call us on +44 (0)8456 444 150

or email us at: public@skillstudio.co.uk

Speak to you soon.

Other Training Available from Skillstudio

Have a look at how else we can develop your skills by clicking on one of the training choices below:-

First Presentation Skills Training for people who have little or no experience of presenting and who need to take the plunge soon.

Effective Presentation Skills Training for people with experience of presenting who want to improve their confidence and delivery skills and make more of an impact in front of their audience.

Effective Communications Skills Training for people who want to make more of an personal impact at work.

Personal Vocal Impact Training for people who want to make more of an impact with their voice.

Successful Body Language Training for people who want to be able to understand, read and utilise their body language to have more influence in business.

One to One Coaching in presentation skills; communication skills; interview technique, vocal skills, elocution and accent softening.

 

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Recent clients of Skill Studio's training courses: BP, Tesco, P&O, Shell, Sony Music, DuPont, GSK, BT, LLoyds TSB

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Satisfaction Guaranteed

Just to put your mind at rest, we offer a Money Back Guarantee with each of our public courses.

If having completed the public workshop you can honestly say that you have not benefited from attending, just let us know in writing within 7 days of the course, along with your reasons why and we'll refund your money in full.

(Max. one refund per company)

Have further questions?

For more information about Skillstudio use the menu items at the top of this page or contact us on:

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email info@skillstudio.co.uk


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