Making Successful Presentations
How to present with confidence and impact
The ability to speak confidently and enthusiastically to an audience is a crucial business skill. This stimulating course provides the essential bedrock foundation for effective public speaking and totally demystifies the art of presenting.
It is designed to build confidence through providing a complete understanding of the key principles involved and utilising a highly practical and participative approach.
The use of CCTV and expert individual feedback accelerates learning and provides good opportunities for experimentation and practice.
The CQI has teamed up with business communications skills specialists, Training Solutions, to offer this comprehensive presentation skills seminar.
What you will learn
- The key essential elements of successful and memorable presentations
- How to plan and prepare a clear and logical structure
- Practical ways to reduce anxiety and harness nervous energy
- Understanding and building rapport with your audience
- Using gestures, facial expression and voice for greater impact
- .How to use visual aids effectively to enhance your presentation
- Techniques for answering questions positively with confidence
- Developing self-confidence and creating your own personal style of presenting
- Generating an awareness of areas for further improvement
- Producing an action plan to implement back at work
Who will benefit?
Anyone who is required to give presentations or speak to groups at briefings, meetings or conferences. Speakers who have had little or no formal training in presentation skills. Technical staff who address non-technical audiences.
Course style
This 2 day course is highly participative and provides good opportunities for experimentation and practice in a safe environment. There is an excellent balance of theory and practice and the enlightening use of CCTV and expert individual feedback accelerate learning. There is intensive tutor support enabling participants to build confidence quickly in their abilities and become confident presenters.
Pre course requirements
There are no pre course requirementsVenue
Corus Hotel Hyde Park, Lancaster Gate, London W2 3LG
It can be used to support your application for CQI corporate membership using the experiential route. Apply the acquired skills and the knowledge in your workplace and use the outcomes as evidence of competence.

