Business Presentation Skills - Excellence Made Easy

Become a confident presenter. Learn how to give clear, confident & effective business presentations every time.

4.54 (9048 reviews)
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English
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Communications
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26,762
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3.5 hours
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Mar 2024
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$74.99
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What you will learn

Deliver powerful, high impact business presentations that audiences remember and act on.

Connect emotionally with your audience in a way that successfully persuades, influences and informs.

Look, sound and feel confident - as if you have been presenting for years

Grab audience attention right from the start and keep it.

Simplify complex information and messages so that audiences get, and remember your key messages

Identify your key messages with a laser like focus for maximum clarity and impact.

Description

Start building your presentation confidence and your excellent business presentation skills today.

It's time to say goodbye to the fear and frustration of upcoming presentations and hello to audiences wanting to congratulate you on your clear, powerful and compelling messages.

Over 3300 students know that being able to clearly and convincingly communicate their ideas is critical to their business success. Talent and skill are not enough. If you are not able to clearly and confidently present your ideas and key messages to others, you are highly likely to lose out to someone who can.

BUSINESS PRESENTATION SKILLS: are a critical factor for leaders and business managers if they want to succeed.

Millions of business presentations are given across the globe every day. The need for managers and team members to give presentations has become the norm. Yet, most of us don't like standing up and speaking in front of others. It can be a stressful experience, and for many they are overwhelmed by the fear of giving presentations. 

As a result of this, many business presentations are highly ineffective. They have unclear messages, fail to motivate or engage audiences, add little or no value and are frankly boring. The good news: it doesn't need to be that way.

This course will provide you with clear, easy to understand and implement ideas that will stand you out in a crowd of mediocre and boring business presenters. It will give you the confidence to plan, structure and deliver a professional business presentation that connects with your audience and moves people to take action on your ideas and key messages.

There is a support group for students of the course that provides the opportunity to practice presenting and get feedback on your progress if you choose.

YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO:

  • Prepare and deliver winning business presentations that have a laser like focus on the key messages that are most likely to influence and persuade your audience.

  • Grab and hold audience attention right from the start with breathtakingly simple ideas and techniques

  • Develop business presentation content that makes real connections with your audience enabling you to influence and persuade key decision makers

  • Use vocal and body language techniques to create and re-enforce compelling messages

  • Eliminate distractions and noise from your visuals, focusing audience attention on your key messages that matter

  • Reduce and control nerves to present with a calm, clear, confident manner

  • Unleash the power of 'less is more'

    WHAT CURRENT STUDENTS SAY?

    'This course really does nail it! It's clear, concise and to the point' - James Cooke

    'I really liked the large amount of examples in this course, examples make it easier to see how certain techniques/presentation habits affect me (and hence probably an audience as well). I also liked the specific pieces of advice, especially tips on concrete usage and implementation of advice in presentations'.  - Laura Froelich

    'This is one of my Udemy staples. I keep going back to this course, watching, and each time I learn something more to help my presentation skills. Highly recommended'. - Sarah Arrow Business Blogger

    'I think this is the very first course I have completed so far on Udemy, all in one day. Richard is an excellent instructor, very personable and down-to-earth. The course is well-organized with very practical, helpful, action-able information; comprehensive, but not overwhelming (which is important). This is an EXCELLENT course , I highly recommend it.Sherri Caldwell


  • WHY TAKE THIS COURSE?

    • to develop your presentation skills easily at your convenience, anytime, anyplace and on multiple devices.

    • lifetime access to your own highly experienced personal business presentation coach.

    • expert presentation secrets, tips and advice that are clear, concise and easy to implement in your presentations

    • high quality personal development from a highly experienced professional business trainer and presenter at low cost.

    • a learning community where you can ask questions and share experiences with fellow students as well as your tutor.

    • What have you got to lose? The course comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee and lifetime access to course material, along with future updates and additions. You will receive a certificate of completion on finishing the course. The course can be accessed on computers, iOS devices and Android.

    • I look forward to sharing lively discussions and helping you become a confident, engaging and highly successful business presenter.

    • See you online.

    • Richard Lock

Content

The core presentation principles that deliver success

Three key principles that most presenters ignore.

Preparation done well significantly increases the probability of success.

Preparation that saves you time and heartache later
Activity: The Twitter Challenge
Three key questions that will transform how you prepare your presentations
Tools that make planning your presentation easier and ultimately save you time

Building confidence, managing nerves

Nervous presenters give the game away
Tools to build your confidence and manage nerves
Practice, Practice, Practice

First review quiz

Review questions

Using posture and movement to support your key messages

Getting it together - why it's critical that voice and body say the same thing
Activity: Identifying posture and movement do's and don'ts
The most powerful stance and positive movements
Making the most of positive gestures and avoiding common traps
Using eye contact to build rapport and engage with your audience personally.
Do's and don'ts review

Your voice is your most important presentation asset when used well.

Vocal warm ups - preparing your voice for action.
Using your voice to make connections with your audience and bring topics to life
Exercise - The Perfect Voice
Activities to practice your vocal techniques

Activity: Learning Review

Learning Review

Creating audience interest and capturing attention for memorable presentations.

The key to SUCCESS: Miss these at your peril
Simplicity is hard to achieve, but adds huge benefits for your audience
Something unexpected helps - and may not be what you think.
Concrete - finding ways to make it real for your audience.
How to let your audience know you are credible in your subject.
Without an emotional connection your presentation will fail.
Everyone needs and loves stories to really understand your message.
SUCCESS summary
Activity: 2015 World Championship of Public Speaking
Exercise to apply the SUCCESS elements

Second review quiz

Review questions

How to get the best from your visuals and avoid death by PowerPoint.

Simple techniques to get the best from your visuals and really engage people.
How to visualize your data - a fantastic example
Flip charts and Whiteboards: it is not all about technology.

Opening and closing with impact

Clear strategies for opening and closing with the maximum impact.

Presentation Structures: Do they matter?

Presentation Structures

Dealing with questions

Dealing with questions effectively.

Final review quiz

Quiz 3

Presentation Pitfalls

Presentation Pitfalls

Presentation Checklist

Presentation Checklist

Finally - be yourself

Authenticity: why it's important

Final Presentation Challenge

Final Presentation Challenge

Copy of slides

Copy of slides

Making a presentation on camera - a personal case study

Personal Case Study Part 1
Personal Case Study Part 2

You've made it. Congratulations! and Thank You.

Congratulations!
Bonus offer from Richard

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Reviews

Alex
November 10, 2023
Good course overall, a final download file with all the material as a pack and links back to the Udemy pages for future refreshers, would be useful.
Vidya
October 16, 2023
Very engaging and interesting. The trainer is very knowledgeable and highly experienced. Crisp demonstrations, walking the talk so to speak.
Hakim
October 15, 2023
This presentation training is very suitable for my work, where in presentations/negotiations with outlets, there needs to be an opening, contents of objectives, negotiations and goals, where in my current work, it is just inline, thanks.
Nosimphiwe
October 3, 2023
Could have been easier to follow on the three points if they where numbered. e.g 1. The curse of knowledge, then the presenter continue explaining. This could help the audience follow and understand that now the presenter is explaining 1 of the 3 principles . I think numbering points is helpful.
Lori
September 11, 2023
The music in the background is distracting. I found myself looking for ways to turn off the music instead of listening to the content. The presenter "popping" around the screen is also distracting. Not sure how I'll get through 3.5 hours for this session. I'm interested in the content, however, find myself too distracted by the music, etc. to stay focused.
Lemmy
February 1, 2023
Woww...the moderator is really Good. Information is very clear and precise. I like his speed and tone variation. Excellent training,iam loving it!
Dorothee
January 10, 2023
Good content; interesting tips; however, the sound is not so great sometimes; i would have wanted to be able to make screenshots of some of the slides presented > always comes back with a black picture; sometimes the voice is not easy to follow because of the rather "artificial" tone and emphasis; i think the black background in the video is not the best choice; looks too artificial; I would have expected to get the proposed solution to an exercise as a download
Sachin
November 5, 2022
Great learning. Very well explained and will help me in my professional and personal life for long run. The given pointers will not only help while presenting but also it will be helpful while communicating to someone.
Sharona
November 3, 2022
Going well, informative and easy to follow. Sound is a bit 'wonky' Sound has improved, the background music was a bit distracting. .
Jeffrey
November 1, 2022
I will try to utilize the general structure of a presentation that Richard reviewed and understand the importance of the purpose guiding the discussion.
Winnie
October 24, 2022
The three main magic points are simple but extremely helpful. The curse of knowledge Keep it simple Journey or self discovery
Ayda
October 19, 2022
Very interesting, I'm learning new things. My tone of voice is very strong, I will have to work hard to achieve the right tone.
Carolina
September 11, 2022
This is a great course! Very useful, well structured, easy to understand. The professor is really engaging. I'm loving it so far :)
Makhani
September 8, 2022
it was a great experience to acquire the business presentation skills, what impresses me is the fact that the instructor knows his job and he is an expert.
Rajesh
September 8, 2022
good start, very engaging - can easily get distracted but the Prof could keep the momentum going. I wish the audio quality is better - the Shh sound has to be taken care of - so that future participants would enjoy it better

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