Looking to book a presentation skills course for your team? BOTI’s 2-day Presentation Skills Course equips your staff to plan, design and deliver confident, persuasive presentations — covering everything from conquering nerves to mastering PowerPoint, flip charts and audience engagement. Delivered in-house or off-site across South Africa.

This course is run by BOTI (Business Optimization Training Institute), a South African corporate training provider trusted by organisations such as Sasol, Glencore and the City of Johannesburg. Whether you are upskilling a sales team, your managers, or front-line staff who present to clients, this practical, hands-on programme builds the skills that translate directly into the workplace. Rather than abstract theory, every module is built around the real situations your people face — pitching, reporting, training and persuading — so that what they learn on day one is something they can use the moment they return to the office.

Course Overview at a Glance

What You Will Learn: Course Modules

This comprehensive 2-day programme is structured across 12 practical modules, taking your delegates from the fundamentals of crafting a presentation through to advanced delivery and engagement techniques:

1. Let’s Begin — icebreaker, housekeeping and setting clear objectives.
2. Crafting Your Program — needs analysis, outlining and content development.
3. Delivery Methods Demystified — fundamental and advanced delivery techniques.
4. Mastering Verbal Communication — active listening, questioning and presence.
5. Harnessing Non-Verbal Communication — body language, gestures and impression management.
6. Conquering Nervousness — mental preparation, relaxation and projecting confidence.
7. Elevating with Flip Charts — tools, pre-writing, colour psychology and backup planning.
8. Powering Up with PowerPoint — setup, insider tips and contingency planning.
9. Whiteboard Wizardry — traditional and digital options plus colour dynamics.
10. Captivating with Videos and Audio — tools and engagement techniques.
11. Infusing Energy into Presentations — humour, discussion and handling questions.
12. Wrapping Up — reflection, action planning and feedback.

Across the two days, delegates move through a clear arc: first building a well-structured message, then learning to deliver it with presence, and finally mastering the visual and technical tools that bring a presentation to life. Because the course is practical, each module includes opportunities to apply the technique immediately rather than simply hear about it.

Why Choose This Presentation Skills Course

• Tackles presentation anxiety head-on with practical, repeatable techniques for conquering nerves and projecting confidence.
• Covers the full toolkit — PowerPoint, flip charts, whiteboards, video and audio — so your team can present effectively in any room.
• Balances verbal and non-verbal mastery, because how you say it matters as much as what you say.
• Builds in contingency planning so delegates can recover smoothly when technology or timing goes wrong.
• Hands-on and practical — delegates practise and refine skills they will use the very next week at work.

“I was motivated, inspired and gained self-confidence. The benefits will always be cherished.”
— Government Department Delegate

Who Should Attend

This presentation skills course is ideal for a wide range of professionals across your organisation, including:

• Executives and senior managers
• Sales and marketing teams
• HR and L&D personnel
• Project managers
• Training specialists and facilitators
• Consultants and communications professionals
• Any career-focused employee who presents to colleagues, clients or stakeholders

Because the skills are universal, mixed-team cohorts often work well — a sales consultant, a project manager and a technical specialist all benefit from the same core framework, while applying it to their own context.

Presentation Skills for the Workplace

Strong presentation skills are no longer a “nice to have” — they are a core workplace competency. From pitching to a client, leading a project update, or delivering a board report, your staff are presenting far more often than they realise. Investing in presentation skills for the workplace directly improves how your organisation communicates, sells and leads.

Where Workplace Presentation Skills Matter Most

In a South African corporate environment, presentation skills show up in countless everyday moments:

• Client pitches and proposals — winning new business depends on a confident, persuasive delivery.
• Internal meetings and project updates — clear presenters keep teams aligned and decisions moving.
• Board and stakeholder reports — credibility with leadership rests on how well data and recommendations are communicated.
• Sales presentations — converting interest into revenue requires structure, energy and the ability to handle objections.
• Training and knowledge-sharing — your subject-matter experts become far more effective when they can present clearly.

When your people present well, your organisation looks more professional, your messages land more reliably, and your teams make faster, better-informed decisions. Poor presentations, by contrast, cost time and credibility: meetings overrun, key points get lost, and good ideas fail to win support simply because they were not communicated convincingly.

Building a Culture of Confident Presenters

The biggest barrier to good workplace presentations is rarely a lack of knowledge — it is nervousness and a lack of structure. This course directly addresses both. By giving delegates a repeatable framework for crafting a presentation and proven techniques for conquering nervousness, you build a team that can stand up and communicate with confidence in any setting.

For organisations, the return is tangible: shorter, clearer meetings; stronger client relationships; and managers who can rally their teams around a message. Because the course is hands-on, delegates leave with skills they apply immediately — not just theory. Over time, as more of your people complete the training, confident presenting becomes part of how your organisation operates rather than the preserve of a few naturally gifted speakers.

In-House Presentation Training for Teams

Running this course in-house is the most effective way to lift presentation skills across a whole team at once. Delivering training on-site, with your own real-world examples and presentation scenarios, means the skills transfer directly back to the job. In-house delivery is also more cost-effective per delegate (see our group rates above) and can be tailored to your industry, your tone and your specific presentation challenges — whether that is technical pitches, sales decks or executive reporting.

We deliver in-house and on-site across Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria, with remote options available for distributed teams. Funded and group training arrangements can often be structured to support your broader skills-development planning — speak to us about how this course can form part of your wider learning and development strategy. Need accredited training for B-BBEE skills-development or SETA reporting purposes? Ask about BOTI’s QCTO- and SETA-accredited programmes in areas such as Management Assistant, Generic Management and Business Administration.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long is the presentation skills course?
The course runs over 2 days and is delivered through practical, hands-on sessions and group exercises so delegates can practise and refine their skills.

Is the presentation skills course accredited?
No — this is a practical, facilitator-led skills programme, and delegates receive a BOTI certificate of completion (this is not an accredited qualification). Need accredited training? Ask about BOTI’s QCTO- and SETA-accredited programmes in related areas such as Management Assistant, Generic Management and Business Administration.

Where is the training delivered?
We offer both off-site and in-house delivery across South Africa’s major centres, including Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria, plus remote delivery for distributed teams.

Can the course be customised for our industry?
Yes. When delivered in-house, we can tailor the content, examples and presentation scenarios to your industry, your team’s roles and your specific presentation challenges.

Related Courses

Explore more from our Public Speaking, Voice & Presentation training cluster:

• Public Speaking Course — build confidence and command any audience.
• Communication Skills Course — strengthen everyday verbal and written communication.
• Business Writing Skills Course — produce clear, professional documents and reports.
• Train the Trainer Course — equip your facilitators to deliver high-impact sessions.

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Request a quote or a free 15-minute callback and we will help you plan the right presentation skills training for your team. Call us on 011-882-8853 — we respond promptly.

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