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Quick Look Course Summary:Professional Presentations Course (2 days)
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Length: 2 day(s)
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Price (at your venue): 1 Person R 10,326 EX VAT 3 Person R 7,594 EX VAT 10 Person R 5,537 EX VAT
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Certification Type:Non-Accredited
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Locations & Venues: Off-site or in-house. We train in all major city centres throughout South Africa.
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Professional Presentations Course (2 days)
Business presentations that are well built, clearly delivered and lead to a useful discussion – not a room full of polite silence.
Most workplace presentations are not speeches on a stage. They are a project update to management, a proposal to a client, a briefing to a team or a report-back to a committee – usually with slides, usually followed by questions and debate. This two-day corporate presentation skills training is built for those situations: it shows delegates how to design a business presentation around the audience and then deliver it in a way that keeps people listening and talking.
Day one is about building the presentation: analysing the audience, choosing one key message, organising the content, selecting the right format and preparing slides, flip charts and other aids that support the speaker rather than replace them – with a plan B for when the projector, the connection or the power fails. Day two is about delivery and interaction: managing nerves, using voice and body language, reading the room, encouraging discussion and handling difficult questions, disagreement and deadlock.
Each delegate prepares and delivers a short presentation on a real work topic, receives structured feedback from peers and the facilitator, and learns to give useful feedback on other people's presentations too.
Why this course
For your organisation
- Presentations to clients and management that are clear and well prepared
- Meetings where presentations lead to discussion and decisions
- Staff who represent the organisation confidently
- A shared standard for slides and presentation structure
For your delegates
- A repeatable method for building any business presentation
- Slides and visual aids that help rather than distract
- Techniques for managing nerves and difficult questions
- Feedback on your own presentation from peers and the facilitator
What delegates will be able to do
- Analyse an audience and set a clear objective for a presentation
- Organise content around one key message with a strong opening and close
- Choose a suitable format and prepare effective slides and other visual aids
- Prepare the venue, equipment and a back-up plan before presenting
- Use voice, eye contact and body language to come across with confidence
- Encourage discussion and adapt when the audience's attention drops
- Answer difficult or hostile questions and manage disagreement calmly
- Evaluate a presentation constructively and give useful feedback
Who should attend
Managers, specialists, sales and client-facing staff, project leaders and anyone who presents information, updates or proposals to colleagues, management or clients and wants those presentations to be clearer and more engaging. Suitable for new presenters and for experienced ones who want structured feedback, including senior managers looking to improve their executive presentation skills.
Course outline
Day 1 – Building a business presentation
Starting with the audience
- Who will be in the room and what they need from you
- The decision or action you want at the end
- The questions and concerns the audience will bring
- Adjusting one presentation for different audiences
Structuring the content
- One key message and three supporting points
- Ways to organise content: problem and solution, chronological, comparison
- Telling a short case story: situation, task, action and result
- Credible sources and acknowledging them
- Openings that earn attention and closes that ask for action
Choosing the format
- Briefing, discussion, demonstration or workshop
- Matching the format to the audience, time and room
- Presenting in person, online and in hybrid meetings
Slides and other visual aids
- Slides that support the speaker: one idea per slide
- Presenting numbers with simple charts
- Font, colour and contrast for readability
- Flip charts and whiteboards: preparing them in advance
- Video and audio clips without technical trouble
- A plan B for power cuts, projector failures and dropped connections
Practical: building your presentation
- Each delegate plans a ten-minute presentation on a real work topic
- Peer review of the structure and slides
- Revising and rehearsing for day two
Day 2 – Delivering and engaging
Preparation and nerves
- Checking the venue, equipment and materials
- A final checklist for the day before
- Mental preparation and physical relaxation techniques
- Looking confident even when you do not feel it
Voice and body language
- Volume, pace and pausing
- Eye contact, gestures, stance and movement
- Style and tone that draw an audience in or push it away
- Using notes without reading from them
Keeping the audience engaged
- Reading the room and adjusting as you go
- Using questions and short activities to involve people
- Appropriate humour
- Knowing when a break is needed
Questions, challenge and discussion
- Setting ground rules for questions
- Complex questions and questions you cannot answer
- Questions that sound like an attack
- Handling disagreement, personality clashes and deadlock in the discussion
- Summarising conclusions and agreeing next steps
Presentations with feedback
- Each delegate delivers their presentation
- Structured peer evaluation using a feedback checklist
- Facilitator feedback on content, delivery and interaction
- Personal action plan for your next presentation
How it is delivered
Two days, 08:30-16:00. In person at your offices anywhere in South Africa, at a BOTI venue, or live online. One delegate or a group of up to 20; smaller groups allow more practice time each. Workbook, presentation planner and feedback checklist included. We deliver it at your offices in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Cape Town and anywhere else in South Africa, at a BOTI venue in Johannesburg, or live online for teams in different places.
What our clients say
“The course was efficiently scheduled and planned around our timetable. We were impressed by the quality of training, as well as the experience of the facilitator”
“We have been very impressed with their service and rollout of the training.”
“We were particularly impressed by the quality of facilitation and the practical relevance of the content presented. The programme was delivered with professionalism, clarity, and a strong emphasis on real-world application”
Frequently asked questions
Can you run this course at our offices?
Yes. Most groups are trained at the client's premises anywhere in South Africa; we can also host it at a BOTI venue or deliver it live online.
How many people can attend?
From one delegate to groups of about 20. With larger groups the practice presentations are run in parallel sub-groups.
Is it accredited?
No – it is a non-accredited short course and delegates receive a BOTI certificate of attendance.
Can delegates work on presentations they actually have to give?
Yes, and we recommend it. Delegates build and deliver a presentation on a real work topic, so they leave with something ready to use.
How is this different from Public Speaking Training?
Public Speaking Training focuses on speaking to an audience with confidence, including impromptu and persuasive speaking. This course focuses on business presentations – planning content, designing slides and visual aids, and running the discussion and questions that follow.
Can you run this course in Johannesburg, Cape Town or Durban?
Yes. We train on site at your offices in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Cape Town and across South Africa, at a BOTI venue in Johannesburg, or live online so a team spread over several offices can attend together.
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