Advanced Presentation Skills Workshop
Deliver presentations that excel in engagement and impact
In high-stakes presentations, excellence isn’t optional. However, even seasoned presenters sometimes struggle to captivate discerning audiences, convey complex ideas succinctly, or adapt to diverse cultural contexts.
The Presentation Skills Masterclass is designed to refine your skills and introduces advanced techniques to enhance your presence, storytelling, and engagement. Through immersive, hands-on coaching by the facilitator, you’ll transform your presentations into compelling narratives that drive action and leave a lasting impact.
Target audience
The Presentation Skills Masterclass is tailored for experienced professionals aiming to elevate their presentation skills for critical engagements, such as board meetings, sales conferences, client meetings, staff town halls, and other situations where maximising engagement and impact is mission-critical. The masterclass format emphasises facilitation and coaching over content delivery.
Learning outcomes
In this Presentation Skills Masterclass participants will learn how to:
- Hook the audience in right from the start
- Enhance executive presence through advanced body language and vocal modulation techniques
- Craft compelling narratives that drive action
- Use storytelling techniques to make complex information accessible and memorable
- Adapt presentations seamlessly to various cultural contexts and audience demographics
- Include contrast and surprise to keep the audience hooked
- Employ advanced technical and digital aids to reinforce key messages and engage the audience.
- Navigate challenging audience interactions with confidence and professionalism.
Ideal duration
1/2 day
The Presentation Skills Masterclass can be delivered as both a half-day or a full-day in-person workshop tailored for an in-house group, ideally capped at 8 participants. All participants are expected to prepare presentations in advance and will deliver multiple practice sessions during the workshop.
The masterclass can also be delivered virtually – typically as a half-day – focusing on techniques specific to online presentations, including leveraging digital tools and overcoming virtual engagement challenges.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is an ICML Masterclass?
The ICML Masterclass creates advanced presentation skills beyond delivering information. It helps to craft messages that resonate deeply with the audience and inspire action. These advanced skills include storytelling, audience analysis, and non-verbal communication to improve the impact of a presentation further. The Masterclass format is designed to build on the experience and knowledge of the participants, using practice and coaching as the prime components of the workshop.
How can I make my presentations more persuasive?
Improving the persuasiveness of a presentation involves creating an emotional connection through stories that relate to your audience and a clear outcome using evidence-based arguments. This strong call to action, tailored message and the use of emotion make the presentation compelling and easy for your audience to understand and remember.
What strategies can enhance audience engagement during a presentation?
The ICML masterclass enhances audience engagement by including interactive elements such as Q&A sessions, polls, or storytelling. This combination of dynamic delivery techniques with clear visuals keeps the audience involved and attentive.
How can I improve my vocal delivery?
Improving vocal delivery starts with practising projection, pace, and tone variation. Techniques like diaphragmatic breathing and voice warm-ups help you maintain clarity and energy throughout your presentation.
What tools can enhance virtual presentations?
Leveraging digital meeting technology, such as virtual whiteboards, breakout rooms, interactive slides and polling, can make virtual presentations more engaging. The ICML masterclass also addresses how to set up professionally with good lighting, clear audio, and a stable internet.
How do I handle difficult questions during a presentation?
Handling tough questions requires staying calm, listening actively, and addressing concerns with clear and concise answers. Preparing and anticipating potential questions help you navigate challenging situations with confidence.
Why is body language important in presentations?
Body language reinforces your message by projecting confidence, sincerity, and enthusiasm. Effective gestures, eye contact, and posture enhance audience trust and engagement. It adds tone and colour to your spoken words.
What is the role of storytelling in presentations?
Storytelling transforms presentations by creating an emotional connection, simplifying complex concepts, and making your message memorable. A well-told story can build rapport with your audience and inspire action.
How can I tailor my presentation to different audiences?
Tailoring a presentation involves researching your audience’s needs, expectations, and preferences. Adapting your tone, content, and examples ensures your message remains relevant and impactful.
What are the key challenges of virtual presentations?
Virtual presentations can be challenging due to limited audience feedback, technical glitches, and maintaining engagement when there is only a camera and a mic. Overcoming these limitations requires thoughtful preparation, dynamic delivery, and the interactive use of digital features to keep the audience involved.
Live virtual workshop testimonials
Dana is a very engaging presenter. Lots of great tips and role modelling of good presentation skills.
Extremely valuable.
My knowledge was sound but practical experience/techniques needed. Paddy presented, created rapport and made the whole thing much more ‘connectable’. I found the course very beneficial. This is one of the best PDs I have attended.
Mark has a great presentation style. Very engaging and great use of stories and games to keep you engaged. The workshop did deliver great skills and points that I will use for my next presentation.
Hands on confidence builder before a presentation at a conference. Lynne was clear, with excellent timing and top tips. Lynne brought the learning to life. Thank you!
The course was really good. Mark was well experienced and happy to provide as much information as he could. I was happy with the content of the course.
The program was extremely well tailored to my needs and David explained it in a way which was easy to comprehend. I am feeling a lot more confident in my ability.
Andrea was very engaging and approachable. Her workbook was excellent and she helped me to remind me of the importance to plan and keep the presentation concise and exciting.
Great workshop; well-paced with clear and concise information. Lynne’s engaging personality meant that the workshop was lively and interactive. The workshop provides practical skills that will improve my presentation skills and confidence.
Mark is an excellent facilitator and his courses are always practical and enjoyable. It was great to practice, receive feedback and learn effective ways to structure and deliver a presentation. Mark was engaging, kept it moving and creates a safe learning environment.
Matthew was a fantastic presenter, it was a great workshop. The training was most enjoyable. It was delivered in a professional but relaxed manner.
This is not your average communication training session. If you want some real skills that will help you personally and professionally this is it! Suzanne was brilliant. Highly engaging and brought light to some very interesting thoughts and methods. I thought I had some skills in this are but I’ve been turned on my head. Mindblowing information and learnings. I would have liked another day (I would never normally say this).
It was a fantastic session, walked away with so much knowledge about presenting. I enjoyed how comfortable Mark made us feel, it was a safe space to learn, small group was a great idea, and everything Mark said from start, even the way he introduced himself was all part of the learning which was fantastic.
Great program and facilitator. David was entertaining, engaging and challenging – learned a huge amount from David over the last two days.
I got so much out of today. I was extremely nervous coming in on the first day. Justine was so welcoming personable and knowledgeable. I really did push myself out of my comfort zone and got a lot in return. Would recommend to everyone.
I’ve done several presentation courses but this one was the best! Very knowledgeable and effective trainer, great takeaway practical take away points.
Excellent, very engaging and well presented. One of the better training days I've had! Excellent.
Not only was it a fun 2 days, but I learnt some powerful tools that I will certainly use in the future to enable me to me a more "focussed & fun" trainer. I would also highly recommend this course to anyone planning to "tread the carpet" in front of audiences, or to further their "quiver of tools" moving forward. Thanks to Lynne - the two days were one of the best "work days" that I have had, thank you.
I have already filled out the feedback you sent us but I wanted to provide a little more in terms of the impact it has had. The week after the workshop I gave a couple of presentations at the Grad induction. So much of what Simon went through with us was relevant. In particular the way to craft a presentation quickly (the stem plan), his advice on slides and the discussion around impact statements and presence. I tried out all of the above and am pleased to say it worked incredibly well! I’m conscious that positive feedback is not always highlighted and so I wanted to see if you could pass this on to Simon. He definitely had an impact on all of us and we have discussed things we’ve learned since the workshop several times with everyone agreeing it was one of the most impactful and useful workshops we’ve done at Specsavers.
Thank you, Mark! Great day and very useful. Heaps of relevant and useful tips and formulas. Mark is a great facilitator – interactive, engaging and knowledgeable.
Exceptionally engaging and challenging course that encourages all to have a go and improve. Simon is a full professional with obvious experience. Very engaging.
This was the most practical training I have received. This session has taught me things I will take away and utilise for a long time. Mark was extremely engaging.
Graham knows what he’s on about. Gave me confidence in speaking.
Matt was engaging and created a safe space for learning. Great day. Good to do as a team to work together and increase confidence. The content of the day was excellent and a good opportunity for reflection and practice. Matt was a great presenter and engaged the audience.
Ian's ability to bring our diverse group of people along with mindful consideration of our individual aims for our experience of the day was exceptional. He is an outstanding facilitator.
Paddy is a great guy. Knowledgeable and professional. The course has me feeling a lot more confident about my upcoming presentation.
Knowledgeable and personable, Sarah's a very confident presenter so I felt in very capable hands.
Justine is great, she is positive & engaging and she has provided us with valuable tips and taught us a lot about presenting with impact. I would recommend this course to my colleagues, this is a great course. Thanks very much, for fantastic course, Justine.
Thank you Gary I learnt a lot.
Definitely feel more confident and I’m able to add content to my presentation. Graham adapts to all learning styles quite well.
Simon created an engaging, safe, constructive and enjoyable learning environment. Great course - well run and a strong mix of theory and practice.
Thanks. I really appreciated the training and happy to see the team interacting during the breakout sessions. Sarah’s content and delivery is well planned considering also the total training time of 3.5hrs.
Simon really listened and paid attention to each of our individual strengths and areas we needed to work on and gave us all helpful constructive feedback. I look forward to implementing new ways to connect with my partners. Interactive - works well in an online format split into 2 sessions. Thank you so much for your mentorship over the last 2 sessions - found the content super helpful and the tools that we can further develop to our presenting skills.
Ian was very engaging.
I really enjoyed this workshop and liked the element of everyone presenting on a topic of their choice. Hugely worthwhile and would recommend to others.
Lynne’s workshops are always fantastic – was so pleased to see her at the front of the room when I walked in! Walked out of the session feeling like I had learnt a lot and had fun doing it. Lynne is so friendly, positive and engaging. Lynne really wants us to learn and succeed.
Really enjoyed how interactive the day was. It was very engaging and made me think more about the way I communicate. Mark was really engaging and fun. He looked to use for answers; wasn’t a lecture. Really showed how ice breakers work.
Very engaging and made the content very easy to follow and presenting comfortable.
Exactly what we were after. Thank you so much Sarah and team!
Suzanne was fantastic, lovely, very entertaining and extremely knowledgeable. I found the program very beneficial. Will help me become more confident when presenting at workshops and addressing landholders, peers and industry bodies. Fantastic couple of days. Very constructive. Would highly recommend to others wishing to build on or improve their written and communication skills
Matt was a very engaging presenter who imparted a huge amount of practical information & tips to take away and implement immediately in our presentations.
Fantastic program - very rarely do we host training that participants want to extend or wish lasted longer, but that's the response this writing, presenting and communicating with influence course received.
Simon is so inspiring. Very engaging and memorable workshop from beginning to end. I’m certainly going away with a lot more confidence and the tools I need to improve.
Outstandingly good training session, definitely worth the time investment. I not only benefited for my own application of presentation methods, I also think it was a great organisation capacity building experience demonstrating values of 'One Mitchell' and 'Continuous Improvement'.
Amazing presenter! I think every person in the class learnt a lot and were significantly more confident at public speaking by the end of the session. Tricks Simon taught us were definitely useful while presenting the case study.
Mark was able to handle a large group (10) and keep all engaged and participating. He really showed the value of planning and storytelling for business audiences.
The Presenting with Impact Course far exceeded my expectations and I now feel more confident when presenting and have developed many helpful tools to create a punchy presentation.
Simon was great in motivating us to be more confident when we speak. He was full of great little tips to stop the bad habits some of us had while presenting. There were so many great little presenting tips that I feel will help me out in the future and be more confident while presenting.
Justine is clearly passionate about Presenting – this combined with her knowledge made the course infectious.
Ian was very engaging and was an enjoyable facilitator. I was surprised and impressed by tips I got out of the workshop.
Quite an informative session. Joanne was excellent. I enjoyed the session immensely.
Paddy was very knowledgeable, experienced and practical. Very engaging, helpful, experienced, practical, funny and informative. Paddy was creative and used different training techniques (eg.whiteboard, butchers paper, TED video example, role playing). He was fantastic and I would recommend this course.
Simon was an engaging facilitator and would evolve the topics and questions as we asked. He was personable to each of us and help us all along on our individual journeys no matter how anxious or professional we appeared. Really enjoyed the session!
Very informative session that will definitely support me in giving more engaging presentations. Mark has lots of knowledge, tips and energy.
Brenda was fantastic and really helped me simplify my presentation to get the message across.
This session was highly informative and made a big difference when giving our final presentation. Simon was both a great teacher and an excellent example of what great presenting should be.
After course I feel more confident and able to put together an engaging presentation. Paddy is an excellent, engaging, professional teacher – informative, fun, able to comprehensively answer any questions posed.
The course really took it to another level and has 100% addressed what I wanted to get out of this course. The facilitator was excellent and really worked to build a friendly, encouraging and constructive environment.
Andrea worked well with the team. I needed a formula for preparing presentations and now I have one! The content we gained was invaluable, especially the websites and the authors to look up later.
Georgia presented in a natural and engaging way, she was fantastic and imparted valuable knowledge on the team.
The course and facilitator were great, would recommend to everyone within BMW. I have gained confidence in knowing what to do, makes a difference.
David really helped me achieve more direction and motivation about my role. The program added value to my role as a trainer and challenged existing perspectives on training. I found everything useful particularly engagement over content.
Lynne delivered an excellent 2 day session. It was informative and very worthwhile. Her technique and knowledge are outstanding. The session was very enjoyable and I would recommend this to anyone. Thanks.
I have had presentation training a few times, and this is by far the best training I’ve ever had! I have learnt so many tips and tricks from this training that I’ve never heard of before, and Simon was engaging and was motivated to help us achieve our goals.
The course was very informative and interesting. I have taken lots of new tips and skills that I will use moving forward. I learnt how to engage the group more and tips to improve my delivery.
Paddy is a great facilitator with a fantastic learning style. I have completed the course with newly developed skills. Paddy is fun, entertaining, approachable, knowledgeable and always professional. I learnt a lot from him over the two days. This course was a great intro into developing the skills to Present with Confidence. Paddy was a fantastic facilitator. Would highly recommend! I appreciated that we were asked what we wanted out of the course prior to commencing (survey). I felt like everything I mentioned in survey was addressed.
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