Presentation Skills for the Workplace
The slides were fine. The room still didn't move.
A presentation is one of the most expensive things your organization does. Twelve people in a room for an hour is twelve hours of payroll, and most of them leave without a decision. That is not a slide design problem.
This workshop treats presenting as structure and delivery rather than confidence. Confidence is a result, not a technique. Participants learn to build toward a single ask, cut everything that does not serve it, deliver without hiding behind the deck, and handle the question that derails most presenters.
HR and learning and development leaders use it for teams that present to executives, boards, funders, or clients, where the presentation often is the decision. Operations managers use it where capable people undersell good work. This covers you in the room; the deck itself is Microsoft PowerPoint training. Content and scenarios are built from the presentations your team actually gives.
Content, scenarios, and examples are built around your actual work before delivery. Most groups train live online, and on-site in-person delivery is available by request. This workshop is available by request only, with a three participant minimum, and sits alongside our other workforce development workshops for teams.
This course includes
- Live, instructor led half-day workshop
- Practice presenting on your feet, with feedback, using your own material
- Structural frameworks built around a single clear ask
- Techniques for handling hard questions, interruptions, and going off-script
- Digital learning materials and take home reference guides
- Certificate of completion for every participant
Description
The session opens with the ask, because a presentation without one is a status update wearing a costume. Participants identify what they need the room to decide, then build backward from it. Most discover half their material was there to prove they had done the work rather than to move the decision.
The middle is structure and delivery. Participants learn to open in a way that earns the next ninety seconds, sequence so a distracted listener can rejoin at any point, and deliver without reading. They practice on their feet, with feedback, using their own material rather than a canned exercise.
The last stretch is the part most training skips: what happens when it goes wrong. The hostile question, the executive who interrupts on slide two, the technical failure, the answer you do not have. Participants practice each, and learn to close on a decision rather than let a presentation trail into nothing.
What You'll Learn at a Glance
- Identify the single ask and build the presentation backward from it
- Open in a way that earns a busy room's attention
- Sequence content so a distracted listener can rejoin at any point
- Deliver without reading from your slides
- Handle hostile questions, interruptions, and answers you do not have
- Close on a decision rather than trailing off
- Cut material that does not serve the ask
Details
Duration
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this workshop. It is appropriate for professionals at all experience levels. Teams that also need to build the slides themselves can pair it with our Microsoft PowerPoint training.
Your Workforce Training Goals, Customized to You
DWC provides expert workforce development training aligned to your organization’s needs, your funding requirements, and your participants’ skill levels. With customization at every level, from content to scheduling to delivery format, DWC builds workforce training programs that produce measurable outcomes.
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Tuition
Presentation Skills for the Workplace is available by request only, scheduled around your team.
- $395 per participant, with a three participant minimum
- Private training: request a custom quote. One on one sessions and teams below the three participant minimum are priced case by case
- Larger groups: request a custom quote. We price larger cohorts case by case based on group size, schedule, and delivery format
Colorado state agencies, higher education institutions, cities, counties, school districts, and certified nonprofits may purchase this course directly through our State of Colorado Price Agreement. Request a quote and we will build pricing around your team.