Presentation Skills
How to plan, build and deliver presentations that land: message-first planning, clean slides, confident delivery, presenting data aloud and handling tough questions. For professionals in industrial and energy organisations and self-directed learners.
45m
Total time
4
Competency levels
12
Lessons
What you'll learn
- Explain why a presentation starts with the audience and the message, not the slides
- Structure a talk with a strong opening, a three-point body and a clear close
- Apply slide hygiene: one idea per slide, minimal text, readable from the back of the room
- Deliver with controlled pace, deliberate pauses, eye contact and managed nerves
- Present numerical data aloud so the audience hears the point, not just the numbers
- Handle questions, interruptions and hostile rooms without losing the message
Curriculum
Progress through each competency level in order.
1
Awareness
- 2mStart With the Message, Not the SlidesKnowledge
- 2mThe Shape of a Good TalkKnowledge
- 5mAwareness Check: Message and StructureAssessment
2
Knowledge
- 2mSlide HygieneKnowledge
- 2mDelivery: Pace, Pauses, Eye Contact and NervesKnowledge
- 7mKnowledge Check: Slides and DeliveryAssessment
3
Skill
- 2mPresenting Data AloudKnowledge
- 3mDeliver a Structured Work PresentationAssignment
- 7mSkill Check: Data and Live DeliveryAssessment
4
Mastery
- 3mHandling Questions and Hostile RoomsKnowledge
- 3mHigh-Stakes Presentation With Assessed Q&AAssignment
- 7mMastery Check: Command of the RoomAssessment
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