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Writing for presentations and speeches


Presentations: love them or hate them, they are an important part of professional life – whether to inspire, motivate, change minds or simply report back to your peers. 

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The art of successful presentation writing

A high-impact presentation is as much about what you say as how you say it – something that most presentation-skills courses overlook. Yes, your delivery and appearance are crucial. And yes, being a confident speaker helps. But you still need to captivate your audience with your content. In short, you need a combination of writing and presentation skills.

Presentation and speech-writing training

In our presentation and speech-writing course, you will learn how to capture and keep your audience’s attention. Without relying on PowerPoint. To inspire people, you need to appeal to their values. To carry them, you need pace and rhythm. To change minds, shape visions or even tell everyone what you do all day, you must choose and order your words carefully. We'll show you how. Whether you need to improve your corporate speech-writing or presentation-writing skills, this course is for you.

Call us on +44 (0)1273 732 888 or email us to find out more.

What you'll learn

Our presentation and speech-writing course will show you how to:

  • use the techniques of the best speech-writers
  • avoid 'death by PowerPoint'
  • tailor your talk to your audience
  • build an effective structure
  • create an intro that grabs your audience
  • keep people with you (and awake!)
  • write a strong, memorable ending
  • use rhythm and ‘colour’, and avoid weak words
  • punctuate for speech
  • know when – and how – to ring the changes
  • design slides that work
  • influence and inspire your audience
  • write attention-grabbing ‘two-liners’ to promote your talk.

Download a PDF about this course, including a course outline.

Confidential writing analysis and questionnaire

Our expert trainer: Jack Elliot

Supporting you after the course

For more information about how we can help you or your colleagues write better presentations, talk to us on +44 (0)1273 732 888 or send us a message.

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