Workshops and bookings
How to give a talk and be heard: As you leave the stage you want people to remember your presentation, believe in your ideas and have found you compelling.
These things happen when you have the confidence to share your ideas, your stories and express yourself in your own voice.
Most of us hate presenting. Some of us love it. Even those that look like extroverts on stage are often really introverts. This stuff can be learnt. This workshop teaches you how to present like you know you can.
Who'd have thought that presentation skills would become one of the most important business tools ever?
Presentations skills really matter as they are the key to spreading great ideas. Ideas change things. They are the most valuable of currencies.
This workshop takes all my learning from presenting around the world over the last 20 years, being one of the comperes at the brilliant Do Lectures over the last 7 years, and hosting events and conferences over the last 25 years, and it condenses it into a one-day workshop on how to develop an authentic and compelling presentation style.
What this isn't about.
This isn't about the number of words you use per slide, or the number of slides per 10 minutes, or about adopting a character and becoming that.
This isn't about copying the best; it's about finding your best.
What this is about.
This is about finding the real you. This is about reconnecting with the sparky, lively, enthusiastic person you really are and bring that person to the stage.
This is about building ideas that take all the oxygen out of the room, that make the hairs on your arm stand-up.
This is about using stories - your stories - to build presentations that change things.
This is about finding your voice. It maybe that someone stole it, or muffled it, or ignored it. It might be that that someone was you. We will help you find it again.
What you will learn
You will learn what makes a great presentation and you will learn what makes a dreadful presentation.
You will learn that you have a true voice and you will learn how to find it.
You will learn how to prepare so that you won't forget.
You will learn how to relax in, and even enjoy, the spotlight.
You will learn what is holding you back on stage and how to deal with it.
You will learn how to build ideas and give them velcro so that they stick to people.
You will learn how to build a presentation with stories.
You will learn that pauses are - good.
You will learn how to use media, music and video to make your points faster and better.
You will learn how to get out of your own way.
You will learn how to breathe.
You will learn a simple meditation technique to reduce nerves (nerves are not all bad - you will learn that too).
You will learn about fonts and slides, confidence and no-slides.
You will learn how to be you, you're very good at that.
Where are the workshops?
Currently we are running all courses over zoom. We facilitate a half day “Authentic presenting skills” workshop and a two hour “When zoom is your room” workshop (which focuses primarily on presenting online). Once COVID restrictions ease we are looking forward to running workshops once more in central London and in our garden studio in the Midlands. These courses are limited to twelve places.
If you would prefer Mark to facilitate a workshop specifically for your company, please get in touch with nicola@thisisape.co.uk to discuss your needs.
To find out more, scroll down to the book icon below. You find all details on our shop.
The average rating out of a score of 5 was 4.8.
“If you have ever thought that great presenters are born and not made; that presenting well is a dark art that only few can aspire to; that your voice does not deserve to be heard; or that being you is not enough - then be prepared to challenge your preconceived ideas.
This course will take you to places within yourself that you haven’t been before. A great day, you will come out feeling more confident and that bit bigger!
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“This course is unlike anything I have ever done before -corporately or personally. Mark is very humble about his expertise but I walked away much wiser about how to apply his approach, but also with a huge personal awareness about how I can bring my talks to life. ”
“Mark has the ability to transform the way you see yourself, not just in the way you present but also every aspect of your life. ”
“This, without doubt was the best money I’ve spent on ‘training’ or ‘talks’ or anything like that.
I would recommend this day to practically everyone I work with, as the benefits of it are well beyond presenting.”
“What have I been afraid of all these years, afraid of letting people see me express emotion. I don’t know. And seeing me allowing myself to be emotional in front of all of you, and not trying to stop it or block it, just letting it come, it’s powerful stuff. THANK YOU. And thanks to your family as well. Seeing your daughter’s lovely smiley, encouraging face in front of me was just what I needed!
When you welcomed me at the gate that morning, it set the tone, something shifted in my brain and I started to relax, it was perfect. How you got the dog to come in and lay at my feet before we started, I don’t know!
I knew what I was there to do but I had no idea of the magic that would unfold. I want more magic in my life, that’s my goal now.
Goooo!”