NewEveryday Presentations: Speak with Influence and Impact

In today’s workplace, professionals need to communicate ideas clearly and confidently - whether in team meetings, project updates, or formal presentations.

Everyday Presentations: Speak with Influence and impact is an interactive course designed to equip you with practical tools and techniques to make your message heard and remembered. Through a combination of short teaching segments, hands-on exercises, peer feedback, and live coaching, you will learn to structure presentations for clarity, use voice and body language effectively and engage audiences across different settings - from boardrooms to virtual calls. You will also develop strategies to manage nerves, rehearse efficiently and build a personal ‘presentation toolbox’ to apply immediately in your workplace.

Key Training Features

Who Can Attend

Learning Outcomes


 Key Training Features:

  • Building your message: structuring content for attention and clarity
  • Delivery skills: body language, tone, pace, and emphasis
  • Influence in action: using stories, data, and rhetorical tools effectively
  • Presenting in practice: adapting for small meetings, hybrid settings, or formal speeches
  • Overcoming nerves: practical confidence techniques
  • Live practice and feedback: short presentations with guided coaching

Who Can Attend:

Anyone who needs to:

  • Present findings to colleagues or managers
  • Speak in team meetings or project briefings
  • Deliver short speeches or updates in professional settings
  • Gain more confidence when speaking in front of others

Learning Outcomes:

By the end of the course, you will know how to:

  • Structure presentations for clarity, flow, and impact
  • Use voice, body language, and pacing to engage listeners
  • Tailor delivery to different settings — from boardrooms to virtual calls
  • Handle nerves and project confidence
  • Apply quick rehearsal and feedback techniques to continually improve

Summary

Duration

10:00 - 16:00

Price

£595 + VAT

Location

Civil Service College London

Dates

Virtual 5 March 2026 Book7

Face to Face 11 June 2026 Book8

Virtual 9 September 2026 Book8

Face to Face 12 November 2026 Book8

Lead Trainer

Matthew Greenough

Matthew Greenough

Matt had a successful career in politics, which culminated in his role as Chief Special Adviser in the Welsh Government, leading to the role of Director of Communications for the Labour Party in Wales in 2016.

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Matthew Greenough

Matthew Greenough

Matt Greenough is passionate about words – and the power they have to make real and lasting change in the world. He had a successful career in politics, culminating in his role as the Chief Special Adviser in the Welsh Government. Prior to that he was the Special Adviser for Media & Strategic Communications, and the Education Special Adviser. As the most senior adviser working for the First Minister of Wales, Matt worked with politicians, officials, and external partners to help deliver the Government’s programme. He also had responsibility for writing keynote speeches and leading on high profile communications challenges. In addition to his work for Government, Matt worked in various roles for the Labour Party in Wales, including as Director of Communications for the successful 2016 Assembly elections.

Working at the top of government in strategic, policy and communications roles has given him wide-ranging and high-level experience of: speechwriting, media handling and training, change management, crisis communications, briefing senior teams, and stakeholder management.

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