Effective Presentation Skills – Presenting news and ideas with impact and credibility

Course introduction

Do you have to present to the school; parents; stakeholders; the governors; your staff?

Are you expected to pitch new ideas to your colleagues?

Influence your team and colleagues to address specific challenges?

Inform parents and the students of good news?

There are many occasions where we have to present as part of our role within Education. In this training we will be discovering ways to present your ideas, message or news in an effective way. We will share simple structures to make your presentations more impactful. Our aim is for you to be more confident about presenting in all situations.

What we will cover throughout the day

• Using elements of the SuperStar Communicator™ methodology you will -

• Understand who you are speaking to and why they should listen;

• Look at how to structure your presentation;

• Generate ‘Hooks’ to create curiosity at the beginning of your presentation;

• Unpick the power of “Brief Speaking” for maximum impact;

• Implement powerful ways to end your presentation;

• Use stories to add value to your presentations;

• Discuss top tips on preparation and managing questions;

• Build confidence in presenting a speech or ideas to audiences of difference sizes

• Discover how to have more presence on stage or virtually when you speak.

Target audience

The Senior Leadership Team; teachers and educators who present and deliver speeches to audiences. Department leaders , ambitious individuals and individuals who are receiving additional training to move into leadership roles.

Trainers for this course

Susan Heaton-Wright

Wright is a multi-award winning business woman; International Keynote Speaker, former Prize Winning Opera singer and founder of SuperStar Communicator. She is a QTS teacher, having taught... in India, Kenya and United Kingdom before retraining as a singer. Susan empowers emerging leaders to communicate with impact, confidence, clarity and credibility in all business conversations: delivering speeches, masterclasses, coaching and facilitating workshops . Her company works with multi-national companies globally including J&J, Astra Zeneca, AXA and Pfizer as well as professional organisations in UK, Europe and the Middle East. She has worked with attendees from more than 135 countries world wide. In 2020 she was named a top 100 inspirational female entrepreneur and she is a Fellow of the Professional Speaking Association. Susan lives in Hertfordshire. Read more

See what others have to say about us

“I feel the training today has left me fully prepared to launch the Scheme to impact positively on the school community as a whole – an excellent day and very worthwhile. I would fully recommend.”

“Partnership working is an outstanding feature of the school. There are well established, excellent partnerships with parents and carers. The ‘learn with me’ days are very effective and parents are very positive about their worth. The ‘Family Values’ scheme is highly successful and encourages parents to undertake worthwhile activities with their children at home.”

“Excellent course – incredibly well delivered and really interesting and thought provoking. Looks to be a really good scheme and loads of help, ideas and activities to launch the scheme within the school. Will enhance the work I do as a parent support advisor. I know some of my families will love to do this.”

About the venue

Stay at home, get comfortable and enjoy our live interactive course via Zoom! You’ll receive the link a few days before the course date so you can get prepared (and excited) ahead of time.

Handy course logistics

• The course will run via Zoom from 9:30 am – 3:00 pm, however, the trainer will be available 15 minutes before and after the course times to answer any questions.
• You’ll receive mid-morning, lunch and afternoon breaks to re-energise.
• This course is designed to be interactive and inclusive. We welcome questions and discussions throughout and we want you to be comfortable and stress-free no matter where you join us from!
• Your course pack includes handouts, an M&S voucher for food, a snack, a pen and a notepad – we’ll send this to you before the day. Please note this is only for UK-based participants, international attendees will receive the pack via email.
• Additional links and information will be emailed to you before and during the course.
• This course is also available as an in-house / INSET training session at your school. Contact us for details.
• Please note – the cost is per person
• Please note – the early bird rate of £185+ VAT ends 28 days prior to the course date, after this the standard rate of £215+VAT will be charged.