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Poor techniques mean poor presentations, leading to lost opportunities.

Business surveys report that the number one fear is being scared of speaking to a group. Fear is a natural defence mechanism, to stop us getting hurt. But fear creates nerves and tensions that affect our voice, our posture, our breathing and generally cramps our style as presenters.

Most presenters have no idea how to manage nerves and tension. Sadly, many trainers cannot help either.

We cope with fear by preparing, but mostly prepare in the wrong way.
We fear that we will forget our lines, so we look for reminders.
We think that our audiences understand our jargon, and we pack in too much.

What poor audiences have to endure is:
 - Death by a thousand Powerpoint bullet points; slides are not teleprompters.
 - Mindless, pointless, endless clip-art, in an attempt to add visual interest.
 - Poor presentation structure, with too much detail.

Nervousness leads to postures that are stiff and wooden, often punctuated with pointless gestures or movement.
Tension constricts the throat, so the voice is dull and monotonous, lacking vocal colour.

So what we see in most presentation is poor content accompanied by poor delivery.

At EPS we study and learn from great speakers. We coach and train you to apply proven Stage and Business techniques to overcome the problems of presenting:
 - Techniques to structure content and create engaging visual aids
 - Techniques to project confidence and convince audiences and
 - Techniques to deliver your final message or call to action which generate applause.

Extreme Presentation Skills let you perform like the great speakers

Great speakers are not born. Their polished performances are the result of long hours spent practising and honing their speaking skills.

Most of the great speakers studied and used techniques borrowed from the acting profession. They learned and honed techniques of rhetoric in hustings and public meetings.

The good news is that we can teach you their performing techniques. When you apply them in the work place your ‘presence’ will be enhanced, and all your communications will become more effective.

We diagnose, analyse and appraise your style. Then we identify a personal action plan.

In challenging one-to-one workshops we study and learn from the great speakers. Then we apply the lessons to work through your personal action plan. We identify problems in your style and overcome them. We help you to develop your content and to practise your delivery techniques.

A professional actor will coach you in voice projection, body language and movement. An expert presenter will guide you in rhetoric, structure and visual aids.

Extensive use of video provides immediate feedback, and you can see impressive step change improvements.

Homework exercises will build on the workshops to consolidate your achievements.

Listen to clips of great speakers and memorable speeches

We reveal the techniques and tricks used by great speakers and writers to enthrall audiences. We show you how to apply them to your presentations to deliver outstanding performances.