Workshop

Presentation Skills & Public Speaking

Speak with presence, not just polish

Professional practicing public speaking skills with supportive colleagues in workshop

Who This Is For

  • Professionals who present regularly to clients, boards, or large audiences
  • Subject-matter experts who need to translate complex ideas for non-technical audiences
  • Emerging leaders preparing for higher-visibility roles and speaking opportunities
  • Anyone who dreads public speaking and wants to transform anxiety into energy

What Your Team Will Learn

  • Project confidence and composure, even when you're nervous or caught off guard
  • Develop a natural, authentic speaking style that connects with any audience
  • Handle unexpected questions, technical failures, and blank-mind moments with grace
  • Use physicality, eye contact, and vocal variety to hold attention without slides
  • Structure impromptu remarks that are clear, compelling, and concise
  • Practice recovering from mistakes in a way that actually builds audience trust

How It Works

Duration

1 hour to multi-day (customizable)

Group Size

8 to 1,000+ participants

Delivery

On-site at your location, at our Portland theatre, or via Zoom

Customization

Fully tailored to your team's presentation contexts and speaking challenges

The Secret to Great Presenting Isn’t Preparation. It’s Presence.

Most presentation training focuses on structure, slides, and rehearsal. Those things matter. But the speakers who truly move people aren’t the most polished—they’re the most present. They’re connected to their audience, responsive to the room, and genuinely themselves. That’s what this workshop builds.

Through applied improv exercises, participants practice the skills that no amount of slide-polishing can replace: staying grounded when your mind goes blank, recovering from a stumble in a way that builds trust, and reading the room so you can adjust on the fly. These aren’t tricks. They’re capacities that develop through practice—and improv is the most efficient practice method that exists.

We work with the reality that most workplace presenting isn’t a keynote on a stage. It’s a team update, a client pitch, an all-hands Q&A, or an impromptu explanation in a hallway. Participants practice across all of these contexts, building versatility rather than a single rehearsed performance.

Your facilitator creates a supportive environment where participants can take real risks—try new approaches, fail safely, and discover that their authentic voice is far more compelling than any scripted version. Participants leave with techniques they can use before their very next meeting, plus the confidence that comes from having practiced the hard moments rather than just imagining them.

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