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Master the Craft of Compelling Presentations

Practical step-by-step strategies to plan, build, and deliver compelling, persuasive, and powerful presentations.

Created byMike Claytonworkspace_premiumBest Instructor
All LevelsUpdated May 19, 2026

What You'll Learn

  • check_circleApply the 'Presenter's BOMB' framework to define benefits, outcomes, and structure for any presentation.
  • check_circleUtilize advanced vocal and physical techniques to enhance authority and audience engagement.
  • check_circleDesign minimalist, high-impact visual aids that support rather than distract from the speaker.
  • check_circleImplement proven rhetorical structures to make key messages memorable and persuasive.
  • check_circleHandle challenging questions from hostile audiences with confidence and respect.
  • check_circleCreate a memorable experience with strong opening and closing sections.

About This Course

Does the thought of standing up to present fill you with dread?

Or maybe you present regularly, but feel you never quite land the impact you're looking for?

Whether you're pitching to clients, speaking at a conference, or presenting to your own team, your ability to communicate with clarity and confidence is one of the most powerful skills you can develop. It opens doors, builds credibility, and sets you apart.

This comprehensive course gives you everything you need. It covers the end-to-end craft of professional presenting:

  • From your initial strategic preparation...
  • Your very first blank page...
  • Advanced delivery techniques...
  • To the final word of your closing.

It explores how to:

  • Structure compelling narratives
  • Design effective visual aids,
  • Manage performance anxiety, and
  • Handle challenging audience questions with confidence and integrity

With this course, you can become a truly compelling presenter.

What you'll learn:

Section 1: Preparation

You'll discover how to define the purpose of your presentation and build a message that resonates. You'll:

  • Explore proven presentation structures,
  • Learn how to open with a hook that grabs attention instantly, and
  • Close in a way that leaves a lasting impression.
  • Master the art of creating powerful visual aids
  • Learn why thorough rehearsal is the secret weapon of every great presenter.

Section 2: Delivery

You'll learn how to:

  • Control nerves before and during your presentation, so anxiety becomes energy rather than an obstacle
  • Build both foundational and advanced platform skills
  • Project confidence from the moment you walk into the room
  • Handle audience questions — including the tough ones — with poise and authority.

This course is for you if:

  • You want to feel genuinely confident every time you present
  • You need a proven system for structuring and preparing presentations
  • You've been told you need to improve your presenting — and you're ready to do something about it
  • You want to move from competent to truly memorable

Every lesson is practical, actionable, and built around real-world presenting situations. No fluff, no theory for theory's sake — just the tools and techniques that actually work.

By the end of this course, you won't just know how to present. You'll know how to persuade, engage, and inspire — every time.

If you're ready to transform the way you communicate, enroll today. Your audience is waiting.

Course Content

2 activities • 14 videos • duration: 1h 58m

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Preparing Your Presentation9 videos • 1.1 hours
  • videocamHow to Define Your Presentation
    Duration 7:12
  • videocamHow to Craft a Compelling, Persuasive, and Powerful Presentation
    Duration 9:18
  • videocamStructuring Compelling Presentations
    Duration 9:44
  • videocamFive Proven Presentation Structures
    Duration 4:53
  • videocamOpen Your Presentation: How to Hook Your Audience with a Great Start
    Duration 7:59
  • videocamClosing: How to Finish Your Presentation with Impact
    Duration 4:52
  • videocamHow to Make the Key points of Your Presentation Memorable
    Duration 7:36
  • videocamHow to Create Excellent Visual Aids for Your Presentation
    Duration 6:09
  • videocamPreparation: How to Review and Rehearse Your Presentation
    Duration 9:48
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Delivery Skills5 videos • 50 min

Your Instructor

Mike Clayton

Business Trainer, Author and Speaker

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Dr Mike Clayton is a business trainer, author and speaker. Since 2002, he has been helping professionals, managers and leaders to excel in their roles with management, leadership, and personal effectiveness training. Mike has written over a dozen books for major publishers like Wiley, Macmillan and Pearson, including: Powerhouse, How to Manage a Great Project, How to Speak so People Listen, Brilliant Time Management, and The Influence Agenda. Mike's professional background is 12 years as a project management professional with the London office of international management consultancy Deloitte. Prior to that, Mike had an academic career in Physics, working at the world renowned Schuster Laboratory of the University of Manchester.

Credit Information

Is this course eligible for my CPD requirements as a Canadian CPA?

Provincial regulators of CPAs in Canada do not require that independent providers of CPD be approved to offer courses. Instead, individual CPAs are responsible for assessing whether a CPD activity meets their requirements, and may take activities from any source provided those requirements are met.

Every course offered on LearnFormula is delivered by a qualified subject matter expert or learning organization, and advances learning objectives that are relevant to the responsibilities or professional competencies of Canadian CPAs. All activities on LearnFormula are quantifiable in terms of hours, and are also verifiable, in that users receive documented evidence of their attendance via a certificate of completion after finishing a course (and this certificate is stored by LearnFormula indefinitely). Nearly 100,000 Canadian CPAs successfully satisfy their CPD requirements via LearnFormula on an annual basis.

What Students Are Saying

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    Excellent as always. Thank you!

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