Clarify their role as a presenter — understanding themselves as the Guide who makes their audience the Hero, shifting focus from self-presentation to audience service.
Build audience-centred presentations — profiling their audience's problems, values, and concerns to craft content that genuinely connects and helps.
Move beyond PowerPoint dependence — applying the Familiarise, Memorise, Internalise framework to deliver with flexibility rather than relying on slides as a script.
Design memorable delivery experiences — using mood, movement, silence, props, and deliberate choices to create impact beyond words alone.
Leverage team strengths — identifying their own presentation skills and drawing on colleagues' complementary capabilities for stronger collective outcomes.
Topics Covered
You as the Guide — Understanding your role as a presenter through story theory
Know Your Audience — Profiling their problems, values, concerns, and what will move them
Building Your Presentation — Structuring content that connects and persuades
Beyond the Slides — Mastering delivery through pacing, environment, movement, props, and presence
Closing with Impact — Landing your message
Location
Canberra
Willing to work remote
Willing to work interstate
Willing to work internationally
How can this workshop be delivered?
Face to Face
Virtual
Overview
This hands-on workshop shifts your approach from "what do I want to say?" to "what does my audience need to hear?"
You'll learn to position yourself as the Guide who helps your audience succeed, not the Hero demanding attention.
We cover five core areas: understanding your role through story theory, profiling your audience's real problems and concerns, building presentations that connect and persuade, mastering delivery beyond slides through pacing, environment, movement and presence, and closing in ways that land your message and build ongoing relationships.
You'll leave with practical tools to prepare with confidence, deliver with flexibility, and create genuine impact. Whether you're pitching to executives, presenting to clients, or leading team meetings, this workshop gives you a framework that works.
Feel free to bring a current presentation challenge — you'll workshop it with your peers and leave with something ready to deliver.
Workshop Outcomes
Clarify their role as a presenter — understanding themselves as the Guide who makes their audience the Hero, shifting focus from self-presentation to audience service.
Build audience-centred presentations — profiling their audience's problems, values, and concerns to craft content that genuinely connects and helps.
Move beyond PowerPoint dependence — applying the Familiarise, Memorise, Internalise framework to deliver with flexibility rather than relying on slides as a script.
Design memorable delivery experiences — using mood, movement, silence, props, and deliberate choices to create impact beyond words alone.
Leverage team strengths — identifying their own presentation skills and drawing on colleagues' complementary capabilities for stronger collective outcomes.
Topics Covered
You as the Guide — Understanding your role as a presenter through story theory
Know Your Audience — Profiling their problems, values, concerns, and what will move them
Building Your Presentation — Structuring content that connects and persuades
Beyond the Slides — Mastering delivery through pacing, environment, movement, props, and presence
Closing with Impact — Landing your message
Who is this workshop for
This workshop is for professionals across any sector who present to audiences — whether internal teams, external clients, or mixed groups with competing needs.
It's designed for people navigating the real complexities of presenting: audiences who know more than you do, audiences who don't want to be there, audiences with sensitivities you need to read carefully, and audiences with wildly different expectations in the same room.
Above all, it's for people who want to grow their confidence. If you struggle with presence, feel the fear of being up front, or know you have something valuable to say but find it hard to say it well — this workshop will give you practical tools and a supportive environment to develop your voice.
Handouts/materials provided
Workshop Journals are provided.
What to bring
Your favourite pen and lots of questions.
Facilitator
James Young James Young
I am an experienced facilitator and career coach who helps individuals and teams think clearly, talk honestly, and move forward with confidence. With more than 15 years experience and over 1,500 workshops delivered, I am trusted by government and private sector organisations to facilitate conversations that matter, from strategic planning and team alignment to leadership development and career transitions.
I am known for my ability to read the room, ask the right questions, and create environments where people feel safe to think, challenge assumptions, and contribute fully. My work draws on a diverse background spanning scientific research, Australian Public Service policy, and executive coaching, giving me a rare mix of analytical rigour, practical insight, and emotional intelligence.
Adaptable, grounded, and highly engaging, I work comfortably with senior executives, technical specialists, and emerging leaders alike. ’Whether facilitating a whole of division planning day or coaching an individual through a pivotal career decision, my focus is similar: clarity, momentum, and meaningful progress.
I am generous with praise, quick to smile, and always looks for the positives. I value curiosity, authenticity, empathy, and humour, and consistently brings genuine enthusiasm to my work.
I am an experienced facilitator and career coach who helps individuals and teams think clearly, talk honestly, and move forward with confidence. With more than 15 years experience and over 1,500 workshops delivered, I am trusted by government and private sector organisations to facilitate conversations that matter, from strategic planning and team alignment to leadership development and career transitions.
I am known for my ability to read the room, ask the right questions, and create environments where people feel safe to think, challenge assumptions, and contribute fully. My work draws on a diverse background spanning scientific research, Australian Public Service policy, and executive coaching, giving me a rare mix of analytical rigour, practical insight, and emotional intelligence.
Adaptable, grounded, and highly engaging, I work comfortably with senior executives, technical specialists, and emerging leaders alike. ’Whether facilitating a whole of division planning day or coaching an individual through a pivotal career decision, my focus is similar: clarity, momentum, and meaningful progress.
I am generous with praise, quick to smile, and always looks for the positives. I value curiosity, authenticity, empathy, and humour, and consistently brings genuine enthusiasm to my work.
Key Expertise
Team futures planning and strategy
Helping people develop their presentation and facilitation skills for their contexts
Professional development in Human Skills - Leading and Managing people
Career development and transition for career starters to middle/senior managers
I am an experienced facilitator and career coach who helps individuals and teams think clearly, talk honestly, and move forward with confidence. With more than 15 years experience and over 1,500 workshops delivered, I am trusted by government and private sector organisations to facilitate conversations that matter, from strategic planning and team alignment to leadership development and career transitions.
I am known for my ability to read the room, ask the right questions, and create environments where people feel safe to think, challenge assumptions, and contribute fully. My work draws on a diverse background spanning scientific research, Australian Public Service policy, and executive coaching, giving me a rare mix of analytical rigour, practical insight, and emotional intelligence.
Adaptable, grounded, and highly engaging, I work comfortably with senior executives, technical specialists, and emerging leaders alike. ’Whether facilitating a whole of division planning day or coaching an individual through a pivotal career decision, my focus is similar: clarity, momentum, and meaningful progress.
I am generous with praise, quick to smile, and always looks for the positives. I value curiosity, authenticity, empathy, and humour, and consistently brings genuine enthusiasm to my work.
Key Expertise
Team futures planning and strategy
Helping people develop their presentation and facilitation skills for their contexts
Professional development in Human Skills - Leading and Managing people
Career development and transition for career starters to middle/senior managers
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