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Presentation Skills Training

Workshops conducted remotely or in person at your location

Syntaxis presentation skills training teaches business professionals to convey their ideas more powerfully in any context, from a meeting with colleagues to a client pitch or boardroom presentation.

Every Syntaxis presentation skills workshop is taught by Brandt Johnson, a former investment banker, speechwriter, and professional basketball player. Brandt has trained executives of major corporations across the United States and around the world. He is the author of the book Practical Presentation Skills: Authenticity, Focus & Strength, which workshop participants are encouraged to read.

Workshop participants learn by doing. They speak repeatedly in front of the group, offer one another constructive criticism, and watch themselves on video. Seeing themselves through the objective lens of the camera helps presentation skills workshop attendees understand how they are seen by others.

Our remote training takes advantage of the latest technology to provide the best possible training experience. Our production studios feature professional audio, video, and lighting. We have seamlessly integrated multiple software applications that enable playback of video of participants during remote presentation skills training sessions. A gigabit fiber-optic internet connection provides reliable high-speed data transmission.

Our presentation skills workshop offerings:

Presentation Skills Training Program

Presentation Skills Training Program

This is our most popular and intensive presentation skills training offering. In this multi-part program, participants draw on their own workplace environment for in-session practice and between sessions apply what they learn to their own real-life situations. Participants also keep logs of the observations they make of themselves and others during meetings, presentations, and other workplace interactions. This approach helps ensure that participants’ awareness and proficiency continue to develop from session to session.

  • Target Audience: Professionals who would like to improve their spoken communication skills
  • Format: In-person, remote, or a combination
  • Length: Four 2-hour sessions, spaced 2 weeks apart
  • BookPractical Presentation Skills: Authenticity, Focus & Strength by instructor Brandt Johnson
Presentation Skills Workshop

Presentation Skills Workshop

This highly interactive workshop focuses on the essential elements of preparing and delivering an effective presentation. Training topics include authenticity, content, body language, eye contact, vocal projection, nervousness, and confidence. Through interactive exercises, participants learn strategies for delivering a strong, clear message, whether to a single listener or an audience of hundreds.

  • Target Audience: Professionals who would like to improve their spoken communication skills
  • Format: In-person or remote
  • Length: 2 hours to 1 day for in-person training, 2 to 3 hours for remote training
  • BookPractical Presentation Skills: Authenticity, Focus & Strength by instructor Brandt Johnson
Pitch Team Preparation and Practice

Pitch Team Preparation and Practice

When a meeting with a prospective client needs to go well, there is no substitute for preparation and practice. This training helps pitch teams bring their ideas to life and inspire enthusiasm in their listeners.

  • Target Audience: Teams preparing for high-value pitches
  • Format: In-person or remote
  • Length: Usually several sessions, 2 to 3 hours per session, but varies based on client needs
  • Book: Practical Presentation Skills: Authenticity, Focus & Strength by instructor Brandt Johnson
Roadshow Presentation Skills Training

Roadshow Presentation Skills Training

Effective roadshow meetings inspire confidence in prospective investors. Our roadshow presentation skills training is a focused, flexible program that gives management teams the skills they need to command attention, convey the vitality of a fund or business, and compel potential investors to act.

  • Target Audience: Management teams preparing for roadshows
  • Format: In-person or remote
  • Length: Usually several sessions, 2 to 3 hours per session, but varies based on client needs
  • Book: Practical Presentation Skills: Authenticity, Focus & Strength by instructor Brandt Johnson
Training in Remote Presentation Skills

Training in Remote Presentation Skills

Through a lively mix of discussion and interactive exercises, this remote training examines the fundamental elements of getting your message across via videoconference. Topics include authenticity, audience awareness, clarity, distractions, eye contact, body language, and production values such as audio, video, and lighting.

  • Target Audience: Anyone who communicates via videoconference
  • Format: In-person or remote
  • Length: 2 to 3 hours
  • Book: Practical Presentation Skills: Authenticity, Focus & Strength by instructor Brandt Johnson
How to Create Compelling Presentation Content

How to Create Compelling Presentation Content

Whenever you speak to anyone, the construction of your content significantly influences the reception of your ideas. Through a lively mix of discussion and interactive exercises, this seminar teaches participants how to create content that is clear, concise, and engaging.

  • Target Audience: Anyone who presents ideas to others in the workplace
  • Format: In-person or remote
  • Length: 2 hours
  • Book: Practical Presentation Skills: Authenticity, Focus & Strength by instructor Brandt Johnson
Mastering Impromptu Presentations

Mastering Impromptu Presentations

When you are unexpectedly called upon to share your thoughts, answer questions, or offer your judgment, it can be especially difficult to convey your ideas effectively. This interactive workshop focuses on how best to get your point across in those unplanned moments.

  • Target Audience: Anyone who may be called upon to speak at work
  • Format: In-person or remote
  • Length: 2 hours
  • Book: Practical Presentation Skills: Authenticity, Focus & Strength by instructor Brandt Johnson
How (Not) to Use Powerpoint

How (Not) to Use Powerpoint

Every day, on Zoom calls and in conference rooms around the world, ill-conceived PowerPoint slides are draining the life out of people’s meetings and presentations. This interactive workshop teaches participants how to (1) avoid using unnecessary slides and (2) make any necessary slides engaging rather than distracting.

  • Target Audience: Anyone who uses PowerPoint slides or other visual aids
  • Format: In-person or remote
  • Length: 2 hours
  • Book: Practical Presentation Skills: Authenticity, Focus & Strength by instructor Brandt Johnson
Customized Presentation Skills Training

Customized Presentation Skills Training

Syntaxis regularly creates customized presentation skills workshops to meet the specific training needs of our clients. For example, we can run a role-playing seminar that re-creates challenging client scenarios, prepare your employees for difficult questions that might arise during Q&A sessions, or design any other type of workshop to address your presentation skills training needs.

  • Target Audience: Professionals who would like to improve their presentation skills for particular workplace contexts
  • Format: In-person or remote
  • Length: Varies based on client need
  • Book: Practical Presentation Skills: Authenticity, Focus & Strength by instructor Brandt Johnson
Contact us about presentation skills training

Presentation Skills Training Program

This is our most popular and intensive presentation skills training offering. In this multi-part program, participants draw on their own workplace environment for in-session practice and between sessions apply what they learn to their own real-life situations. Participants also keep logs of the observations they make of themselves and others during meetings, presentations, and other workplace interactions. This approach helps ensure that participants’ awareness and proficiency continue to develop from session to session.

  • Target Audience: Professionals who would like to improve their spoken communication skills
  • Format: In-person, remote, or a combination
  • Length: Four 2-hour sessions, spaced 2 weeks apart
  • BookPractical Presentation Skills: Authenticity, Focus & Strength by instructor Brandt Johnson

Presentation Skills Workshop

This highly interactive workshop focuses on the essential elements of preparing and delivering an effective presentation. Training topics include authenticity, content, body language, eye contact, vocal projection, nervousness, and confidence. Through interactive exercises, participants learn strategies for delivering a strong, clear message, whether to a single listener or an audience of hundreds.

  • Target Audience: Professionals who would like to improve their spoken communication skills
  • Format: In-person or remote
  • Length: 2 hours to 1 day for in-person training, 2 to 3 hours for remote training
  • BookPractical Presentation Skills: Authenticity, Focus & Strength by instructor Brandt Johnson

Pitch Team Preparation and Practice

When a meeting with a prospective client needs to go well, there is no substitute for preparation and practice. This training helps pitch teams bring their ideas to life and inspire enthusiasm in their listeners.

  • Target Audience: Teams preparing for high-value pitches
  • Format: In-person or remote
  • Length: Usually several sessions, 2 to 3 hours per session, but varies based on client needs
  • Book: Practical Presentation Skills: Authenticity, Focus & Strength by instructor Brandt Johnson

Roadshow Presentation Skills Training

Effective roadshow meetings inspire confidence in prospective investors. Our roadshow presentation skills training is a focused, flexible program that gives management teams the skills they need to command attention, convey the vitality of a fund or business, and compel potential investors to act.

  • Target Audience: Management teams preparing for roadshows
  • Format: In-person or remote
  • Length: Usually several sessions, 2 to 3 hours per session, but varies based on client needs
  • Book: Practical Presentation Skills: Authenticity, Focus & Strength by instructor Brandt Johnson

Training in Remote Presentation Skills

Through a lively mix of discussion and interactive exercises, this remote training examines the fundamental elements of getting your message across via videoconference. Topics include authenticity, audience awareness, clarity, distractions, eye contact, body language, and production values such as audio, video, and lighting.

  • Target Audience: Anyone who communicates via videoconference
  • Format: In-person or remote
  • Length: 2 to 3 hours
  • Book: Practical Presentation Skills: Authenticity, Focus & Strength by instructor Brandt Johnson

How to Create Compelling Presentation Content

Whenever you speak to anyone, the construction of your content significantly influences the reception of your ideas. Through a lively mix of discussion and interactive exercises, this seminar teaches participants how to create content that is clear, concise, and engaging.

  • Target Audience: Anyone who presents ideas to others in the workplace
  • Format: In-person or remote
  • Length: 2 hours
  • Book: Practical Presentation Skills: Authenticity, Focus & Strength by instructor Brandt Johnson

Mastering Impromptu Presentations

When you are unexpectedly called upon to share your thoughts, answer questions, or offer your judgment, it can be especially difficult to convey your ideas effectively. This interactive workshop focuses on how best to get your point across in those unplanned moments.

  • Target Audience: Anyone who may be called upon to speak at work
  • Format: In-person or remote
  • Length: 2 hours
  • Book: Practical Presentation Skills: Authenticity, Focus & Strength by instructor Brandt Johnson

How (Not) to Use Powerpoint

Every day, on Zoom calls and in conference rooms around the world, ill-conceived PowerPoint slides are draining the life out of people’s meetings and presentations. This interactive workshop teaches participants how to (1) avoid using unnecessary slides and (2) make any necessary slides engaging rather than distracting.

  • Target Audience: Anyone who uses PowerPoint slides or other visual aids
  • Format: In-person or remote
  • Length: 2 hours
  • Book: Practical Presentation Skills: Authenticity, Focus & Strength by instructor Brandt Johnson

Customized Presentation Skills Training

Syntaxis regularly creates customized presentation skills workshops to meet the specific training needs of our clients. For example, we can run a role-playing seminar that re-creates challenging client scenarios, prepare your employees for difficult questions that might arise during Q&A sessions, or design any other type of workshop to address your presentation skills training needs.

  • Target Audience: Professionals who would like to improve their presentation skills for particular workplace contexts
  • Format: In-person or remote
  • Length: Varies based on client need
  • Book: Practical Presentation Skills: Authenticity, Focus & Strength by instructor Brandt Johnson
Contact us about presentation skills training