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Presence & Impact

Develop the presence to be heard and remembered — voice, body language, structure and composure for meetings, presentations and online conversations.

You may have the idea, expertise or ambition — and still want more confidence in how you express it. Meetings, presentations, feedback and difficult conversations shape your experience of work and your next career step. We understand that growth is personal, not just a line on a development plan.

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Duration

Half day · 3.5 hours per half day

Group size

6–8 delegates

Format

Online or face to face

Price — Face to face

From £1,100

+ VAT

Price — Online

From £899

+ VAT

where understanding becomes useful —

Why this course matters

Presence isn't about being the loudest voice in the room — it is about being clear, calm and credible when it counts.

What you’ll explore in the Lab

This half-day session helps professionals understand how others experience them and make deliberate choices about the impression they create.

Delegates explore the elements of personal impact — voice, body language, language and structure — and practise making a point with conviction in meetings, presentations and online calls. They learn practical ways to manage nerves, handle challenging questions with composure and adapt their presence for senior stakeholders, clients and virtual audiences, while staying true to their own style.

a real challenge. a purposeful response.

The challenges this addresses

  • Strong ideas overlooked because they are delivered without conviction
  • Nerves and filler words undermining credibility in meetings and presentations
  • Body language and voice sending a different message from the words
  • Online meetings where people struggle to be seen, heard and remembered

What this can change at work

Help people show up with the clarity and confidence their expertise deserves. Working on voice, body language, structure and composure means ideas are heard, contributions are remembered and people are more ready for senior conversations, client meetings and presentations. Teams benefit from colleagues who contribute with more confidence, and the business gains people who represent their work and organisation credibly — in the room and on screen.

Contributions that land

People make their point early and clearly in meetings, rather than waiting for the perfect moment.

Calm under pressure

Delegates use preparation and breathing techniques to stay composed when challenged or put on the spot.

Presence on screen

Online contributions use camera, voice and structure deliberately, so remote colleagues stay engaged.

Inside the workshop

Delivered for 6–8 delegates, the session is highly practical. Each person delivers short contributions from their own working world and receives constructive peer and facilitator feedback, then tries again with a specific adjustment. Exercises cover voice and pace, posture and gesture, structuring a point under pressure and on-camera presence. Delegates leave with personal strengths to build on and a short list of changes to practise in their next important conversation.

Make Presence & Impact relevant to your business

Tell us where you want to make progress with what presence and personal impact really mean. We can discuss suitable workplace examples, priorities and access needs before agreeing the scope. Choose live online or face-to-face training for your UK or European team, with delivery arrangements agreed before booking.

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What the training covers

The scope below sets out the subjects covered. Workplace examples and practice are shaped around your team within the booked format.

  • What presence and personal impact really mean
  • Voice, pace and pause
  • Body language and first impressions
  • Structuring a point with conviction
  • Composure under challenge and pressure
  • Presence online and on camera

What’s included in your booking

Your booked time and format
Half day · Live online or face to face, agreed before booking · 6–8 delegates.
Included in every course
  • Interactive, facilitator-led learningLive, hands-on sessions built around practice and participation.
  • Group discussionsShared conversations about real situations, so people learn from each other as well as the facilitator.
  • Breakout exercisesSmall-group practice, role-play and problem-solving, online or in the room.
  • Take-away materialsCourse materials, tools and templates to use back at work.
Facilitated learning and practical application
The subject coverage, exercises and facilitator feedback described above, with space to connect the learning to relevant workplace situations. The workshop description sets out the specific plans, prompts or tools developed in this course.

Follow-up coaching, refresher sessions and additional delivery days are not automatic inclusions; any additions are agreed in your proposal. Travel, venue arrangements and any software licences are confirmed separately where relevant. Prices exclude VAT.

Outcomes

The capabilities delegates work towards through the training and practice:

  • Understand how others experience your presence
  • Use voice and body language to support your message
  • Make a clear, confident point in meetings and presentations
  • Stay composed when challenged or put on the spot
  • Adapt your presence for online and senior audiences

the next conversation is where it counts —

Take it back to work.

Choose a real situation where you want to apply the learning. Use it to turn an outcome into a manageable first step, then reflect on what changes.

Choose

Start with one priority: Understand how others experience your presence.

Apply

Try the approach in a relevant task or conversation. Note what felt useful and what you would adapt.

Review

Reflect on what happened, seek feedback where appropriate and choose your next step. Follow-up support can be discussed separately.

Bring this topic to your next event

We can discuss adapting Presence & Impact into a keynote or large-group session, focusing on the themes most relevant to your audience. Depth, activities, timings and any follow-up depend on the format and package you choose; an event session is not a substitute for the full course.

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