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Technical Presentation Skills Training

From Knowledge to Impact

Help your engineers present complex ideas clearly to executives, stakeholders, and non-technical audiences.

Participant engaging in Technical Presentation Skills Training workshop

When technical expertise doesn't translate into influence

Engineers and technical professionals are often asked to present to audiences who do not share their background. The result is usually too much detail, unclear structure, and recommendations that don't land. This is not a confidence issue. It is a communication judgment issue.

Ready to elevate your technical presentations?

Laurie Brown specializes in technical presentation skills training for engineers and technical professionals who need to explain complex ideas clearly to executives and decision-makers.

Contact Laurie at (248) 761-7510  or complete our contact form to schedule a Technical Presentation Skills Training.

The Problem

Expetise isn't always sufficient  

Engineers and technical professionals are often asked to present to audiences who do not share their background. The result is usually too much detail, unclear structure, and recommendations that don't land. This is not a confidence issue. It is a communication judgment issue.

This course is ideal for anyone who presents technical information or needs help preparing for formal or informal presentations.

Technical Presentation Learning Outcomes

  1. Audience Analysis: Develop the ability to analyze your audience effectively, tailoring your presentations to meet their specific needs and expectations.
  2. Confidence Building: Overcome signs of nervousness by adopting proven techniques, ensuring you present with confidence and composure.
  3. Dynamic Vocal Skills: Cultivate a compelling vocal presence, mastering tone, pitch, and pacing to engage and captivate your audience effectively.
  4. Nonverbal Communication Mastery: Demonstrate mastery in nonverbal communication, utilizing body language and gestures to enhance your message and create a strong connection with your audience.
  5. Clear Technical Communication: Learn to deliver technical information in a manner that is easily understandable to diverse audiences, simplifying complex concepts for everyone's comprehension.
  6. Powerful Presentation Design: Harness the principles of brain science to create impactful PowerPoint presentations, enhancing retention and understanding among your listeners, using Michael Alleys' Assertion/Evidence process. 

We will customize this program or coaching session to address your wants and needs.

Why Choose Our Technical Presentation Skills Workshops:

1. Interactive Learning: 

Engage in hands-on activities, group discussions, and real-time feedback sessions. Our workshops are designed to be interactive, allowing you to practice new skills in a supportive environment. We use  tested brain-science techniques to ensure the learning "sticks."

2. Customized Content:

Explore a curriculum specifically designed for technical professionals, covering topics such as simplifying complex ideas, data visualization, storytelling techniques for technical content, and effective use of multimedia in presentations.

3. Boost Your Career:

Mastering technical presentation skills can open doors to new opportunities. Whether you are a researcher, engineer, developer or scientist, enhancing your communication abilities can lead to promotions, collaborations, and increased visibility in your field.

4. Specialized STEM Focus:

Our technical presentation skills workshops are crafted to meet STEM professionals' unique needs and challenges.

Technical Presentation Skills Course Topics

Relaxation. If you are like most people, you may feel anxious when presenting. Learn the skills needed to overcome this feeling including relaxation breathing, positive self-talk, isometric exercises, preparation and power poses.
Outcome: You will have useful and easy-to-remember tools and techniques to feel confident and relaxed while presenting.

Body Language. We are always communicating whether we intend to or not. Experience how people perceive you as credible or approachable through your body language. We look at body posture, facial expressions, gestures, and eye contact to help improve your effective presentation skills.
Outcome: You will learn how to use non-verbal communication to create the impression of credibility.

Vocal Techniques. Your voice is an important part of your presentation. The proper use of tone, range, articulation, power, pace and pausing, has a huge impact on how you are perceived.
Outcome: Learn how to use power, tone, range, and articulation to further people's impression of you as credible.

Best Use of Visual Aids. Too often PowerPoint is an eyesight test rather than a useful visual aid. Research in brain science has taught us effective ways to deliver your message with visual aids for the greatest impact. Whether you use PowerPoint, Flipcharts, or whiteboards, there are many effective, simple-to-learn techniques that will help you improve your technical presentation skills.
Outcome: You will learn the tricks to make PowerPoint come alive and deliver your message in a way that will be remembered.

Creating a Dynamic Presentation. Understanding who your audience is will help you craft a presentation to meet your objective. In this section, we look at audience analysis, concept mapping, and working with a clear objective.
Outcome: You will learn methods for organizing your thoughts and ideas into a compelling presentation.

Storytelling with Data. Stories are a great way to explain technical information. Technical presentation skills training will enable you to explain complex ideas through stories that can impact your audience and improve comprehension.
Outcome: You will learn techniques to create stories that move people to action.

Audiences Attention. Unfortunately, one rarely starts a presentation with 100% of your audience's attention. Often they are consumed with their own issues and will need to be engaged to get their attention. Using compelling focus statements will ensure that you have their full attention. Click here for more information 
Outcome: You will learn how to grab and keep your audience's attention from the start.

Presentation to Different Groups. Presentations are not one-size-fits-all. Your technique will need to change depending on the size of your audience, whether they're seated at a table for a meeting or sales call or participating virtually using Zooms, Teams, Webex, or by phone.
Outcome: With our presentation skills training, you will learn how to adjust your style and material to meet the needs of your unique situation.

Handling Questions. Answering your audience's questions can be quite stressful. Learn the best ways to answer questions that you know the answer to, that you know the answer but need time to think through, questions you don't know the answer to, and off-topic questions. Also, learn about the best time for questions.
Outcome: You will learn how to answer questions effectively.

Dealing with Difficult Audiences. Audience members can be difficult in a variety of ways. They can range from participants who are glued to their cell phones to side-talkers to de-railers and hecklers, to name a few.
Outcome: Technical presentation skills training will teach you how to handle even the most difficult participants.

Tech Talk Translation. Learn simple techniques to translate technical knowledge into understandable and actionable ideas without ever "dumbing it down."

Benefits of an Impactful Technical Presentation

Having effective presentation skills projects professionalism and reinforces your image. Say you are giving a pitch presentation for your business idea. Without visuals, your presentation will get lost along the way, but with the right design, your message will be more precise and substantially impact your audience.

Giving a technical presentation allows you to avoid any miscommunication because you have already worked out what you want your audience to think after your presentation. Technical presentation skills training will help you develop a strong, well-practiced, and grounded presentation that will show your audience you are a leader. Persuading a difficult audience will test your leadership skills, but with presentation skills training, you can influence and demonstrate leadership in all types of situations.

FAQ Section

Is this presentation skills training for engineers or general staff?
This workshop is specifically designed for engineers and technical professionals. It addresses the challenges of presenting complex information to non-technical and executive audiences.

Is this about public speaking or communication strategy?
The focus is communication strategy. Delivery is addressed, but the primary emphasis is on structure, clarity, and audience judgment.

Will this help engineers presenting to executives?
Yes. A core focus is helping technical professionals present to executives who want clarity, relevance, and concise recommendations.

Is this workshop interactive?
Yes. Participants apply the concepts to real technical content they already present.

Can this be customized for our industry or technical field?
Yes. Examples and exercises can be tailored to your technical environment while keeping the core framework intact.

How long is the Technical Presentation Skills Workshop? The workshop is typically delivered as a full-day or two half-day sessions, depending on your team's needs and goals. A multi-session format is also available for deeper skill development. Contact Laurie to discuss the best format for your group.
Is this workshop available virtually, in person, or both? Both options are available. Laurie delivers this training in person at your location or virtually via Zoom and Mural. The content and outcomes are the same in either format.
How many participants can attend? The workshop works best with groups of 8 to 20 participants, which allows for individual feedback and practice time. Larger groups can be accommodated with adjusted formats.
What kinds of companies and industries has Laurie worked with? Laurie has delivered technical presentation training to engineers and technical professionals at organizations across the aerospace, defense, government agencies, manufacturing, software, healthcare technology, and financial services sectors. Clients have included teams at the EPA, major automotive companies, and Fortune 500 technology firms.
Unlike broad presentation courses, this workshop targets those who present technical information to non-technical decision-makers, focusing on influence.
Do participants need any prior presentation training to attend? No. This workshop is effective for engineers who have never had formal training as well as experienced presenters who want to sharpen their communication strategy for technical content.
Can this training help with presenting at conferences, to external clients, and internally? Yes. The skills covered: audience analysis, structure, data storytelling, handling questions, apply equally to internal stakeholder meetings, executive briefings, client presentations, and conference talks.
What results can we expect after training? Participants report feeling more confident in structuring presentations, simplifying technical content without "dumbing it down," and gaining buy-in from non-technical audiences. Many note immediate improvements in their next presentation.
Does Laurie offer individual coaching in addition to group workshops?
Yes. One-on-one coaching is available for technical professionals needing personal support or help with specific presentations. Learn more here.

Executive Presentation Skills: "Executives can benefit from our specialized Executive Presentation Skills Training.

Let us help you learn to create an effective presentation, inspire your audience, and make your presentation memorable.

Contact Laurie now at (248) 761-7510 for
Technical Presentation Skills Training.

"Throughout my career both military and civil service, I have had opportunities to receive different types of presentation training. The Technical Presentation Skills Class outshone them all. The techniques presented not only met the class needs but they were down to earth easy to use. The difference between everyone's first presentation and their last presentation was amazing.

It was not only the course but the instructor was excellent. She had a passion for the training and she made you feel it. I went into the training to sharpen out my skills and walked out with so much more. The presentation tips and briefing organization tip will greatly improve my next briefing and any future presentations"

—MICHAEL MERCADO,
Environmental Protection Agency

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