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Introduction: How to Choose the Right Presentation Trainer for You and Your Team

This video explains what to look for when selecting a presentation trainer and why the choice matters. You’ll learn why chemistry is essential, why experience beats performance skills and how the best trainers help with far more than delivery — shaping message, structure and confidence too.

What you’ll learn: Choosing a Presentation Trainer with Real Impact

• Why chemistry and trust are vital in presentation coaching
• How to judge whether a trainer truly understands business challenges
• Why presentation coaching goes beyond tone, pace and body language
• How the best trainers support you through vulnerability and nerves
• Why messaging, structure and delivery all matter equally
• How to assess whether a trainer can add real value to your team

Summary: What Makes a Good Presentation Trainer (And What Doesn’t)

Choosing a presentation trainer is a bigger decision than people realise. You need someone you like and trust, but also someone with the experience to make a real difference. This isn’t about hiring an out-of-work actor — delivery skills alone aren’t enough. Good coaching is personal and often quite intimate; you need a trainer who understands nerves, difficulty and the steps needed to improve. The best trainers help with messaging, structure and delivery, not just performance skills. Without strong messaging and a clear structure, even the best delivery can fall flat. A great trainer will help you sharpen all three so your presentations land more effectively.

Mini FAQ: Selecting the Right Presentation Trainer

What should I look for first?
Chemistry. You need to feel comfortable enough to be open, honest and vulnerable with your trainer.

Do trainers need acting experience?
Not necessarily. Acting skills can help, but business insight, coaching experience and messaging expertise matter more.

What makes presentation coaching effective?
A balance of messaging, structure and delivery. Delivery alone won’t save a weak message.

Why is vulnerability part of coaching?
Because improving your presentation skills often means confronting nerves, habits and blind spots — you need someone who understands that.

Transcript (edited)

How should you choose a presentation trainer? Two things matter. First is chemistry — do you like the person, and do they have enough knowledge and experience to really help you? Personally, I avoid out-of-work actors for presentation training. They can help, but it’s not the whole story. You want someone who understands business and can add real value to your team.

Selecting a trainer is a big decision. In some ways it’s intimate, because you have to be vulnerable. You need someone who understands nerves and difficulty, someone who’s been through the experience of giving presentations that didn’t always go well, and who can coach you through the steps to improve. Make sure you get on with them — that’s the most important thing.

If you’re choosing a presentation trainer, ask what they offer. Many focus purely on delivery — tone of voice, speed and working the room. We do much more. Successful presentations rely on three things: messaging, structure and delivery. Messaging is what you say. Structure is how you say it. Delivery is how you bring it to life. But, as with films, great delivery can’t save weak content. Without the right message and structure, even the best presenter won’t succeed.

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