Business Presentation Skills - Excellence Made Easy (Udemy.com)
Become a confident presenter. Learn how to give clear, confident & effective business presentations every time.
Created by: Richard Lock
Last updated May 2025
What you will learn
- Deliver powerful, high impact business presentations that audiences remember and act on.
- Connect emotionally with your audience in a way that successfully persuades, influences and informs.
- Look, sound and feel confident - as if you have been presenting for years
- Grab audience attention right from the start and keep it.
- Simplify complex information and messages so that audiences get, and remember your key messages
- Identify your key messages with a laser like focus for maximum clarity and impact.
How it compares
Against the other 392 rated Udemy courses in Communication Skills on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 42% of them
- Reviews12,602#28 of 393 by number of reviews
- Length3.5 hourslonger than 71% of them
- Last updatedMay 2025earlier than 54% of them
Course Description
Start building your presentation confidence and your excellent business presentation skills today.
It's time to say goodbye to the fear and frustration of upcoming presentations and hello to audiences wanting to congratulate you on your clear, powerful and compelling messages.
Over 3300 students know that being able to clearly and convincingly communicate their ideas is critical to their business success. Talent and skill are not enough. If you are not able to clearly and confidently present your ideas and key messages to others, you are highly likely to lose out to someone who can.
BUSINESS PRESENTATION SKILLS: are a critical factor for leaders and business managers if they want to succeed.
Millions of business presentations are given across the globe every day. The need for managers and team members to give presentations has become the norm. Yet, most of us don't like standing up and speaking in front of others. It can be a stressful experience, and for many they are overwhelmed by the fear of giving presentations.
As a result of this, many business presentations are highly ineffective. They have unclear messages, fail to motivate or engage audiences, add little or no value and are frankly boring. The good news: it doesn't need to be that way.
This course will provide you with clear, easy to understand and implement ideas that will stand you out in a crowd of mediocre and boring business presenters. It will give you the confidence to plan, structure and deliver a professional business presentation that connects with your audience and moves people to take action on your ideas and key messages.
There is a support group for students of the course that provides the opportunity to practice presenting and get feedback on your progress if you choose.
YOU WILL LEARN HOW TO:
Prepare and deliver winning business presentations that have a laser like focus on the key messages that are most likely to influence and persuade your audience.
Grab and hold audience attention right from the start with breathtakingly simple ideas and techniques
Develop business presentation content that makes real connections with your audience enabling you to influence and persuade key decision makers
Use vocal and body language techniques to create and re-enforce compelling messages
Eliminate distractions and noise from your visuals, focusing audience attention on your key messages that matter
Reduce and control nerves to present with a calm, clear, confident manner
Unleash the power of 'less is more'
WHAT CURRENT STUDENTS SAY?'This course really does nail it! It's clear, concise and to the point' - James Cooke
'I really liked the large amount of examples in this course, examples make it easier to see how certain techniques/presentation habits affect me (and hence probably an audience as well). I also liked the specific pieces of advice, especially tips on concrete usage and implementation of advice in presentations'. - Laura Froelich'This is one of my Udemy staples. I keep going back to this course, watching, and each time I learn something more to help my presentation skills. Highly recommended'. - Sarah Arrow Business Blogger
'I think this is the very first course I have completed so far on Udemy, all in one day. Richard is an excellent instructor, very personable and down-to-earth. The course is well-organized with very practical, helpful, action-able information; comprehensive, but not overwhelming (which is important). This is an EXCELLENT course , I highly recommend it.Sherri Caldwell
WHY TAKE THIS COURSE?
to develop your presentation skills easily at your convenience, anytime, anyplace and on multiple devices.
lifetime access to your own highly experienced personal business presentation coach.
expert presentation secrets, tips and advice that are clear, concise and easy to implement in your presentations
high quality personal development from a highly experienced professional business trainer and presenter at low cost.
a learning community where you can ask questions and share experiences with fellow students as well as your tutor.
What have you got to lose? The course comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee and lifetime access to course material, along with future updates and additions. You will receive a certificate of completion on finishing the course. The course can be accessed on computers, iOS devices and Android.
I look forward to sharing lively discussions and helping you become a confident, engaging and highly successful business presenter.
See you online.
Richard Lock
Instructor Details
- 4.5 Rating
12,602 Reviews
Richard Lock
International Management Trainer | Speaker | Facilitator | Business Coach helping organizations get the best from people and people to get the best from themselves.
Thank You - for checking out at my profile.
You're probably wondering why on earth you should take my online courses, or even work with me more directly.
Well, I've had the privilege to have been a learning and development professional for close to 30 years now. In that time I've worked with a very wide range of organisations and people from all walks of life, and many different countries and backgrounds.
My focus is on helping people learn skills, techniques and behaviours that will add practical value in their everyday lives. That's typically in their business and professional lives, yet often the skills and concepts are very applicable to more personal development outside of work. What matters to me is that the learning is not simply just theoretical, but practically applicable. Knowing stuff is good, but we get improved results and personal growth when we actually apply our learning and do something with it. That's where we really add value.
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Reviews
By Anonymized User on 7/9/2025
Taking this course has made me much more aware of how to prepare and deliver an effective presentation. Before, I used to jump straight into making slides, but now I’ve learned the importance of first identifying a clear and specific purpose. I’ve also realized how body language, voice, and posture play a big role in how my message is received. One of the biggest takeaways for me was understanding the “curse of knowledge” — I used to assume everyone understood what I meant, but now I make a conscious effort to simplify and focus my message. I’ve also started practicing purposeful movement and being more mindful of how I stand and use gestures. Overall, the course helped me feel more confident and structured when presenting, and I’m already starting to apply these techniques in meetings and team interactions.
By Anonymized User on 7/7/2025
It was a good match ,because it taught me alot about being confident when presenting , the different key guidelines, the key aspect of presenting , the what to do's and what not to do when presenting,how to manage my nerves so basically it taught me how to be a confident presenter.
By Mark Lee on 1/30/2025
Broad range of advice, techniques, very experienced instructor. Recommended. Two reasons it isnt 5 stars: a. some of the downloads are missing the ".pdf" extension, which meant initially I couldnt figure out what to open them with until I guessed and b. Some of the different parts of the lectures have significantly different audio levels or quality occassionally.
By Dorothee Reinhard on 1/10/2023
Good content; interesting tips; however, the sound is not so great sometimes; i would have wanted to be able to make screenshots of some of the slides presented > always comes back with a black picture; sometimes the voice is not easy to follow because of the rather "artificial" tone and emphasis; i think the black background in the video is not the best choice; looks too artificial; I would have expected to get the proposed solution to an exercise as a download
By Anonymized User on 9/26/2021
Could be split into a number of lectures. No reason to put this all in one as it makes it harder to do the course in my spare time. Lighting for remote training can be expensive, covering some simple products (such as a central ring light) would be good.
By Anonymized User on 9/1/2021
The course breakdown is excellent, and each section provides just enough info to digest and not be overwhelmed. Richard is not only teaching presentation skills, but he is also demonstrating them while doing it. There are multiple examples for each topic and resources are provided for you to keep for future reference. This is a course I will refer to anytime I need to give a presentation.
By Anonymized User on 6/2/2021
Enjoyable presentation. Pros - Got a few different points of view on presenting and different terms as it progresses that have been easier to understand than other courses I have taken in this subject. Cons - Some of the attachments don't work without renaming (they have no extensions). Not sure if the Facebook group is still active or not.
By Arne Almquist on 3/18/2021
This is the best Udemy course that I have taken to date (and I have taken several). The course was designed and produced with a good deal of care and skill. Course delivery is engaging and upbeat and contains much practical information. Mr. Lock has done a great job in building the course, providing useful supplemental materials (both handouts and video examples). A bonus is a recording of an online presentation on presenting to a virtual audience. Finally, he has created a Facebook group to allow for collaboration and critiques between students. I highly recommend the course.
By UMESH KUMAR on 11/22/2020
Good one
By Lindelani Mutondwa on 11/22/2020
I want to gain more knowledge about presentations in the business
By Javier A Ruiz Medina on 11/15/2020
Usefull and well explained
By Darshitha.S. Babu on 11/15/2020
I recommend the course to my juniors
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Overall Score : 90 / 100












