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Presentation Skills: Master Confident Presentations (Udemy.com)

Deliver exceptional presentations and become a confident public speaker

4.5
40,689 reviews

Created by: Chris Croft

Last updated May 2025

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Based on the ratings of 40,689 students, a sample of their written reviews and the syllabus, as the course stood in May 2025. No course pays to be reviewed.

Chris Croft's presentation course is a short, talk-style class: 35 lectures across four sections on preparation, nerves, stage habits and a bonus wrap-up. The syllabus shows about an hour of the 1.9 hours going to delivery on stage. It is aimed at anyone with a talk coming up, whether to a small group of colleagues or a large conference, and it asks for nothing beforehand. Think of it as a tune-up before a real event, not a full public speaking program.

Reviewers mostly call it helpful and easy to listen to, with small tips they had not heard before. One is preparing for a client conference with a time limit and says the advice on building a talk and keeping it on track was the useful part. Another liked the relaxed tone and the odd chuckle. The course description pitches Croft's style as entertaining and practical. Complaints are rare: of 40,689 ratings, 459 are one or two stars. One low review calls it outdated and hard to track progress in, and a four-star reviewer noticed the lectures use no slides.

For a course this short, the value is easy to see. It is paid, but it asks little time, and the last update was May 2025. Most reviews are brief and general, so expect a set of useful habits rather than coaching or feedback on your own delivery. It works as a quick starting point for nervous or busy speakers, ideally followed by real practice in front of colleagues.

Best forProfessionals with a talk on the calendar who want quick tips on nerves, slides and timing.
Skip it ifYou want personal feedback or a deep, exercise-heavy public speaking program.

Pros

  • Short enough to finish in an evening, at about 1.9 hours over 35 lectures
  • Reviewers say the tips on grabbing and holding audience attention are practical
  • Covers timing and structure, useful for talks with a strict time limit
  • Croft's light humor keeps it easy to listen to, per one reviewer

Cons

  • Under two hours, so it gives tips rather than deep training
  • Only three quizzes and no assignments, so nothing makes you practice
  • One reviewer calls it outdated and says progress is hard to track
I like the ideas he's providing for attracting the attention of the audience and not turning them off or losing them early on. Very good content.
Genie Harris, a student

Fine for true beginners: nothing is required, and it is pitched at anyone with a talk coming up.

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What you will learn

  • Be a memorable and confident speaker
  • Give a presentation without notes or cue cards
  • Master professional PowerPoint design and get your message across clearly
  • Overcome any possible problem from the common to the bizarre!
  • Learn from a world expert with 20 years of experience

Course content

4 sections · 35 lectures · 2 hours of video 3 quizzes

  1. 1Preparation 5 free previews8 lectures · 1 quiz · 26 min
  2. 2Overcoming Nervousness in Presentations: Tips and Strategies that work 3 free previews9 lectures · 1 quiz · 15 min
  3. 3Own the Stage: Best practices for presenting with confidence 4 free previews14 lectures · 1 quiz · 1.1 hours
  4. 4Bonus & Thank You 1 free preview4 lectures · 10 min

Who it is for

The instructor says it suits

  • Anyone with a talk coming up - whether to a small group of colleagues or a large conference
  • People who suffer with nerves before doing public speaking
  • Those who want to give memorable, engaging and effective talks and level up their career

What you need before you start

  • Nothing - just a willingness to learn!
  • A talk coming up soon would be helpful too

How it compares

Against the other 392 rated Udemy courses in Communication Skills on CourseDuck:

  • Rating4.5 out of 5higher than 42% of them
  • Reviews40,689#8 of 393 by number of reviews
  • Length1.9 hoursshorter than 52% of them
  • Last updatedMay 2025earlier than 55% of them

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Course Description

Master Confident Presentation Skills & Public Speaking

Become a confident public speaker - overcome nerves and deliver exceptional presentations

Presentation skills are essential at every stage of your career. Giving presentations is often a pivotal moment in your career and yet it's one of the most common fears. If you want to be someone who is calm and confident standing up in front of your peers (or a large crowd!), this presentation skills course is perfect for you.


In this course you'll learn practical techniques to overcome presentation nerves (such as self talk and audience interaction skills), detailed tips for excellent PowerPoint presentations, speaking entirely without notes, and dealing with common problems many public speakers face. After this course you will be calm, collected, well prepared and confident that the audience will understand and enjoy your talk. In fact - you'll be the most memorable speaker of the day! We look at lots of real life presentation skills examples (some of which will definitely get you laughing) and give you practical tools you can use right away to get better results in your presentations.


Public Speaking has been named as the most feared thing in the world (above death!), but with this practical course you'll soon have it mastered. Whether you're presenting to a small group or an entire conference this course will build essential skills for your time accuracy, audience engagement, and overcoming nerves.

Chris Croft is an international speaker, and widely published author, who's been teaching Presentation Skills to companies for over 20 years. He's taught all over the world, as well as online, and has an entertaining and practical teaching style. This course is guaranteed to keep you engaged and amused, and teach you life changing skills for home and work.


The course overview includes:

  • What makes a great public speaker

  • Which common mistakes will instantly lose audience interest

  • Be able to present with no notes regardless of the talk length

  • How to be engaging and confident 

  • Getting your message across clearly and effectively

  • Overcoming nerves with simple practical tips

  • Why "micro sleeps" can be a good thing

  • And lots lots more!

By becoming great at presentation skills, not only will you pave the way for future promotion, you'll also have overcome the population's biggest fear!


This course comes with a 30 day money back guarantee
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Instructor Details

Chris Croft

Chris Croft is one of the UK's leading trainers and provides a wide variety of courses designed to involve, inspire and motivate people of all levels. To date Chris has trained some 87,000 people in person and millions online. His video courses are some of the most viewed in the world.


Chris has come from an Engineering background, with a masters degree from Cambridge University, qualifying as a Chartered Engineer, and working as a senior manager in manufacturing for 10 years. He gained an MBA and worked as a university lecturer for four years before starting his own training company 25 years ago.

Chris runs face to face courses in the UK, does zoom training for companies anywhere in the world, and makes video courses in his own studio. You can follow him on Linkedin and YouTube, and he has 18 books on Amazon.


Chris is passionate about practical and fun education with courses that are memorable, entertaining and immediately actionable.

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Reviews

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By Nicole Crichton on 9/8/2026

Yes, it was interesting to watch a video on presentations when no presentation (powerpoint) was used. I liked the realx nature and a couple of funny comments along the way - been a while since I had a chuckle during a Udemy course. Thank you

By Allison Creamer on 8/14/2026

I have a presentation for a client conference coming up this October, so looking into how to best build the presentation and keep it on track (there is a time limit) have been really useful takeaways for me from this course. Thank you!

By Sofia Persichini on 7/31/2026

Hello, I congratrulate Chris on his course as it was very easy-going and encouriging. I was able to overcome my fears to give a presentation due to the fact that you have shared with us a very important fact: we can correctly planify a presentation, have the right attitude towards the public, among other useful and practical tips. Sofia from Argentina.

By Piotr Frejowski on 7/15/2026

This is one of those courses I'm truly glad I was encouraged to take. I used to dislike presenting, but now I genuinely look forward to it. The content was excellent, practical, and inspiring. Highly recommended!

By Dominique Saward on 6/1/2026

very outdated, and impossible to track progress.

By Dien Duong Thi My on 4/30/2026

This course is extraordinary because of all the simple and ordinary yet powerful tips it brings. What I loved the most is how you kept every thing short and straightforward and easy to be related. I'm so sure that I will bring much of your wisdom into future use. Thanks a lot, Chris, for this wonderful course.! Sincerely, An easy-to-get-bored learner Dien

By James Poole on 4/16/2026

Lots of useful tips I look forward to implementing in my next opportunity to present to a group. A lot of the focus was on in person presentations whereas these days I find presenting over video calls more common. With that said there is still plenty of good information here.

By Jaffer Hussain on 4/6/2026

well structure content and made me hooked to the course. But but but. where is the presentation of ppt, or flip charts lol. throughout course all I see that he is sitting slightly side and without much movement.

By Elizma Krauze on 3/28/2026

Absolutely great and straight to the point. I really appreciated that it skipped unnecessary backstories and long explanations, and focused on exactly what you need to know. Highly recommended!

By Mario Miniaci on 3/9/2026

This is my 5th course I've taken with Mr. Croft as the instructor. As always, the presentation is clear and concise. Although it's quite lengthy, the breakdown into smaller segments is very helpful, as well as the quizzes after each major topic.

By Roxana Silaghi on 11/8/2020

Chris Croft is a great trainer, he keeps everything clear, simple and also interesting. :)

By John Middlemist on 11/8/2020

Awesome tips and well presented

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Presentation Skills: Master Confident Presentations
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  • Video Duration: icon 1.9h
  • Price: $16.99
  • Provider: icon Udemy
  • Updated: icon May 2025
  • Level: All Levels All Levels
  • Language: icon English
  • Certificate: icon Yes
  • Lectures:35 in 4 sections
  • Practice:3 quizzes
  • Students:109,000
  • Subtitles:24 languages
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