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“Public speaking isn’t an inborn talent, but a skill anyone can learn, practice and improve to their benefit and the benefit of the company they work for.”
– Dave Smith
Founder, Present With Power
Hands-on coaching with specific tips, tricks and techniques for overcoming problem points.
Whether it’s an important presentation or a sales meeting you need to knock out of the park, having a coach guide you with instant feedback and direction is the only way you can be sure your message is coming across the way you want it to.
Unique, theater-based approach that helps you speak confidently as your true, authentic self.
Unlike traditional public speaking programs, our unique method is based on techniques adapted from stage and film acting. Rather than instruct our students, we work from the inside out and to lead them to trust themselves and their own voice.
Training for inexperienced and experienced speakers alike, covering all levels of seniority.
New hires, managers and C-levels across all departments can all benefit from improved public speaking, regardless of skill level. We offer training on the fundamentals, advanced skills, specific topics or even when preparing for specific presentations.
What we offer to make sure your presentations will always be riveting.
Barbora Vajnarova
Channel Development Manager
"David helped me analyze my fears and prepare a strategy to face them. The training sessions with David helped me significantly to develop my skills and take my presentations to the next level.”
Milan Mlejnek
Business Development Manager
"Working with David is something I can highly recommend to anyone who wants to improve their presentation skills. David is more a psychologist who helps you understand what is happening in your mind when you are speaking than a typical corporate trainer. Thanks to David I became aware of my thoughts and mindsets which prevent me from being open and natural to my audience."
Marek Novotny
R&D Director
"I appreciated David’s informal, but professional training. I felt like a friend and that he wanted to help me, not only in developing my presentation skills but also in achieving my goals. The training with was more than just a presentation skills lesson, but also helped me to form my ideas and prepare the communication plan for my team."
Don't just take my word for it, read what my clients have say.
Whether you’re a junior employee, manager or CEO, whether you’re motivating your team or proposing your ideas up the ladder, giving a sales presentation or giving a performance report – our goal is to help you move people to action by focusing your message and delivering it with impact.
Conquer your fear
Learn to relax your body, breathe properly and reframe your fears to finally break free from the chains of judgment holding you back.
Own the stage
Whether talking to an audience of 10 or 1,000, learn blocking techniques for impact and emphasis and how to use the stage to create energy and intimacy.
Improve through practice
Get regular feedback and instructions to help you overcome each of your pain points until giving your presentation is effortless.
Master your voice and body
Train your voice to resonate, master your body movements and eliminate distracting habits to deliver your message with purpose and power.
Let content tell your story
Learn how to structure your content for clarity, use imagery to create emotion and use stories and humor to keep your audience in the palm of your hand.
What you'll do in our trainings to get your audience eating out of the palm of your hand.
The spoken word is the most powerful word there is.
Move beyond a jumble of facts, figures and charts to a clearly structured story that focuses on a single key message that your audience can connect with.
Kristina Bredárová
Facility Management Specialist
"David helped me clarify what I wanted to say and to find the right words to present an unpopular project. He helped me to find a funny and positive way to communicate it and helped me raise my self-confidence with speaking in public."
Daniela Trojakova
Corporate Governance & Risk Management
"David helped me to improve my inner confidence while presenting in front of an audience and taught me to better understand how to interact with the attendees and most importantly, what the DOs and DON’Ts of drafting a top-notch presentation. He always encouraged me to go beyond my secure zone and helped me to master my presentation skills."
Petr Novák
DSO and Fleet Manager
“Thanks to Dave, I was able move beyond my jumble of facts and descriptions to a clear story that flowed and focused on one key message. The Executive team accepted my proposal and I learned that story and message are the key to success.”
There's nothing better than hearing
how we've helped our students.
Foundations of Powerful Presentations
This module focuses on the fundamentals of public speaking. After you complete this module you'll understand how to take charge of the impact you have as a public speaker. You’ll learn ways to control your nerves, modulate your voice, and control your body language. You'll learn the in and outs of developing a solid presentation and how to create a dynamic looking slide deck.
The Body
This module focuses on the physical aspects of presenting. First, we take a deep dive on how to deal with nerves. Next, you'll learn and practice the key principles you need to increase the power and dynamic quality of your voice. Finally, we cover what to do with your hands, arms and feet so you can capture an audience and use of the stage to full effect. This is a very active module so come in clothing you can move in .
The Mind
This module focuses on developing a powerful presentation. From developing an idea to creating a dazzling slidedeck, you will learn strategies to win over your audience no matter what type of presentation you are giving. In the fist half you'll develop a presentation from scratch and in the second half you will design a slide deck to go with it. This module is very hands on and by the end you will have created a presentation you can give to an audience.
The type of coaching I offer and
what you'll learn.
Empower your people to deliver a clear and persuasive message to any audience.
Our trainings are designed for businesses that understand the importance and power of clear and directed communication and want to give their people the skills to master that power.
Weekly Group Courses
Our comprehensive 4-week and 10-week group courses are designed for 4 to 10 employees to properly practice and refine their skills by giving a short presentation each week and getting hands-on feedback to help them improve. Classes are two hours each and divided into a class segment and a presentation and feedback segment.
Courses offered:
Foundations of Powerful Presentations, The Body, and The Mind
One- and Three-Day Workshops
Our intensive 1-day and 2-day workshops are designed for groups of 4 to 15 employees either working on the same team or project or at the same level of seniority or interested in the same Specialized or Custom Class. Each day comprises 6 hours of work, an hour break and time at the end for further questions.
Courses offered:
Foundations of Powerful Presentations
The Body, The Mind,
and Specialized & Custom Courses
One-on-one Coaching
Our one-on-one coaching program is designed for those who want to maximize their training through fully individualized courses that focus on their specific problem points. Coaching can cover any topic and can be arranged weekly, bi-weekly, half-day, full-day or even on an ad hoc basis as your needs demand.
Courses offered:
Foundations of Powerful Presentations
Advanced Skills for the Presenter
Specialized & Custom Courses
How we deliver our coaching to make sure it fits your busy schedule.
Confidence. Control. Mastery.
Our mission is to help people at any level of business shed their fear of public speaking, to speak confidently and authentically in front of an audience and to use that skill to motivate action.
“Words carry enormous power. Anyone who takes the time to learn to speak and deliver a message in a clear, authentic way will be able to achieve great things – in their own lives and in the lives of others.”
– Dave Smith
Founder, Present With Power
Dave Smith
Founder, Present With Power
As an experienced film and theater actor and director, David Smith uses acting, staging and storytelling techniques to transform how his students speak in public. Along the way, he’s helped hundreds of students in all areas of business become better public speakers by teaching them the secret to captivating an audience.
Dave founded Present With Power to help businesses turn their employees into confident, authentic, and influential communicators that will deliver the company’s message with power and authority.
A little something about us.
Anna Herčíková
HR Specialist ve společnosti
“We’ve cooperated with David since 2014. During that time, almost 30 employees have passed his training. Participants really appreciate his experience and individual approach. Furthermore, David is very flexible in planning meetings. In comparison with other open courses which are focused on presentation skills, trainings led by David are much more beneficial.”
Jan Podlipný
HW Manager
"The number of presentations I was required to give dramatically increased when I was promoted to a managerial position. David helped me make presentations that keep the audience's attention and achieve my goals. He changed my mindset and the way I conceptualize a presentation. His practical training has already begun to deliver results and I feel far more confident giving presentations."
Alexandra Krkošová
Corporate Secretary
“The presentation skills training led by David was a really valuable experience for me and my team. There were 2 main aspects of the training: To prepare the presentation in a way to be comprehensible for the audience, and to be able to present it in a way to keep their attention. Thanks David for your priceless advice and support.”
The feedback from our students says more than we ever could.
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