Making Presentations with The Pyramid Principle

How do you capture your audience’s attention within seconds when presenting or pitching? How do you bring a logical structure to your story? How do you engage your audience fully with your topic?

During our two-day training Making Presentations with The Pyramid Principle, you will learn to create crystal-clear presentations. Presentations that inspire action!

Communicate effectively with your presentations

Research findings, project proposals, offers, pitches—we want them to capture and hold the attention of their audience. If you regularly present to clients, colleagues, or stakeholders, you want to get to the point quickly and persuade your audience—without losing essential content. After our Making Presentations with The Pyramid Principle training, you will be able to create clear, effective presentations. While working on your own cases, you will learn how to:

• formulate a message that truly matters;

• select the right information from an overload of (research) data;

• create a structure that supports your argument;

• write titles that are logical and informative;

• make optimal use of visuals;

• build a storyline that moves your audience to action.

The Pyramid Principle: the presentation technique of consultants

In our training we make use of The Pyramid Principle. This ensures your presentations meet the information needs of your audience, are easy to understand, concise yet complete, and logically structured. The technique was developed at McKinsey and is now used by a growing number of internal and external consultants worldwide. We have introduced this method in our training at organizations such as KPN, KPMG Meijburg, PostNL, VODW Marketing, De Nederlandsche Bank, ENECO Energie, TenneT TSO, Altran, and House of Performance.

The program: minimal theory, maximum practice and personal attention

During the two-day training, you will receive an introduction to the background and theory, and immediately apply the method to your own presentations as well as those of your fellow participants. You will not only learn a technique, but also put it directly into practice in your own work.
All training days start at 10:00 and finish at 17:00, and are held in Amsterdam.

The training includes:

• individual strength/weakness analyses of your own presentation;

• practice materials;

• 2 full days of training;

• 6 months of individual follow-up support by phone and email after the training.

Tailored programs

We also offer this training in-company. Personal coaching is another option—we can tailor this to your needs in consultation. Please contact us directly for more information.

Would you like to follow this training online? Contact us to discuss the possibilities.