Business Presentation Skills for Nonnative English Speakers

Mastering Public Speaking One Skill at a Time

Created by: Deborah Grayson Riegel
Keynote speaker and leadership communication consultant

What Will I Learn?

• Recognize what makes a successful business presenter in any language
• Overcome the specific challenges of nonnative English speakers while maintaining your authentic voice
• Identify and reduce visible signs of anxiety in making presentations
• Increase confidence in a variety of presentation settings
• Speak clearly and understandably in English, regardless of accent or fluency
• Reduce reliance on speaking notes when presenting
• Organize ideas quickly and logically
• Use body language to express ideas, increase understandability, and build connection
• Master challenging questions and answers
• Present data and stories effectively
• Design and deliver slides (without reading them!)
• Integrate your own cultural norms and language into presentations to educate, engage, and inspire

Requirements

• Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned presenter, you'll find tips, tools, and techniques that will improve your presentation skills immediately!

Target audience

• Professionals for whom English is their second, third, or fourth language (or more)!
• Professionals whose jobs requires them to make presentations occasionally or frequently.
• Professionals who experience anxiety when speaking in public, and whose worries are worsened by the extra burden of having to speak in English.
• Professionals who feel like their English is pretty good—until they have to make a presentation in front of an audience.
• Professionals who are afraid that they'll say the wrong thing, gesture inappropriately, or bore the audience.
• Professionals who are self-conscious about their accent or language fluency when presenting.
• Professionals whose slide decks are too wordy and hard to understand.
• Professionals who need to get better at presenting in a virtual environment.
• Professionals who want to take their presentation skills from poor to good, or from good to great!