Presentation Tips Videos
This is a library of short video tips covering every aspect of presentation and public speaking. There are 43 videos in total, each focused on a discrete skill or technique — something you can watch, absorb and apply directly to your next presentation or speech.
The videos are grouped by topic so you can go straight to whatever is most relevant right now — whether that's building confidence, improving your PowerPoint, preparing for a conference keynote or handling the speech you weren't expecting. Each video also has its own dedicated tip page on this site, where you'll find additional written guidance to accompany what you watch.
Every video is practical and direct. No filler. The aim is to give you something you can act on immediately — a technique to try in your next rehearsal, a habit to build, a mistake to stop making. Use the sections below to navigate the library.
1. Building Your Presentation Confidence
Whether you're an occasional presenter or someone who speaks regularly, confidence in front of an audience is the skill that underpins everything else. These videos cover the foundations — what it means to give a presentation with authority, how to rehearse so the material feels natural when you deliver it, and how your voice signals confidence or quietly undermines it.
Giving Presentations
An overview of the 3 top tips for giving presentations with confidence — a good starting point for anyone building their presenting skills from the ground up.
tips for giving confident presentations
Confidence in presentations isn't a fixed personality trait — it's built through preparation, practice and technique. This video covers the key essentials for confident presentation skills.
how to boost your presentation confidence
Practical ways to boost your confidence levels before and during a presentation, including how to address the anxiety that most presenters experience.
confident rehearsal skills for presenters
Rehearsal is the single biggest factor in presentation confidence. This video shows you how to rehearse effectively — not just repeatedly.
how to use stress and tone in your prese tations
How you use your voice — where you place emphasis, how you vary your tone — tells the audience how to feel about what you're saying. This video covers the techniques for using stress and tone.
2. Presentation Tips Videos: Overcoming Nerves and Fear
Almost every speaker experiences nerves. These two videos look at both the manageable pre-speech anxiety that most presenters recognise, and the deeper fear of public speaking that can genuinely hold people back. Both are addressable — with the right approach.
How to tackle your public speaking nerves
A structured plan for managing nerves before and during a speech or presentation — covering breathing, preparation and the techniques that work in practice
how you can Overcome your fear of public speaking
For those whose anxiety goes deeper than nerves — this video looks at how to confront and overcome a genuine fear of speaking in public.
If you'd like to go deeper on any of these topics, we have another dedicated written guide:
3. Preparing Your Presentation
The work you do before you stand up determines how well you perform when you do. These videos focus on preparation — getting the content right, asking the questions that matter, and understanding what success looks like before you begin building slides.
ten questions to ask before your next presentation
The ten questions every presenter should answer before they open PowerPoint or Keynote — covering purpose, audience, structure and the outcomes you're aiming for.
Three Tips for Better presentation content
Three straightforward principles for creating presentation content that holds your audience's attention and supports your message without overwhelming it.
how to give a team presentation
Team presentations come with their own specific challenges — handovers, consistency and divided preparation time. This video covers how to manage them.
4. PowerPoint and Presentation Technology
PowerPoint is still the dominant presenting tool in business — used well, it supports and enhances what you say; used badly, it competes with you for the audience's attention. This is the largest section in the library, covering every significant aspect of PowerPoint technique from first principles through to specific slide types and advanced methods. And, if you use Keynote, then the same principles apply.
tips to help you make your next powerpoint presentation
Where to start with making a PowerPoint presentation — the top-line tips for creating something that serves the audience rather than overwhelming them.
10 Ways to Improve your powerpoint presentation skills
Ten specific improvements you can make to your PowerPoint skills — covering structure, design, delivery and the most common mistakes to eliminate
top tips for using powerpoint effectively
How to get the most from PowerPoint as a presenting tool — not just building slides, but using them to support rather than dominate your delivery. Aim to use PowerPoint effectively.
how to avoid powerpoint text overload
Text-heavy slides are the most common PowerPoint mistake. This video explains why less is always more — and how to edit your slides accordingly. Because your job is to avoid PowerPoint text overload.
"PowerPoint makes us stupid."
General James N. Mattis
Discover the point, turn and talk technique with powerpoint.
One of the most effective techniques for using PowerPoint while keeping the audience engaged. The point, turn and talk technique — it enables you to reference your slide and return their attention to you.
How to use the black slide in your powerpoint presentation
When to use a black slide and why — an underused technique for creating deliberate pauses and shifting audience focus back to you.
the white slide in your powerpoint presentation: How to use it
The white slide in PowerPoint is the right choice for certain moments — particularly when taking audience questions or managing an interruption mid-presentation.
How to use multimedia in your powerpoint presentation
How to incorporate video, audio and other media into your PowerPoint effectively — including the technical pitfalls most presenters encounter and how to avoid them.
know your presentation technology choices
PowerPoint, Keynote, an alternative — plus the hardware and settings that go with each. This video helps you make the right technology choices for your next presentation.
5. Presentation Design
Slides are a design exercise as much as a document task. The choices you make about layout, colour, imagery and typography all communicate something to your audience before you've said a word. This multimedia video looks at what good presentation design looks like — and what poor design costs you. And there are more tips for your slide design below.
Read more: Your Presentation Design Choices
6. Presenting on the Day
Preparation takes you a long way, but you still need to manage the moment — a question you didn't anticipate, a technical glitch, feedback you need to absorb. These videos cover the in-room skills that matter once you're in front of the audience.
How to Use a Prop in your presentation
A well-chosen prop can make a point more vividly than any slide. This video covers when to use one, how to introduce it, and how to put it away cleanly.
How to handle presentation audience questions
Five practical tips for handling questions from a presentation audience — including how to deal calmly with the ones you can't immediately answer.
How to handle feedback after your presentation
Quality feedback on your presentation is one of the fastest routes to self-improvement — if you know how to receive and act on it. This video shows you how.
How You Can Handle Feedback After Your Presentation
7. The Craft of Public Speaking
Beyond the basics of delivery, these videos cover the techniques that separate good public speakers from memorable ones — the strategic use of pauses, how to deploy humour without it backfiring, how to manage the unexpected, and how to give your audience a reason to choose your talk before they've even heard it.
why you should use pauses in your speech
The most underused technique in public speaking. Pauses give the audience time to absorb a point, they build anticipation, and they project authority. This video explains how to use them deliberately.
how to use humour in your speech
Humour can be the most powerful tool in a speaker's armoury — or the biggest risk. This video covers how to use it effectively and how to avoid the traps.
how you can manage interruptions in your speech
Interruptions happen. How you respond to them tells the audience a great deal about your composure and your authority as a speaker. This tips video shows you how to manage interruptions.
How to use a speech title to attract an audience
If you have any influence over how your speech or session is billed, your title is already doing marketing work before you've said a word. This video covers how to write one that works.
Your prompter choices for your next speech
A script, an iPhone, an iPad — this video weighs up the prompter options available to speakers and explains how to use each one effectively on the day.
how to conclude your speech
The close of a speech is what the audience carries away. This video covers how to end well — memorably, cleanly and on time.
8. Knowing and Engaging Your Audience
how to get to know your audience before your speech
Audience research is the foundation of a well-pitched speech. This video walks through what to find out and how to use what you learn when you come to write.
how to prepare for questions in your speech
Your Q&A is part of your performance — and audiences judge speakers heavily on it. This video shows how to prepare for the questions your audience will most likely ask.
what to wear when you give a speech
Four practical tips on dress and appearance for speakers — because what you wear affects how the audience receives you, often before you've said a word.
9. Conference Speaking
The conference speech is the most common high-stakes speaking occasion in business. These four videos cover the full arc — preparation well ahead of the day, delivery on the day, keeping the audience engaged, and managing questions — giving you a comprehensive toolkit for conference performance.
how to get ready for your conference speech
What to do well ahead of the day — knowing the venue, the format, the technology and the programme — so you arrive feeling ready rather than anxious. This video explains how you can get ready for your speech.
how to give your conference speech
The video for the day itself — covering pace, delivery and how to manage the final preparations before you walk out in front of the audience.
how to engage your conference speech audience
Five techniques for keeping a conference audience attentive and engaged throughout your session — including what to do when the room begins to lose focus.
how to take your conference speech questions
How to handle the Q&A after a conference speech — the difficult question, the rambling question, and the one you simply cannot answer on the spot.
10. Special Occasion Speeches
Some speeches mark a particular moment — a new year, a year's end, an achievement, a call to speak that came without warning. Each occasion has its own demands. These videos look at the skills that make the difference when the speech is specific rather than generic.
how to give your new year leadership speech
Five essentials for a leadership speech at the start of the year — covering tone, direction, authenticity and what the team most needs to hear from you.
how to give your Year end speech
The year-end speech sets the emotional tone for what comes next. This video covers how to be honest, forward-looking and genuinely motivating in equal measure.
how to give an acceptance speech
Acceptance speeches catch most people off guard — they're emotional, exposed and usually delivered without notes. This video shows you how to be ready for the moment.
how to give an impromptu speech
The speech no one expected. This video gives you a reliable framework for structuring a coherent response under pressure, with no preparation time to fall back on.
11. Office Party Speeches and Presentations
End-of-year events combine social and professional expectations in a way that can catch presenters and speakers off guard. These videos cover both the office party presentation and the speeches that go with it — with guidance for the unusual audience dynamics that come with this particular occasion
how to give the office party speech
Ten tips for the office party speech — covering tone, length, audience dynamics and how to handle a room that is simultaneously your colleagues and your audience.
office party presentation skills: a survival guide
The office party presentation has its own particular pressures. This video is a practical survival guide — how to prepare, what to wear, and how to read a room that has been socialising before you stood up
Frequently Asked Questions
Yes. All the videos are freely available on this website. Each one is hosted on Vimeo and embedded on its own tip page. There is no charge, no registration required and no login needed.
Most videos run between two and five minutes. They're deliberately short — each one covers a single skill or technique without padding. You can watch one during a spare few minutes and come away with something you can immediately put to use.
It depends on your most immediate need. If confidence is the issue, start with Section 1. If you're preparing for a conference, go straight to Section 9. If PowerPoint is what's holding you back, Section 4 is the most comprehensive starting point in the library. The sections are designed to be navigated by topic rather than watched in sequence.
Yes. All the videos are on publicly accessible pages on this site and can be shared freely with colleagues, team members or anyone else who would benefit from them. If you're looking for structured presentation or public speaking training for a group — rather than individual videos — our training courses are worth exploring.
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