The best way to reduce stress and deliver a great presentation is through thorough and timely preparation. This includes preparing the slides, your script, and leaving enough time to practise the presentation in its entirety.

Practising your presentation is crucial. Practice helps you work out the timing of your speech and the transitions between your slides. Practising your Presentation improves your time management, and lets you work out any technical issues beforehand. 

The more time you spend preparing the better. If you know your presentation well, any issues or questions that arise can be handled easily. But how do you maximise your preparation time? How do you know if your visuals and text are adequate? How can you get feedback on your preparation when work colleagues are already busy and your friends and family aren’t familiar with your topic?

ABEL’s Presentation Review Service maximises your chances of delivering an excellent presentation. ABEL gives you professional feedback on any aspect of your presentation in complete privacy, security, and confidence. 

Any part of the Presentation Review Service can be performed Live (when you are online at the same time as your Consultant) or Asynchronously (where you send whatever aspect of your presentation you are focusing on to your Consultant, and they send you their professional feedback). This can be done with open-ended appointments, or as part of our prepaid services. You can see our prices here.

The content of your presentation is safe in the hands of our professional Consultants. You can share as much as you like with them, focus on any part of your presentation, in as much detail as you need or you want. We take our reputation seriously and are proud of being a company with a proven track record of maintaining client confidentiality and data security. You can read our client reviews and testimonials here.

Why our Consultants are Great at Improving Client Presentations

To help you to develop your presentation and effectively inform, engage, and inspire your audience, the Consultants we select to be part of this service possess an excellent level of English, and have a high level of relevant skills, these include:

Q&A preparation: being able to handle questions and engaging in the post-presentation discussion is a scary yet important part of a successful presentation. 

Your Consultant will help you prepare to answer questions confidently and have meaningful interactions after your successful presentation. We help you to anticipate questions and provide you with the space to practise responding to topics likely to be raised by the audience. 

This important part of the preparation process is often overlooked, but don’t let your amazing presentation falter in the Q&A stage! This is the part your audience members may remember the most.

Therefore, at all stages of the preparation process, ABEL can help you to deliver the best presentation you can and massively reduce your anxiety about presenting, lowering your stress levels and giving you more time to do other things before the presentation. People have even used this service to prepare for wedding speeches!

Remember, reducing stress when preparing to present is a gradual process. With an ABEL Consultant helping you to practise and create a positive mindset, you will build confidence, and deliver a great presentation.

We provide you with a supportive environment and constructive feedback and encouragement. Our support will boost your confidence and provide valuable suggestions for improvement.

This sounds great, but what exactly does this service offer?

Moreover, the feedback you receive from your Consultant for one particular Presentation can be used in any — or all — of your future presentations. ABEL really can help you become a confident and able public speaker.

What will you check my slides for?

Your ABEL Consultant will also carefully check each slide to ensure that your presentation is well-structured, visually appealing, and effectively conveys your message to the audience.

We do this by giving you constructive feedback on clarity and organisation, we check that the slides are:

Logically structured — with clear headings, subheadings, and bullet points — that facilitate understanding and flow of information.

Visual appealing — we help you to understand the visual elements of the slides (including font choices, colours, and graphics).

Consistent — in terms of formatting, font styles, and overall design.

Concise — we check for “overcrowding” with excessive text or unnecessary information. We help you craft brief and impactful statements to convey key points.

We can also help you review the flow and transitions between your slides. We ensure that the sequence of the slides and the transitions between them provide a smooth and logical progression of ideas.

Lastly, working with an ABEL Consultant allows you to consider the timing and pacing of the presentation. We help you to assess whether the content on each slide can be effectively delivered within the allocated time frame.

What feedback will you give me after a practice run-through of my presentation?

Your Consultant will evaluate if the main message or key points of your presentation are clear and easy to understand. They provide feedback on areas where the delivery could be strengthened and advice on how to accomplish it. In addition, your Consultant will assess the structure and flow of your presentation and provide suggestions on how to improve the overall structure to maximise coherence and engagement.

If you use a camera during the practice session (either Live or Asynchronously), your Consultant can give you feedback on your body language, delivery style, and non-verbal cues. Clients also find feedback on aspects such as eye contact, posture, gestures, and vocal tone extremely helpful. 

Your Consultant will highlight your strengths and what you did well during the practice run-through and offer realistic and achievable suggestions to enhance your Presentation in general. This includes a summary of the overall impact and constructive feedback on ways to make the presentation more memorable, impactful, and aligned with your intended objectives.