Turn any update into a decision
Turn updates, data, and ideas into clear recommendations that move decisions forward. A practical, workplace-ready course for professionals who need to present with purpose and confidence — in any room, on any screen.
"A great presentation isn't about being polished — it's about being clear on what you need, and making it easy for the room to say yes."— Shani Roberts
What you'll learn
What you'll be able to do
- Clarify the audience, purpose, and desired outcome before preparing any presentation or recommendation.
- Organize information into a logical, concise message with a clear opening, key point, and next step.
- Transform raw updates and data into a structured recommendation — with options, trade-offs, and a specific ask.
- Tailor your message and level of detail for leaders, peers, clients, and mixed stakeholder audiences.
- Deliver with confidence and authority across in-person, virtual, and hybrid settings using simple, effective visuals.
- Handle questions, pushback, and disagreement professionally — and close every presentation with a clear decision or owner.
How it works
A school that adapts to you
This isn't a set of static videos. Every lesson is generated live and tuned to where you actually are.
We learn your level
A quick placement check tailors your starting point so you're never bored or lost.
Lessons adapt as you go
Each lesson is written for your pace and your goal, adjusting as your skills grow.
Your AI coach keeps you moving
Checkpoints, feedback, and gentle nudges turn progress into a real result.
The curriculum
What's inside your school
5 modules · 16 lessons
Start With the Audience and Outcome
Before preparing a single slide or talking point, effective presenters identify who is in the room, what those people care about, and what decision or action the presentation needs to produce. This module builds the habit of starting with audience and outcome — not content — so every preparation choice that follows is grounded in purpose. Learners complete the Audience and Outcome Planner as a practical anchor for the rest of the course.
- 1.1Know Who Is in the RoomIncluded
- 1.2Define the Outcome Before You PrepareIncluded
- 1.3Match Your Message to the SettingIncluded
Organize a Clear Message
Once the audience and outcome are clear, the next challenge is organizing information into a logical, concise message that does not ramble, overexplain, or bury the point. This module gives learners a repeatable framework for structuring any presentation or recommendation, teaches them how to open with clarity and close with purpose, and builds the editing habit of cutting noise before it reaches the audience. Learners complete the Presentation Storyline Worksheet as the core output.
- 2.1Use a Framework That Works Every TimeIncluded
- 2.2Open Strong and Close SharpIncluded
- 2.3Cut the Noise, Keep the PointIncluded
Turn Information Into a Recommendation
Many professionals are skilled at sharing updates but hesitant to commit to a recommendation. This module teaches learners to move beyond reporting what happened toward naming the issue, presenting options, making a clear recommendation, explaining trade-offs, and stating a specific ask. It focuses on the judgment involved in recommending — not just the structure — so learners build confidence in taking a position, not just presenting information. Learners build a Recommendation Brief as the core output.
- 3.1Name the Issue ClearlyIncluded
- 3.2Present Options and Make a RecommendationIncluded
- 3.3Clarify the AskIncluded
Present With Confidence and Clarity
A well-organized message still fails if the delivery undermines it. This module focuses on how learners actually present — their pacing, tone, use of visuals, and habits in virtual and hybrid settings — so they can communicate authority without sounding scripted, and engage an audience without leaning on slides as a crutch. This is not a general communication skills module; it stays focused on delivering recommendations and structured messages in workplace settings.
- 4.1Deliver With Authority, Not a ScriptIncluded
- 4.2Use Visuals That Support, Not Replace, Your MessageIncluded
- 4.3Adapt for Virtual and Hybrid SettingsIncluded
Handle Questions, Pushback, and Decisions
The end of a presentation is often where the real work happens. This module prepares learners to respond to questions clearly, handle pushback and disagreement professionally, manage interruptions and unexpected challenges, and close every presentation with a confirmed decision, named owner, or concrete next step. It treats Q&A and closing not as things that happen after the presentation — but as the goal the entire presentation was building toward.
- 5.1Respond to Questions With ConfidenceIncluded
- 5.2Handle Pushback and Disagreement ProfessionallyIncluded
- 5.3Close With a Decision, Owner, and Next StepIncluded
- 5.4My Presentation PlanIncluded
Who it's for
Is this you?
Emerging managers
You're stepping into leadership and need to present with the authority and clarity that gets your team's work taken seriously.
Project leads
You run updates, status checks, and stakeholder reviews — and you want every one of them to end with a clear decision, not a follow-up meeting.
Individual contributors
You have great ideas and solid data — this course gives you the structure to turn them into recommendations that actually land with leadership.
Client-facing professionals
Whether you're pitching, reporting, or advising, you need a message that's tailored, credible, and drives the conversation to a clear next step.
Remote & hybrid workers
You present across time zones, split rooms, and video calls — and you want to show up with the same presence and authority as anyone in the room.
Cross-functional contributors
You regularly present to audiences who don't share your background, and you need to calibrate your message so every stakeholder gets what they need.
Questions
Frequently asked
Your teacher
A note from your teacher
Shani Roberts
If you've ever walked out of a presentation wondering whether anything actually moved forward — whether the right people heard what you were trying to say, whether the decision got made, whether you said what you needed to say clearly enough — you already know the problem this course is built to solve.
The challenge usually isn't that people can't present. It's that most of us were never taught a reliable system for doing it well. We learned by watching others, winging it, or building elaborate slide decks and hoping the content would carry us. Sometimes it works. Often it doesn't — and we're not always sure why.
Present & Decide gives you that system. It starts at the beginning — before you open a blank slide or draft a single bullet — by helping you get clear on who's in the room, what they need to walk away with, and what you're actually asking them to do. From there, it walks you through how to organize your message, build a real recommendation (not just a report), and deliver it with the kind of calm authority that makes people pay attention and trust what you're saying.
The course also covers the parts that most presentation training skips entirely: what to do when someone pushes back, how to respond to a question you weren't expecting, and how to close a session so that a decision gets made — or at minimum, an owner and a next step get named. Those moments matter. They're often the difference between a presentation that leads somewhere and one that leads to "let's circle back."
Everything here is grounded in real workplace scenarios. The frameworks are simple enough to remember under pressure, and the language is ready to use in tomorrow's meeting. I built this course for the professionals I see every day who are doing genuinely good work — and who deserve to have that work land the way it should.
I'd love for you to join me in it.
— Shani Roberts
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