Present to Persuade: Mastering Proposals and Presentations

 Turn your proposals into presentations that persuade and influence.

Great ideas are wasted if they aren’t communicated effectively. This hands-on workshop teaches you how to create compelling proposals, tell a persuasive story and deliver presentations with confidence and impact. 

You’ll leave with practical tools, live practice and personalised feedback to improve your proposals, strengthen storytelling and present like a confident, persuasive professional. Through interactive exercises, scenario-based learning and real-world examples, you’ll gain the skills to capture attention, influence stakeholders and secure agreement.

Why it matters 

Great recommendations can fail if: 

• Your client doesn’t connect with your story.

• Your proposal does not clearly communicate value. 

• Your presentation lack’s structure or engagement. 

• Your delivery fails to inspire confidence.

• You struggle to influence key stakeholders.

This course equips you to turn proposals into persuasive stories, present with authority and engage audiences in a way that drives action and secures agreement. 

Who should attend 

Commercial professionals who create and deliver proposals, recommendations or plans whether to retailers, internal stakeholders or cross-functional teams and want to improve clarity, impact and persuasiveness. 

Date

• 17-18 June | 09:00-16:30 | In-person

What you’ll explore 

Across two intensive face-to-face days, you’ll learn how to build proposals that stand out, structure persuasive narratives and deliver presentations that engage and convince. You’ll explore storytelling techniques, presentation strategies and influencing tools to strengthen your communication and impact. 

What you’ll be able to do after this course 

• Build proposals that clearly communicate value and increase the likelihood of approval.

• Apply storytelling techniques to create engagement and emotional connection with your audience.

• Deliver presentations confidently in both face-to-face and virtual settings.

• Use influencing techniques to strengthen your proposals and secure agreement. 

• Refine your presentation style through live practice and personalised feedback.

• Leave with actionable improvements you can apply immediately in your work.

How you’ll learn 

Through hands-on exercises, live presentations, interactive discussion and recorded practice, you’ll gain confidence, develop practical skills and leave ready to deliver proposals and presentations that persuade, influence and drive results. 

Dates 

• 17-18 June | 09:00-16:30 | In person 

In person intakes are delivered over three full days at our IGD offices, near Watford, Hertfordshire. 

Tickets

Member Discount: £1,250 

Non-Member: £949 

Small business rate: To qualify for a discounted rate you will need to be a small manufacturing business with a global turnover of less than £10 Million. Place your order above and email your annual global turnover to [email protected], or get in touch if you have any questions.  

Prices displayed ex-VAT. IGD reserves the right to alter any element of the programme, such as speakers, times and venue, should the need arise. All bookings are subject to acceptance of IGD Terms & Conditions. IGD reserves the right to reject any order at its discretion.  

Cancellation fees  

Cancellations to be confirmed in writing. 

Over 30 days’ notice - Full refund  

15 - 30 days’ notice - 50% refund  

Fewer than 15 days’ notice - No refund/transfers  

Please email [email protected]