Create Business Presentations That Convince

Most business presentations are full of the right information and still fail to land. The problem is rarely the data: it is finding the message and building the story around it.

Over two days, participants work on their own presentation content. They find the key message, structure it with storytelling frameworks, turn the numbers into simple infographics and practise delivering it.

Who it's for

You present reports, proposals or updates to managers, clients or partners
Your slides carry a lot of information and people lose the point
You want a repeatable way to structure and present business content

After the course

Find the key message inside a complex topic
Learn and apply three storytelling frameworks to your business presentation content
Turn information into infographics
Deliver your presentation with confidence with two delivery techniques

Course outline

What we cover

Day 1 · AM	Finding the key message inside a complex topic
Day 1 · PM	Three storytelling frameworks for business presentations
Day 2 · AM	Turning information into simple infographics
Day 2 · PM	Two delivery techniques, then present your deck and get feedback

Outline shown for the two-day public run.

PUBLIC COURSE RUNS:
Create Business Presentations That Convince

Course Fee: $1,050 per participant (non-funded). Funding updates are expected around January–February 2027. If you wish to explore funding options, please check back then.For corporate bookings, contact us to discuss a private run for your team.

Date	Time	Venue	Seats
22–23 October 2026	9.00am – 6.00pm	SMU Academy	Class is full	Join the waitlist
14-15 December 2026	9.00am – 6.00pm	3 Phillip Street, #17-01	Few seats left	Register
21-22 January 2027	9.00am – 6.00pm	3 Phillip Street, #17-01	Seats available	Register
12-13 April 2027	9.00am – 6.00pm	3 Phillip Street, #17-01	Seats available	Register
10-11 May 2027	9.00am – 6.00pm	3 Phillip Street, #17-01	New date	Register

Class size

Small classes, better learning

We recommend 10 to 15 participants, and cap every run at 20. These are hands-on workshops — above twenty we can no longer get round the room, look at each person’s screen and fix the actual problem, which is the whole point of coming. Public runs are capped at 10.

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1–10 Our office @ Raffles Place11–20 Larger venue, or your office

How many people are joining? 12

10 pax and below

Our office @ Raffles Place

3 Phillip Street, #17-01, Singapore 048693

Where every public run is held
Central, and close to Raffles Place MRT
Capped at 10, so nobody gets lost at the back

11 to 20 pax

A larger venue, or your own office

30 to 60 days’ advance booking required.

External venues include Paya Lebar Square and the Synergy Room at 190 Clemenceau Avenue, subject to availability
Or we come to you, which most corporate clients prefer
Please give us 30 days’ notice for an on-site run, so the room and equipment can be sorted

What you need to bring:

Bring a laptop and a presentation you are working on, or a recent report you would like to turn into a business presentation story.

Charmaine Lee

Chief Learning Officer, The Good Designers

Charmaine Lee is an ACTA-certified trainer registered under TAEPP (AE250000925) with over 16 years of digital marketing experience and more than 4,500 learners trained. She specialises in practical, hands-on training in visual design, Canva, digital content creation, storytelling, presentations and generative AI. She also develops vocational curricula and supports educator training through international education initiatives.

Join this public workshop

Duration16 hours (2 days)
SeatsOpen to public
Course FeeS$800/pax
Class SizeMax. 10 pax

Funding eligibility and the fee after funding depend on you or your organisation. We will confirm what applies.

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Inside a workshop

A short look at how our sessions run: less lecture, more making.

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Create Business Presentations That Convince workshop at SMU Academy

The full pathway

Every level, in detail

Three levels, from tidying the slides you already have to rebuilding the argument itself. You do not have to start at Level 1 — come in where your current work sits.

1
For: People who already build slides in PowerPoint and want them to read more clearly, without learning a new tool.
- Visual hierarchy on a single slide
- Turning dense text into simple infographics
- Charts and diagrams that can be read quickly
- Consistent formatting across a whole deck
- Working inside your organisation’s own template
You leave with: A set of your own slides, rebuilt.
Not a funded programme. See this course
2
For: People who can already build a tidy slide, and now need the deck to carry an argument rather than just display information.
- Finding the key message inside a complex topic
- Three storytelling frameworks, and when each one fits
- Turning processes, comparisons and data into infographics
- Visual hierarchy across a whole deck, not one slide
- Delivering the presentation with confidence
You leave with: A presentation structured around one clear message.
3
For: People who already structure and design well, and want AI to speed up the thinking rather than the formatting.
- Briefing AI with audience, objective and constraints
- Using AI to challenge the argument and the running order
- Drafting and critiquing headlines
- Checking AI output for accuracy, logic and tone
- Rebuilding the deck and delivering it
You leave with: A rebuilt deck, and a method you can use again next week.
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Public Workshops 2 days S$800/pax