The Presentation Lab: Practice & Improve Your Speaking Skills
A one-month membership to a flexible, self-paced workshop with four optional live sessions for feedback and support.
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You don’t have to be a “speaker” to be effective.
Some people thrive on stage—others mostly just survive on stage. If you’re someone who needs to present complex, technical, or critical information, you don’t need to perform. You need a clear, structured way to get your message across—without overwhelming your audience or feeling awkward up there.I’ve had to figure this out the hard way—learning to teach and present in front of real, paying participants. It wasn’t always smooth. But I’ve learned what works (and what definitely doesn’t) when you want to connect with your audience without pretending to be someone you’re not.
This membership gives you practical strategies, expert feedback, and a place to practice—so you can be clear, engaging, and effective, without trying to “perform.”
Most importantly, you’ll gain insights into how people learn—so that when you present, you’re not just delivering information, you’re making it useful, memorable, and actionable for your audience.
What The Presentation Lab Offers:
✅ A Step-by-Step Online Course – Learn structured techniques for explaining complex ideas clearly and keeping people engaged.
✅ Weekly Live Sessions – Join the weekly live sessions as often or as rarely as you like to learn, ask questions, get feedback, and practice.
✅ Real-World Audience Practice – Your facilitators are professional educators and professional actors who will help you hone your skills and offer you feedback if you want to practice. We’ll also recreate audience reactions so you can practice responding to common dynamics that occur when leading discussions.
✅ Feedback – If you want to get better fast, you can upload your slides, presentation design or short clips of your delivery to get feedback and advice for improvement.
Meet the Facilitation Team
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Alison McEachern
Alison is a facilitator, educator, and course creator helping experts lead engaging presentations and group discussions. They blend theory and action for impactful, hands-on learning.
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Lindsay Kyte
Lindsay Kyte is a Cape Breton playwright, performer, and songwriter. Her award-winning works, including Tompkinsville and Dear Rita, have been staged across Canada. www.lindsaykyte.com
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Rhys Bevan John
Rhys Bevan-John is a Halifax-based actor, writer, and somatic coach, known for A Christmas Carol at Neptune Theatre and award-winning performances. www.rhysbevanjohn.com
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Darrel Cameron
Darrel Cameron is a Halifax-based music producer, songwriter, and certified music therapist, blending 20 years of experience with songwriting, production, and facilitation. www.makeindiefolkmusic.com
How It Works:
1️⃣ Sign up for a one-month membership – Start whenever you’re ready.
2️⃣ Take the online course – Work through the online lessons at your own pace.
3️⃣ Join the live sessions – Learn, ask questions, practice/rehearse and get feedback.
4️⃣ Make real progress in just one month – Improve and practice at your own pace.
5️⃣ Flexible access — join for a month and renew as needed. Stay as long as it’s helpful.
Who This is For:
✅ Subject matter experts, students*, researchers, safety, policy or technical professionals who have important information to share but don’t love public speaking.
✅ People who don’t want to be on a stage—they just want to communicate clearly and help people learn.
✅ Those who prefer a structured, practical approach to design and delivery.
✅ Anyone who has struggled with nerves, losing their audience, or feeling out of their element when presenting.
*If you’re a student, contact us for student rates.
Workshop Schedule: Learn at Your Own Pace, with Optional Live Support
This one-month membership is structured around four key themes. Each week, you'll complete lessons in the online course and, if you choose, join a live session for coaching, Q&A, and real-world practice.
💻 Study online lessons anytime
🎤 Join live sessions if you want to learn in a workshop setting and to practice and get feedback
Week-by-Week Live Session Breakdown
Each week, 90-minute live sessions offer:
✅ A workshop on an assigned topic
✅ Q&A, practice and real-time feedback
1st Friday of the Month: Designing for Retention
💡 How do you make information stick?
✔ Learn how memory works in presentations
✔ Structure your content to make it engaging
🎤 Live Session (Optional): Live-lesson + Q&A + practice
2nd Friday of the Month: Engagement Strategies, Designing & Leading Discussions
💡 How do you engage your audience & keep them focused?
✔ Design effective group discussions
✔ Lead group discussions & respond to common group dynamics
🎤 Live Session (Optional): Live-lesson + Q&A + practice
3rd Friday of the Month: Slides, Visuals & Innovative Presentation Techniques
💡 How do you make your slides & delivery clear—not overwhelming?
✔ Design effective, distraction-free slides
✔ Use voice & body language to support your message
🎤 Live Session (Optional): Live-lesson + Q&A + practice
4th Friday of the Month: Actors’ Delivery Tips & Managing Nerves
💡 How do you pull it all together?
✔ Use voice & body language to support your message
✔ Learn how to rehearse and prepare
✔ Develop strategies for managing nerves
🎤 Live Session (Optional): Present, get feedback, refine your approach
