Persuasive Presentation Skills for Project Managers

About this event:

As a project manager, you are constantly presenting and persuading—whether it’s managing stakeholder expectations, leading project updates, influencing decision-makers, or gaining buy-in for critical project changes. Effective communication is key to keeping projects on track and ensuring success.

The good news? Anyone can become a persuasive presenter—including you! And even better—PMINZ is bringing you an exclusive opportunity to learn from the best! Michelle will teach you how to present with confidence, engage your audience, and communicate your message in a way that drives action.

Who is this for? This exclusive PMINZ session is designed specifically for the project management community, addressing real-world challenges PMs face when presenting. Whether you’re presenting to one person or thousands, this 1-hour Lunch and Learn Masterclass is your essential guide to becoming an outstanding presenter.

What to bring? Before the session, think about an upcoming project meeting, stakeholder discussion, risk review, or status report where you need to ensure clarity and engagement. No need to prepare anything—just bring a real-world scenario, and Michelle will help you craft a clear, compelling message on the spot.

Walk in with nothing, walk out with the foundations of a powerful, persuasive project communication strategy!

Don’t miss this chance to sharpen your communication skills and elevate your impact in project management!

About the Speaker:

Michelle Bowden is an authority on persuasive presenting in business. She's run her Persuasive Presentation Skills Masterclass over 1000 times for more than 13,000 people over the past 25 years and her name is a synonym for 'presentation skills' in Australia & New Zealand. She's the best-selling internationally published author of How to Present: the ultimate guide to presenting live and online (Wiley). Michelle is the number one speaker on persuasion at work, the creator of the Persuasion Smart Profile® (a world-first psychological assessment tool that reports on your persuasive strengths and weaknesses at work), the best-selling author of How to Persuade: the skills you need to get what you want (Wiley). And she’s also a multi-million-dollar pitch coach to her client list that reads like a who’s who of international business: construction, banking and finance, IT, pharmaceutical, retail, telecommunications plus many more.

Visit www.michellebowden.com.au

PDU's available: 1PDU

• Power Skills (Leadership): 0.5 PDU – Since the session is focused on communication and persuasion, which are key leadership skills.
• Business Acumen: 0.5 PDU – Effective presentation and persuasion contribute to stakeholder management and strategic decision-making.

Hosted by: PMINZ Women in Project Management