Is presentation training worth the investment?
Yes, if you want to advance your career. AI can draft your words, but it cannot deliver them for you. Connecting with a human and moving them to action is the number one skill for advancement, and it is trainable.
It is worth it if you want to advance your career. With today's AI tools, we can get a perfectly crafted answer in print and click a button to help write an email. But the one thing a computer cannot do yet is get inside your brain and give you the delivery skills that earn a promotion, win the room, or get others to buy from you and take action.
Why this is the skill that pays
Presentation skill is the number one skill for advancing in a career. Some people call these soft skills, but there is nothing soft about connecting with a human being and moving them to action. It shows up every time you pitch, present results, ask for budget, or lead a room.
What you are really buying
- Frameworks you can reuse for any talk, so you are never starting from a blank page.
- Recorded practice and playback, so you improve from watching yourself, not guessing.
- The confidence of someone who has already seen themselves succeed on video.
Jess Todtfeld is a Guinness World Record holder for the most media interviews given in 24 hours, a former NBC, ABC, and FOX news producer with 13 years of network television experience, and a Certified Speaking Professional. He has trained leaders at Google, JPMorgan, American Express, LinkedIn, the ASPCA, and the United Nations.