The Best Presentation Courses: A Quick List

We identified 9 online learning providers that have presentation courses. Our research found that edX is the best.

Short Courses for Presentation Skills

In search of the best presentation courses, we browsed the top 50 online learning provider websites. Our research found that FutureLearn is the only provider that offers a short course.

Their Presenting Your Work with Impact course focuses on developing your ability to present information at work clearly and concisely. The University of Leeds Institute of Coding helped develop this self-paced course, which you can take on your own pace. But it will take you about 2 weeks to complete the course.

In the first week, you’ll learn how to create presentations. The activities focus on how to use storytelling techniques and crafting content to powerfully communicate your ideas. In addition, you’ll learn how to make slide decks for your presentations.

In the second week, you’ll learn how to deliver presentations. The activities focus on how to use mindfulness exercises and delivery techniques to communicate with confidence. In addition, you’ll have an opportunity to reflect on all the skills and techniques you’ve developed. At the end, you’ll be asked to create a script and slide deck of your own.

Individual Courses for Presentation Skills

We identified 8 online learning providers that offer courses. Our research found that edX is the best. In addition, The Great Courses and Treehouse have some good courses to consider.

See below for the best individual courses for presentations we identified:

1. edX

Public Speaking

Visual Presentation

2. The Great Courses

Art of Public Speaking: Lessons From the Greatest Speeches in History

Your Public Persona: Self Presentation in Everyday Life

3. Treehouse

Presentation Skills

In addition to best individual courses for presentations, our research found that the following courses are good:

4. Skillshare

Intro to Public Speaking

Presentation Essentials: How to Share Ideas That Inspire Action

5. Udemy

Presentation Skills

Here are the other online presentation courses we found:

6. Cudoo

Conquering Your Fear of Public Speaking

Introduction to Public Speaking

Presentation Skills

Public Speaking Certificate

Public Speaking Under Pressure Training

Speak Well on Camera: Public Speaking & Presentation Skills

7. Simpliv

Public Speaking

8. GoSkills

Public Speaking

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