Professional Services

Michelle Bowden has helped clients in the Professional Services sector for more than 27 years. These reviews and testimonials highlight the impact of her presentation skills training.

These testimonials are from a selection of Michelle Bowden’s clients in the Professional Services sector spanning 1999 to today. They include feedback from leaders, executives, subject matter experts and teams who have attended Michelle’s presentation skills training. Enjoy!

“Simply stunning! Michelle's approach and delivery of Persuasive Presentation Skills is a revelation in facilitated programs. Energetic, professional and highly engaging! People here are talking about it and using Michelle's techniques from Day 1. No more death by PowerPoint - just relevant, engaging, powerful messages.”

Steve Elliott

Partner, Deloitte Consulting

"Michelle is an outstanding teacher. She delivered an enormous amount of high-value information during my two-day Persuasive Presentation Skills course – and because she teaches in such an engaging way, you feel inspired rather than overwhelmed. Even though I write for a living and have given many speeches over the years, I left the course as a significantly better speech writer and public speaker. I intend to recommend Michelle's course to many people in the years ahead."

Nick Bendel

Professional writer for finance & property industries

“I loved the experience Michelle shared, clear frameworks that can be practically applied, mix of attendees and experience, and the encouraging and supportive environment. I will use everything! I will focus on connecting with second position and building rapport. I’ll be sure to send some of the team along to future sessions!"

Alison Holloway

Chief Executive Officer, SGS Economics and Planning

“WOW! I loved that the program made me more confident and realised I don’t have to live at the mercy of others. The techniques will make me a better human being personally and a confident professional. Michelle is exceptional, impressive, connected, worthy,”

Tejal Binjola

Release Manager, Link Group

“Great interaction, very informative. I enjoyed the energy in the room. The technique and formulas will be very useful. I will continue to use the 13 steps template. Michelle is an awesome presenter.”

Lucy Penisini

Link Group

“Very informative and practical things that you can apply in your daily life. Very well structured program. Excellent! I enjoyed every bit of it.”

Saman Usman

Project Manager, Link Group

“The program is highly recommended to anyone who is seeking to improve their presentation skills. I loved the presenter, structure, content, and method of delivery.”

Pranita Singh

Project Manager, Link Group

“I loved the colour and opportunities for feedback and “walking the talk” through the activities and presentation."

Amber Hope

Marketing Manager, KINSHIP Digital

Michelle Bowden has helped clients in the Not for Profit sector for more than 27 years. These reviews and testimonials highlight the impact of her presentation skills training.

“I loved the effort and thought Michelle puts behind her materials and engagement of the diverse audience. I will implement everything and leverage it in performance coaching.”

Caitlin Aminian

General Manager, KINSHIP Digital

“I loved the content, enthusiasm, and techniques. Thanks for a fantastic two days Michelle, you (sufficiently) blew our socks off. On a personal note, it was great to come back to the course after many years and be reminded of where many of the skills I now use as second nature when presenting first originated. I will use the 5-steps, Persuasion Blueprint, linguistics – I will be studying this forever!”

Alex Harper

Managing Director, KINSHIP Digital

“I loved everything! Michelle is so engaging, uplifting and positive. I really feel like I could present anywhere, anytime and do it well. Thank you for all the positive feedback too – it means so much! I will use everything!”

Ava Rose Lang

Intelligence Consultant, KINSHIP Digital

“It was a great experience. I was stepping out from my comfort zone and I learned a lot. It was really eye opening on how I can improve. I will use all of it.”

Kaushal Sharma

Chief Technology Officer, KINSHIP Digital

“I loved how someone as accredited as Michelle was able to impart so much knowledge in just 1 day. Also loved how she was super attentive to all her participants, giving tailored recommendations. I will use the posture, framing, eye contact, 4Mat, and how to calm nerves.”

Daniel Tan

Senior Account Executive, CampaignLab

“I loved that the masterclass was super interactive and genuinely insightful. Michelle provided a lot of great real-life examples that we could relate to. Honestly, everything has been digested and will be used especially the dance.” Senior Account Manager – Social, Influencers & Events, CampaignLab

Amy Bui

Chief Technology Officer, KINSHIP Digital

“It was very valuable to learn about the subtleties of presenting in a very hands on way. The skills I learnt will be very useful in my work and life generally, particularly with regards to being in second person, breathing and what not to say.”

Rhiannon Pulford

Associate, Port Jackson Partners

“I really appreciated the energy and engagement with each participant, especially the little details such as remembering names and back stories. Really enjoyed the workshop. Very engaging. I loved the practical strategies for preparing a presentation and the tangible framework I can implement.”

Joshua Dillon

Director - Australia and NZ at Ardian

“I enjoyed the personalised feedback with lots of practical tips. It was good fun to do with colleagues with lessons that I can apply in my life.”

Nick Bailey

Associate, Port Jackson Partnerssition, Name of Company

“I loved the excellent content – structured/insightful/innovative/memorable, and the inspiring delivery – energy/positive/made real and personal.”

Stephen Bowen

Manager, KPMG

“This program is tailored and relevant to the skills of the group and it extended both the competent and less competent presenters. I would recommend that PJPL does this again and I would also recommend that the partners are put through a similar program.”

Sally Aitken

Associate Principal, Port Jackson Partners

“Awesome, but annoyed I didn’t do this 1 or 2 years ago! I loved the tools I can actually use, and the presenter’s passion.”

Adam Warhaft

Manager, Data Anytics, KPMG

“I loved the hands on actives which helped make the advice more practical. Suggestions were easily implemental and made sense. It was a good pace.”

Patricia Birtles

Port Jackson Partners

“I think all the subject material was well targeted and relevant, well presented and very useful.”

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James Holgate, Port Jackson Partners

Associate, Port Jackson Partners

“I loved the constant engagement, the challenge to preconceived thinking and the model simplicity. It was great to do this with colleagues – gives a common language.”

Patrick Kirby

Director, KPMG

“Very useful and helpful for delivering presentations. I loved the structure for presentations.”

Andrew Wong

KPMG

Rhiannon Pulford

Associate, Port Jackson Partners

Joshua Dillon

Position, Name of Company

“I really enjoyed this program and felt engaged throughout. I loved that it was relevant, with an expert facilitator, new material, use of textas, appropriate breaks, material in folder and activities.”

Emily Pham

Senior Consultant, KPMG

“I loved learning the do's and don'ts of presenting as well as learning how to get the 'click' in eye contact. It was great to see how others presented and I found the program involved everyone well.”

Amrita Singh

Port Jackson Partners

“I found this program participative and with high energy. I do believe that it needs two days and found it good that the techniques were put forward in a flexible rather than absolute way.”

Jeff Duncan

Port Jackson Partners

“I found the program to be quite eye opening in terms of the content and the feedback. The day was well paced with presentations interspersed with feedback and the learning of new techniques.”

Ka Ho Kwok

Associate, Port Jackson Partners

“An interesting day with insightful comments I hadn't heard before. Interesting presentation that helped me to develop a very important skill set. It will be valuable to take learning on. Thanks for your help.”

John Robson

John Robson, Port Jackson Partners

“I loved that it was quick – interactive and every engaging; the movement around the room; very well structured; with lots of tools that can be used together or individually. There were lots of new techniques for me that I will take away.”

Phil Thornley

Position, Name of Company

“I liked how Michelle explained the techniques to use and why instead of just telling us what to do, which fostered a good and relaxed environment. It made me think of presenting as an important part of what we do. Overall I found this program to be very helpful.”

Peter McMahon

Associate, Port Jackson Partners

“Very good session that has left me with a lot to think about and work to improve. I like the structure of all having a go and learning from what each person did well and poorly. It was a very effective way to learn.”

David Eisman

Associate, Port Jackson Partners

“Very useful program with lots of things to work on and we now just need to put it into practice. I enjoyed the interactive nature, constantly learning tips and gathering feedback. It was a good group learning session with practical and useful examples for improving presentation skills.”

Anthony Gray

Principal, Port Jackson Partners

“A great learning experience. I loved the excellent delivery of content and practical examples.”

Hamza Sayed

Associate Director, KPMG

“I loved that it can be applied to multiple situations, not just formal presentations. It was a lot to cover in one day but all good material and practical/useable.”

Yu Tang Lee

KPMG

“A great course – very engaging, practical and very applicable to our roles. I loved that there were lots of simple techniques to use to help create presentations. I really liked the 4Mat, especially to work on pitches with some partners”.

Julia Rouse

Partner, KPMG

“I really liked the approach of learning incrementally from each presentation as it was a much more practical way to learn. I am sure that you could learn the content from a book; however the value of this program is to actually understand the materials so I love the approach! I enjoyed Michelle's energy - thank you!”

Ian Wang

Engagement Manager, Port Jackson Partners

“I loved the focus on linguistics techniques which are applicable outside of a presentation setting, and the speed of storyboarding techniques etc. The enthusiasm was fantastic!”

Nathan Cortese

Position, Name of Company

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