
Enhance science and technology communication by applying a comprehensive six-point plan that focuses on you, your audience, your media, and your content, then integrate them into your delivery and follow-up.
Choose what to change, optimize your preparations, and present yourself to suit you by becoming an expert, managing anxiety, and rehearsing long- and short-term steps for a confident, authentic presentation.
Become your audience by gauging expertise, tailoring content, and delivering inclusive, clear explanations; treat questions as opportunities, because your audience is always right.
Produce purpose-driven media that stands out while staying clear. Use unique, clear visuals and test that every element works in the presentation environment.
Adopt the three messages: the power of less, avoid acronyms, and the details, to craft a clear, engaging talk with strong storytelling.
Harness your voice with warm-ups, clear enunciation, and pauses to project messages, and harness your body with an open stance and purposeful gestures to be unique.
Conclude with a pinnacle final slide that summarizes take-home messages and provides contact details or a QR code, while welcoming questions and proactively connecting after your talk for future opportunities.
Optimise your public speaking and presentation skills today with this focused, compact, expert driven course.
Nick explains how you can make the most of your own natural style, tailor your messages carefully, simplify complexity, and engage audiences rapidly. Importantly, the final lecture describes approaches for networking, and how to make the most of your talk’s opportunity.
The Hayward Method is comprehensive but succinct. Discover how to make the best of you, your audience, media, content, delivery and follow-up when constructing a talk from start to finish. Learning the thought process behind each step provides valuable insights and perspectives for building online presentations and live talks, even for specialist audiences.
Nick is a Cambridge University Natural Scientist and Imperial College London Medical Doctor. In addition, he holds a PhD in Neuroscience and Medical Imaging.
He is a visiting researcher in Neuroscience and Engineering at Aalto University, Finland. He also works clinically as an NHS Resident Doctor in Radiology at Oxford University Hospitals, UK. His teaching roles include PhD student supervision, Resident Doctor training lectures and workshops, and International Masters course teaching in Neurosciences.
Nick has given technical talks at conferences, and presentations for general audiences, for over 20 years. His ability to simplify complexity and target talks to specific audiences makes him ideally suited for training speakers from all around the world.