Presentation Skills for Artists & Makers

International Makers Need to ‘Talk the Talk’ 

You know makers need to speak fluently and convincingly about their work in ways which please or impress others.

It’s why part of every creative’s career training is learning to represent your work verbally.

If you’re a professional – you’re likely good at it already.

Only what happens when you present in English?

Being able to represent your work is never something you should compromise on.

Meaning matters.

Say what exactly you mean.

And say everything you wish to.

Say nothing less than what you wish.

Get help showing up as yourself in English.

Starting October 2024, Blue Noun Language Hub has 5 places for private coaching in Pure | Presentation Skills for Makers.

Pure | Gain English skills for:

Artist Talks; Creative Industry Job Interviews; Product Demos; Describing & Presenting Production Processes; Describing Materials; Presenting Designs; Architecture Charettes & Presentations; Creative Workshops, Conferences & Collaborations.

About Presentation Coaching

Presentation Coaching is a specialism within English for Specific Purposes, a type of ESOL tuition which trains aspects of your English for better workplace performance.

Presentation Coaching is not a conversation class, rather, it’s a dedicated space to practice and ‘fine-tune’ presentation skills, honing the language skills YOU need to deliver information to audiences.

(It’s all about what you need to say!)

Insist on Experience

An ESOL coach does the most effective Presentation Coaching if they have a background in your field.

That’s why, at Blue Noun Language Hub, we only offer our Presentation Coaching to Makers.

Your lead coach, Ruth, has 20 years of experience presenting art and design work to the public.

She’s an expert at representing artists and artworks in public realms.
(See her profile).

The Pure Presentation Skills for Makers Course is only for artists, designers, micro-business owners, architects, and producers: professionals who need to perfect their answer to the question, ‘What do you make?’ for giving international presentations, collaborations and artist talks.

Limited Places | Only 5 Available

The Pure Presentation Skills for Makers Course is only for artists, designers, micro-business owners, architects, and producers: professionals who need to perfect their answer to the question, ‘What do you make?’ for giving international presentations, collaborations and artist talks.

Is This You?

When you speak in English, you are well beyond the stage of having to translate everything in your head before replying.

You can respond quickly enough.

The problem is that sometimes you don’t say the right thing.

I don’t mean that you get your words or grammar wrong.

I mean that there’s still a gap between somebody saying something and you responding as you would in your first language.

Afterwards, do you replay the conversation in your head and think, that’s not exactly who I am?

It is common to choose the linguistically easier path over accuracy of meaning.

Like water flowing, words come out the easiest path. 

It will make you more black and white in English.

Less nuanced.

It’s a problem because in art, nuance really, really matters.

“Whatever your presentation style is in your first language – we’ll get that shining through in English.” 

Ruth Pringle, 2023

The Solution?

Just practise.

In general – more exposure to relaxed conversations will give time to stretch the parameters of what you can do and expand your range of automatic answers.

Of course, time is a luxury you don’t have with a job interview.

Increase your chances of success by rehearsing over and over with an expert from your field – so that there’s no blurt in contexts where everything that you say matters.

Invest in your English.

To fine-tune is to adjust precisely so as to bring to the highest level of performance or effectiveness.