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A two-day intensive workshop where you deliver six real presentations, receive video playback feedback, and leave with a structured framework that works for any speaking situation — from a team briefing to a conference keynote.

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6 Presentations in 48 Hours
Repeatable Framework
The Challenge

Most professionals are never taught how to speak with clarity and confidence

Technical competence and communication skill are separate disciplines. Many highly capable professionals find themselves hesitating before team meetings, over-preparing for client pitches that still fall flat, or avoiding conference speaking opportunities entirely.

The issue is rarely nerves alone. It is the absence of a structured approach — a method for organising thought, calibrating delivery, and reading a room. Astral Valerium workshops address exactly this gap through deliberate, repeated practice in a structured environment.

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Structured Methodology

Every session follows a proven framework that separates message architecture from delivery technique — allowing you to improve both independently.

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Clarity in communication is not a personality trait. It is a learnable, practisable skill.

Across Ireland

Workshops run in Dublin and at venues across Ireland, accessible to professionals in every sector and region.

The Process

How the Two-Day Programme Works

Three interconnected stages that build on each other, designed to produce measurable improvement in how you prepare, structure, and deliver any presentation.

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Message Architecture

Learn a transferable framework for structuring any message. From opening hook to closing call, every element has a deliberate purpose and a defined place.

What You Practise

  • Audience analysis techniques
  • Opening and closing structures
  • Logical sequencing of ideas
  • Adapting length to context
02

Deliver & Review

Each participant delivers six presentations across the two days. Every session is recorded for video playback review — a direct and revealing feedback mechanism.

The Feedback Loop

  • Full video recording of each delivery
  • Facilitator-guided playback review
  • Peer observation and commentary
  • Targeted re-delivery of weak sections
03

Embed the Framework

Leave with documented personal notes, a reusable preparation template, and clear understanding of your specific development areas — applicable from your next meeting onward.

What You Take Away

  • Personal preparation template
  • Recorded delivery samples
  • Individual development notes
  • Framework applicable to all formats
Programme Options

Formats for Every Professional Context

Group workshop session with professionals practising presentations
Open Enrolment

Public Workshop

Professionals from different organisations and sectors attend together. The cross-industry mix creates a realistic and varied audience — a deliberate part of the learning design.

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Corporate team training session in a boardroom setting
Tailored

In-Company Programme

Delivered exclusively for your organisation's team. Content and scenarios are adapted to your sector, your typical audiences, and the specific communication challenges your people face.

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Scope of Practice

The Presentation Situations You Will Practise

The programme covers the full range of professional speaking contexts, from brief internal updates to formal external presentations.

The 60-Second Pitch

Elevator pitches, introductions, and brief opportunity moments. Precision under time pressure.

Team Meetings

Status updates, project briefings, and internal proposals. Communicating clearly to colleagues at all levels.

Client Presentations

Pitches, proposals, and discovery presentations. Structuring information so external audiences can act on it.

Data-Driven Reports

Turning complex data and analysis into a clear narrative that non-specialist audiences can follow and trust.

Conference Talks

Keynotes and panel contributions. Holding a room, managing nerves, and leaving an audience with a clear takeaway.

Q&A and Discussion

Responding clearly under pressure. Handling unexpected questions without losing composure or clarity.

Participant reviewing their presentation on video playback with a facilitator One-on-one coaching session with a facilitator providing personalised feedback
Video Feedback

Seeing yourself as your audience sees you

Video playback is among the most effective feedback tools available in communication training. It removes subjective self-perception and shows participants exactly what they project — posture, pace, eye contact, and vocal variety — in an objective, reviewable format.

Each recording is reviewed in a structured session, with the facilitator drawing attention to specific moments and patterns. Participants leave with a clear and honest picture of their current delivery and a targeted plan for improvement.

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Reach Astral Valerium

For programme enquiries, in-company bookings, or any questions about workshop content and scheduling.

Our Location

7 Grafton Street
Dublin 2, D02 Y308
Ireland

Phone

+353 1 575 9937

Email

[email protected]

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