The Veterinary Storytelling and Presentation Skills Workshop
Become a confident, memorable speaker. Develop your skills to deliver thought-provoking presentations that your audience remembers.

What will we cover?
In this two-day face-to-face workshop with our presentation coaches, we dive into a structured, hands-on process to make you confident, calm and consistent at presenting on and off camera — using storytelling to format your presentations and lectures. This workshop will give you the foundations to apply our techniques to your own teaching or within your organisation.
Day one
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What is storytelling — and why it’s the most powerful tool for teaching and capturing your audience’s attention
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Storytelling techniques and how to incorporate them into your teaching
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Presentation structure, from introductions and how to grab and hold your audience’s attention, and select memorable take-home messages
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Slide design concepts and how to apply these in your own presentations
Day two
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Confidence on stage — how to feel relaxed and in control in front of your audience
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Practical audience engagement and interactivity techniques
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Use of voice, pacing and pitch to enhance your delivery
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Bring it all together — integrating the concepts you've learned into a presentation
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Presenting on camera with practical hands-on exercises
Praticalties
What's included? A welcome dinner the night before the workshop starts with the other delegates, lunch and refreshments on the days of the workshop and course materials
Where is the venue? Trimble Productions Studios, Richmond in North Yorkshire, DL10 7ED, UK
What are the start and finish times? 09:30-16:00
What is the cost to attend the two-day workshop?: £897 + VAT
Does the workshop count as CPD hours? : The course counts for 16 hours of continuing professional development (CPD)
Upcoming dates
Key information
What's included? A welcome dinner the night before the workshop starts with the other delegates, lunch and refreshments on the days of the workshop and course materials
Who is the workshop for? Veterinary and animal health professionals who present regularly or who plan to present and teach as part of their work and want to progress their skills with a practical hands-on workshop
Where is the venue? Trimble Productions Studios, Richmond in North Yorkshire, DL10 7ED, UK
What are the start and finish times? 09:30-16:00
What is the cost to attend the two-day workshop?: £897 + VAT
How large are the groups? A maximum of eight people. It's important to us that delegates get a great learning experience with time for discussion and hands-on practical exercise; for this reason, places are limited to eight people.
Does the workshop count as CPD hours? : The course counts for 16 hours of continuing professional development (CPD)
Upcoming dates
2022
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17-18th October
2023
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13-14th January
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27-28th March
Meet the speakers
The workshop is taught by two experienced coaches who have a passion for teaching and engaging presentation.

Jon Robbins
Presentation and leadership coach
Jon is a veteran of theatre and motion picture performance who has spent much of the last 25 years as a presentation coach working in the veterinary and business industries to help speakers make their message resonate and be retained by their audience. He works internationally and specializes in course design. He is skilled at making our delegates feel calm, confident and consistent when performing

Toby Trimble
EBVS and RCVS Specialist in Veterinary Anaesthesia and Analgesia
BVM BVS, BVMedSci, MVM, PgCert, Dip. ECVAA, MRCVS
Toby is an RCVS and EBVS Specialist in veterinary anaesthesia and analgesia and the founder of Trimble Productions. He focuses his work on making veterinary education engaging, visual, and memorable. Toby has created nearly 400 CPD lectures and online CPD events and runs the Future of Education events which are attended by academics and science communications around the world.
Clients' Testomonials
"A fantastic workshop from someone who is leading the way with educational methods. Not only did we learn the theory of storytelling, but the importance of production values in teaching. Storytelling promotes understanding. Production values capture your audience's attention."
Professor Mark Bowen
Director of Education,
European Board of Veterinary Specialisation