Budget Presentation Webinars

Learning how to present a budget shouldn't feel like decoding ancient hieroglyphics. We've been running these sessions since mid-2024 and honestly, watching people discover they can actually make numbers interesting has been the best part. No death by PowerPoint here – just practical skills you'll use next week.

Upcoming Sessions – Winter 2025

We're scheduling sessions throughout August and September 2025. Each webinar runs for 90 minutes with time for questions afterward. And yes, we record everything so you can watch again later when you're not juggling three other meetings.

Thursday, 14 August 2025

Making Executives Actually Listen

You've got seven minutes to present a quarterly budget review. We'll show you how to structure it so they remember the key points instead of checking their phones. Real examples from board presentations that worked – and a few that definitely didn't.

3:00 PM AEST 90 minutes Interactive
Tuesday, 26 August 2025

Visual Design That Doesn't Lie

Charts can tell stories or they can mislead – sometimes without you realizing it. We'll walk through choosing the right visualizations for different audiences and avoiding the subtle tricks that make data look better (or worse) than it really is.

11:00 AM AEST 90 minutes Case studies
Wednesday, 10 September 2025

Handling the Tough Questions

Someone always asks about that variance in Q2. Or why you're over budget in marketing. We'll practice responding to challenging questions without getting defensive or losing credibility. Includes actual questions from recent presentations that made people sweat.

2:00 PM AEST 90 minutes Role-play

Who's Leading These Sessions

We've pulled together people who've been in the trenches. They've presented budgets to skeptical boards, pitched for funding that seemed impossible, and survived more than a few budget crises. More importantly, they can explain things without making you feel like you should've known this already.

Both have spent years training finance teams across Australia. They know what actually works in real presentations – not just what looks good in theory.

Portrait of Henrik Lindberg, senior financial communications consultant

Henrik Lindberg

Financial Communications

Portrait of Sofiya Petryk, presentation strategy advisor

Sofiya Petryk

Presentation Strategy

Close-up view of financial presentation materials and analytical charts spread across a workspace

What We'll Actually Cover

Structuring Your Story

Numbers don't speak for themselves – you need to frame them. We'll work through building narratives that connect budget figures to business outcomes. Think less spreadsheet dump, more coherent argument.

Reading the Room

Different stakeholders care about different things. Your CFO wants accuracy. Your CEO wants strategic implications. Department heads want to know how it affects them. We'll show you how to adjust on the fly.

Design Principles That Matter

You don't need to be a graphic designer, but you do need to understand what makes information easy to absorb quickly. We cover color psychology, hierarchy, white space – the stuff that separates clear slides from cluttered ones.

Dealing With Uncertainty

Budgets are educated guesses. How do you present forecasts when you're not entirely sure? We'll talk about confidence intervals, scenario planning, and being honest about what you don't know without undermining your credibility.

Technical Delivery Skills

Pacing, vocal variety, body language – the physical aspects of presenting that people often neglect. Also how to use remote presentation tools effectively because let's face it, half your presentations are probably on Zoom anyway.

Live Practice

We'll ask volunteers to present a short budget snippet during the session. Don't worry – it's supportive feedback, not a roast. Watching others get coached helps you identify issues in your own approach too.

Template Library

After each webinar, you'll get access to slide templates, chart examples, and script frameworks. Not because we think you should copy them exactly, but as starting points you can adapt to your organization's style.

Follow-Up Resources

Questions always come up after you've had time to think. We maintain a discussion forum where participants can post challenges they're facing and get feedback from instructors and other attendees working through similar situations.

Register for Winter Sessions

Spaces are limited because we want to keep these interactive. If a session fills up, we'll add you to the waitlist for the next one. Sessions typically run every few weeks through autumn 2025.