100 hours face-face live Zoom training

Starts:

January 19th, 2026 

Ends July 20th, 2026

Times:

5.30pm-9pm one evening per week.

*Please note: If you miss a few sessions by agreement, then there's a 2-step process for catching up.

You can:

1. Catch up via the on-demand video replay

2. Book and film a Zoom practice session with your 'buddy partner' colleague from the programme.

- Free 1:1 mentoring sessions with Steve Payne and/or an A.C.T. resource team member also available

Content

Below are some of the topics covered on this programme:

• Simply Brilliant Speaking - Advanced Public Speaking & Presentation Skills (Steve Payne's speaker programme)
• How to use body, voice and mindset for maximum influence and impact
• Teaching to the conscious/unconscious mind simultaneously.
• Creating moment-to-moment state control in your audience.
• Controlling energy in the room, using nested loops and multiple embedded metaphors.
• Creating effective stage anchors.
• Expanding vocal flexibility.
• Demonstrations and demo subject selection – how to always succeed in your demos.
• Understanding learning styles and training styles.
• Training design and sequencing.
• Handling and utilising objections and hecklers.
• Demonstrating content as you teach it.
• Making future subjects easy to teach using pre-teaching.
• Behaviorally demonstrating content as you teach it.
• Giving and receiving effective feedback.
• Get rid of your worst fears before they happen.
• Training room design.
• Rhetoric for speakers: ethical unconscious influence
• The 4-Mat System
• The Power P.A.U.S.E. problem-solution presentation structure
• How to structure powerful presentations
• How to control the narrative
• Learning styles and how to incorporate them
• How to handle questions - simple and awkward ones
• How to assess students
• How to create supporting materials
• Creating training agreements
• Compliance - protection procedures for various scenarios
• Working with Associations (ANLP, AC, etc.)
• Create your own Diploma, Practitioner and Master Practitioner courses
• The certification process: presentations, demonstrations, and knowledge assessment

ASSESSMENT PROCESS & CERTIFICATION

There are 3 parts to the assessment and certification process. These are:

• Practical Demonstration

- You will pick a demonstration subject from the group and them guide them through one of the NLP processes.

• Presentation

- You will deliver a presentation of one of the NLP topics, using the presentation format taught on the programme.

• Written NLP Knowledge Test Paper

- You will sit a written exam to assess your NLP knowledge.

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Upon sucessful conclusion of this programme, you will be able to:

• Speak and present with confidence and impact
• Structure any presentation
• Deliver NLP content so students 'get it' and can do it.
• Be able to train and certify students at NLP Diploma, Practitioner and Master Practitioner levels

Pre-joining requirements

To join this programme, applicants must hold a:

• Recognised Master Practitioner Certificate

For entry to this programme, applicants will need to have an introductory call with the programme's designer and lead trainer, Steve Payne.