What's Coming Up in 2025
Budget Storytelling for Executives
Three-day intensive in Sydney. We'll walk through building narratives around numbers that board members understand. Last time we ran this, people said they wished they'd done it years earlier.
Visual Data for Finance Teams
How to turn spreadsheets into something people don't immediately zone out over. We cover practical charting, dashboard design, and presenting complex financial info without losing your audience.
Defensive Budgeting Workshops
Because everyone will try to poke holes in your numbers. We teach you how to answer tough questions, handle pushback, and defend your assumptions when someone inevitably asks "but why can't we do it for less?"
End-of-Year Budget Refresh
Quick session before the holiday rush. We'll review what worked in 2025 and prep for better presentations in 2026. Shorter format because we know December's already packed.
New Year Budget Kickoff
Start the year with solid presentation foundations. We go back to basics but in a good way – building blocks that help you structure any financial presentation with confidence.
Advanced Stakeholder Management
For people who've already got the basics down. We tackle the really tricky stuff – dealing with competing priorities, managing conflicting department needs, and presenting when everyone wants different things.
Who You'll Learn From
These aren't just trainers who memorized some theory. They've all been in your shoes – sitting across from executives, defending budget proposals, trying to explain variances. And they've gotten pretty good at it over the years.
Søren Pedersen
Lead Instructor, Budget Communication
Spent twelve years as CFO at mid-sized companies before switching to training. He's sat through hundreds of budget meetings and knows exactly where presentations fall apart. Really good at breaking down complex financial concepts into plain language.
Katarina Novakovic
Senior Facilitator, Data Visualization
Former financial analyst who discovered she had a knack for making charts that people could understand at a glance. Now teaches others how to do the same. Her workshops tend to be pretty hands-on because she believes you learn by doing.
Lachlan O'Sullivan
Workshop Leader, Strategic Finance
Twenty years in corporate finance across three different industries. He's seen every type of budget objection imaginable and has developed some pretty effective ways to address them. Known for not sugarcoating things.
How Our Programs Work
You Register and We Send Materials
Usually about two weeks before the course starts. We'll send you case studies to review and some prep work. Nothing too heavy, but it helps if you've looked at them beforehand.
Day One: Foundation Work
We start with the fundamentals. How to structure a budget presentation, what executives actually care about, and common mistakes we see people make. Lots of real examples from actual presentations that went well and ones that didn't.
Practice Sessions
This is where it gets useful. You'll present material to the group and get feedback. It's not meant to be stressful – everyone's in the same boat. But you'll quickly see what works and what needs adjustment.
Advanced Techniques
Once the basics are solid, we move into trickier scenarios. Handling difficult questions, presenting when the news isn't great, dealing with last-minute data changes. The stuff that happens in real life.
Follow-Up Support
After the course, you get access to our resource library and can reach out with questions. Some people use this a lot, others don't. It's there if you need it when you're preparing your next actual budget presentation.
What Happens During Sessions
I'd been doing budget presentations for five years but still felt nervous every time. After this course, I had a structure I could rely on. Made a real difference when I had to present the quarterly variance report last month – I actually felt confident instead of dreading it.