Bricks & Mortar: The importance of presentation skills

The need for strong presentation skills isn't just confined to formal presentations, but to a range of scenarios. Telephone calls, emails and internal meetings, for example, all require them in order to make a positive and lasting impression.

Its important to hone these skills early in your career, according to Alice Dockar - a partner at Herbert Smith Freehills who is also the firm's training principal. She talks to Sarah Jackman about the need to prepare, to know how to sell yourself and to build internal and external networks.