The Art of Public Speaking: Increase Your Confidence and Build Your Skills

Public speaking is about so much more than presentations, conferences and pitches. Being a good public speaker will help you in every aspect of your life, will improve your ability to communicate and connect with people, and will mean you feel more confident at expressing yourself and your ideas.

They have been coaching public speaking to politicians, students, professionals and graduates since 2013. In the run up to the 2015 General Election, they have provided public speaking training to over 100 candidates, and 17 are now MPs.

They have supported people in preparation for keynote speeches, job interviews, wedding speeches, university interviews and conference presentations.

In this 30 minute session, they want to give you some basic tools to boost your confidence and give you more power to speak and to be listened to in both your personal and professional life.

This session will cover the basics of:

• Body language
• Voice,
• Tone,
• Pitch,
• Use of stories,
• Use of pauses,
• Tackling imposter syndrome
• Some practical exercises to try yourself at home