Public Speaking Skills

Course content

This is a very interactive course during which participants will increase their confidence and skills by taking part in a full day of practical exercises.
Delegates are not thrown in at the "deep end", but through the practical exercises will build up their skills gradually during the day.
Participants will particularly increase their abilities in the following areas:

• overcoming the fear everyone feels
  
• how to achieve a confident start and grab attention
  
• projecting your voice
  
• pausing for effect – and to remember what comes next
  
• eye-contact to show confidence
  
• techniques to avoid showing nervousness
  
• what to do if you go 'blank'
  
• how to keep your audience interested
  
• dealing with questions
  
• using visual aids
  
• how to stand, move and use gestures
  
• how to cope with 'experts' in your audience
  
• the best ways to write your presentation
  
• making a memorable conclusion