Confidence in Public Speaking

A workshop to develop your confidence to Speak Up in front of any audience

January 15
January 22
January 29
February 5

Sessions are one hour: We'll use a TED-style approach by coming up with a “big idea” so you have something specific to work on and practice. Depending on how many participants we have, we can consider scheduling a showcase with a small audience at the end of our sessions together.

• Commit to 4 weeks in a row, with the option to continue for another 4 weeks after a couple of weeks’ break.

• January 15, 22, 29, February 5 - 6pm - 7pm

• Location TBD (based on number of participants)

• $549/person

• Limited to 6

• If you register yourself plus a guest, I’ll offer a $49 discount for both of you

• Expect roughly 30-45 minutes / week spent on exercises between sessions

Session 1: Introductions, brainstorm main speaking topics & themes, identify potential audiences, develop key ideas and characteristics to be demonstrated in speeches

Session 2: Tips and strategies for vocal techniques, body language, facial expressions, addressing pre-speech anxiety and speech nervousness, begin outline for 15 minute TED-style talk

Session 3: Continue working on outline for TED-style talk, identify specific stories to include, practice 2-3 minute story sharing

Session 4: Practice TED-style talks

Here are some topics to add if the group agrees to schedule additional sessions:

• Fine-tune a TED-style talk

• Practice confidence through role-playing situations and circumstances put forward by participants

• Brainstorm additional themes and topics for speaking and networking

• Collect stories to practice for specific opportunities like interviews and events