Category: Blog

The Last-Minute Presentation Series – A Guide to Confidence in Presentations     There is nothing like a last-minute presentation assignment to make your heart race, your palms sweaty, and your mind in a turbulent spin. Be it a meeting presentation or an impromptu PowerPoint presentation deck to prepare, this may just be the very […]

Public Speaking Academy’s Reading List – Our Favourite Books to Boost Your Public Speaking     It’s a new year, and that means another 365 days for us to start our reading habit and improve our skills! Our training team over at the Public Speaking Academy often enjoy relaxing with a copy of a powerful […]

Managing Stage Fright – 3 Tips to Conquer Your Public Speaking Fears on Stage     As we enter 2021, some of you may have included public speaking confidence as a new year goal or resolution. We know that developing stage confidence may not always be a smooth-sailing experience. Whether you are a seasoned speaker […]

Tips for the New Year (2021) for Your Child!       The new year is here and with that, the start of a new school learning journey for your child! 2021 is more than just the start of a “new normal (post-COVID)”. For some children, it is a fresh slate ready to be filled […]

Vision 2021 – 3 Public Speaking Tips to Start Your New Year!       A fresh, “new normal” is starting with 2021, and with it, a brand-new set of resolutions as you begin the new year ahead. Resolutions come in many different forms – from exercising, losing weight to even financial goals. Most of […]

Public Speaking Academy’s New Year Feature – Our 2021 Public Speaking Resolution Ideas!       As we approach the holiday season and the end of a tough 2020, we wanted to share a Christmas gift for our readers as we wind the year down. We have covered tips, tricks, and techniques from various public […]

Our Christmas Wish-List! Public Speaking ‘Gifts’ We Hope to Receive!     Of course, 2020 would not be complete without us sharing our Christmas wish-list for this year! As the Public Speaking Academy prepares to wind down for 2020, we thought of sharing the gifts we hope to receive, going into 2021. This year has […]

How to Sound Smart in a Meeting? Conveying Confidence, Competence, and Creativity     If you found your way to this article from the tantalising title, buckle up for a quick ‘cheat’ guide on how you can sound smart in a business meeting! We kid, of course; we know that one of the more painful […]

Tough Questions & Unmovable Walls – Using Public Speaking to Move Ahead in Conversations     We have covered persuasion skills, negotiation techniques, and difficult communication scenarios in our articles, but what if you encounter a particularly challenging question or scenario you cannot budge from? Beyond the usual public speaking/communication fears, we may encounter communication […]