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Lessons from the Classroom 3 Common Habits of Young Public Speakers   In developing young public speakers, it is important to identify specific habits to address and correct at the outset. The common refrain for young public speakers is that they are generally “not confident” and are, accordingly, not good public speakers. The reality though […]

Sharpening that Persuasive Edge – 3 Simple Steps to Start Speaking Convincingly     Being a persuasive speaker is one of the more common goals of our students. Almost everyone wants to be that person who can convince a team or a large audience to buy into their product or anything that they are saying. […]

How To Capture The Audience’s Attention?     Most, if not all of you, would have been an audience member once before. As you are sitting in and getting ready for a long presentation, you realise that paying attention as an audience member is already a huge challenge. Imagine instead that you are the presenter […]

“My Child is Too Quiet!”  How You Can Help Your Child Gain Confidence?     “You know, my kid is always noisy and talkative at home but once in front of a group, he/she keeps quiet. I am worried about him.” In all my interactions with our students’ parents (including those who attend our trial […]

Present with Pizzazz – How to Present with Power & Panache with your PowerPoint Slides     “Not another PowerPoint slide …”, cursed someone under his/her breath. A cacophony of sighs “argh…” then broke loose… We have all been in that situation. A coffee in hand, a pack of mints in another and your pen […]

Why Public Speaking Is Important?     “You’ve stolen my dreams!” & “How dare you!” are the catchphrases still resonating in mind whenever I think of Greta Thunberg’s United Nations Climate Change speech. Plunging the future generations into a world of environmental maladies, foisting upon them a standard of living that is inferior to ours […]

“Mummy & Daddy, I’m too Young” Why Public Speaking Training Should Start Early For Your Child     “Why start young?” A common question we get at our time here at the Public Speaking Academy concerns whether it is important to send their children for public speaking courses at such a young age. There is […]

Painless Presentations Our Take On Monroe’s Motivated Sequence     “Next up, we have *your name* to deliver his/her oral report/ show & tell/ book review presentation!”. The enthusiastic voice was accompanied by a gradual build-up of perfunctory applause from the class. Your classmates’ dreary expressions belied their radiant eagerness to imbibe what you are […]

Taking That First Step How to Overcome Your Public Speaking Fears?     Most of our students react the same way when asked to take their first step in presenting their first-ever speech – with a shake of their heads and a complete refusal to take the stage. Public speaking fear is not uncommon. For […]