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What Goes into A Lesson Plan? Preparing a Public Speaking Course For You     If you have ever been curious about what goes into a public speaking or communications training lesson plan, this article is for you! We recently shared about how we plan our corporate and school training (Click HERE to read: “Designing […]

I “Prefer” Face-to-Face Learning – the Pros & Cons of Home-Based Learning     We are well into the third week of the COVID-19 “Circuit-Breaker” measures, and most of us are warming up to the role of technology, especially in our kid’s education. Home-based learning, for example, has been a consistent feature for your child, […]

Packaging Information – How to Deliver Ideas and Information with Impact     You have a suite of complex information to share with your team in a presentation, and you are figuring out how to make it simple, engaging, or even entertaining. Sounds familiar? We know that a painful part of making that dreaded presentation […]

Difficult Communication Settings – Effective Communication Skills for Tough Situations     Whether you are a kid or an adult, there is an abundance of difficult communication settings that you will face in your day-to-day routine. From a trivial argument to a difficult interview, most of us may not plan what to say or do […]

Designing the Best Communications Course for You – What Goes into a Corporate or School Public Speaking Training     Taking a break from all the articles on what you can do during this Circuit-Breaker period, we thought we dive into the mechanics of how the Public Speaking Academy designs or crafts the best public […]

Competitive Speaking – How to Present with Power in a Challenging Environment? (Both On-stage & Online Competition)     Most of our articles and discussions here cover communication settings in our day-to-day environment. To this, we add one more important communication scenario – a speech competition! Now, most of us will not find ourselves in […]

Management Communication Habits – Offline and … Online? (Work From Home/ Telecommuting Tips)     The recent COVID-19 measures have meant that we have escaped the physical office space, and the communication challenges that it brings. Especially for those in management positions, the measures also signal a need to adapt and change the way you […]

You Can’t Learn Public Speaking Online … or Can You?     The recent suspension of all centre-based classes and the stricter Work-from-Home (WFH) measures mean that e-learning is here to stay for the long haul. For your child, home-based learning is already a familiar term bandied about as the new mode to continue their […]

Public Speaking & Private E-Learning – Can I Learn Public Speaking Online?     New media platforms are fast becoming information centres for various purposes – as a news source, entertainment platform or even for professional purposes. With this trend, it remains surprising that there remains some who view online learning (or e-learning) with a […]