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Should I Join a Competition – Bringing Success Through the Competitive Spirit     If you are someone who often shies away from competition, today’s article is for you. Competitive settings can be daunting, especially when the stakes are high and matters of pride come into the picture. For public speaking, competitive settings bring the […]

Energising a Lacklustre Audience – Breaking the Silence in the Crowd     Imagine preparing day and night on your script, rehearsing the delivery elements, and mastering your content – only to experience a quiet, low-energy audience in front of you. While the former elements are internal factors within your control, external factors (such as […]

My Child is Very Confident, But … – How To Track My Child’s Public Speaking Progress     It may be difficult to track and monitor your child’s progress, especially for a soft-skills development programme (such as our public speaking programme). In hard skills/subjects, quantitative grades give a right/wrong image of your child’s journey. In […]

My Child Does Not Want to Learn Public Speaking – Encouraging an Important Soft Skill!     Not everyone enjoys public speaking – if you have tried to bring your child for enrichment activities, you are likely to have encountered resistance from them. Sometimes, this comes about because of workload or scheduling issues. However, we […]

Interview Refresher – The Ticket to the New School, Position, or Award!     One of the key communication scenarios that we often face queries about is the dreaded interviews. For a young communicator, interviews represent a communication setting that is intimate, fluid, and challenging to manage. Unfortunately, unlike a formal speech or a competition, […]

Practising Quick Tips for the Stage – Nurturing Our Young Communicators     It’s a big speech, your child is selected to address the school, and most of the content is already prepared. What is the best way for your child to prepare before the presentation in this scenario? While we often see the preparation […]

Your Young Facilitator – Communication Tips for Your Child in Facilitation Settings     Communication settings appear in various forms. Beyond stage settings or common speech scenarios, our young communicators are likely to encounter challenging communication settings that will require them to engage, inform, and guide a varied group. For us, facilitation is one such […]

Creativity – It’s All In the Mind! Boosting Your Child’s Speech Engagement     Speech crafting is a careful and meticulous art. A communicator often runs through countless drafts and practices before arriving at the final piece when drafting a speech or presentation. This can be already challenging for a seasoned communicator; for a young […]

Shout it Out – Tips & Techniques to Increase your Child’s Voice Projection     Voice projection is one of the key areas that our clients/parents tend to focus on for their children regarding public speaking. It is not uncommon to receive queries on how best to increase that speaking volume or project confidence while […]