Why improve your speaking skills?

Skillful speaking is powerful. It is the vehicle by which a person influences his acquaintances, friends and families as well as what happens in the work place, immediate environment and the wider community. To speak is to disclose how a person thinks about a particular thing or event: speaking is one of the main ways by which a person discloses himself or herself. Persons are thus naturally reluctant to 'speak up' as they can be quite easily misunderstood because of the dynamics of speaking.

Humans are responsive to an appropriate blend of words, logic and storytelling. Thus the skilled speaker can strike chords of joy, pride, hatred, love, ambition and laughter. Through coaching you can be prepared to speak with confidence, power and effectiveness.

Speaking to attract, inform and persuade is a skill that can be learned by the average person. Speak your mind in private and public. Today is the first day of the rest of your life. Do something for yourself to help create your new future now.

Nature of the programme

There are two different speaking programmes:

• Individual Coaching
• Group Workshops for organizations

Some of the topics to be explored in the workshop are:

• Introduce yourself
• Vocal variety
• Body language o Active listening
• Speech preparation o Power of words
• Using visual aids
• The impromptu speech
• Empathy with the audience
• Keeping to speech time limit

Individuals are at different levels of speaking competence and speaking experience. Depending on the particular situation of the individual, it may be more appropriate to have specialized and directive training to meet his/her specific needs. Such needs could be met by the 'Individual Coaching' programme. The nature, structure, length and cost of this programme will be determined on a case by case basis in the range of $2,000 - $2,600, after a free consultation by the Coach with the prospective Client.

The Group Workshop will be held for one day at the organization's training facilities or at a major Hotel. Each participant will be required to make at least four mini presentations during the workshop. The group workshop will be for a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 20 participants per workshop. The investment is $1000-1,200 per participant, depending on the client's preferred location.