World Class Speaking: The Basics 

Are you ready to take the next step towards improving your ability to stand up and speak with confidence, skill and poise like you never have before?

Excellent! You will never regret raising your ability in public speaking and presenting. Once you’ve developed this skill no one will be able to take it away from you. Ever.

Even better you’ll be able to move up in your company, impress your boss, make more sales, deliver a great public speech, sermon or pitch. The world opens up to you when you can get your point across on your feet. Get your audience on their feet and you’ll really be on your way.

In this class you’ll learn…

• Where your fear comes from and ways to deal with it physically and mentally
• The 3 types of people in your audience and who you should focus on
• What are the qualities of a World Class Speaker? Which of the qualities can you start working on now?
• How to prepare for a presentation. How much time should you spend rehearsing? Should you memorize your speech word for word?
• How to use note cards to help you when you present
• How to present when you’re using slides
• 2 best ways to stand and what to do with your arms
• How to use eye contact
• 3 sensible ways to incorporate movement in to your speech
• What’s the right way to include gestures
• 3 powerful ways to open and close a presentation
• When should stories be used in a presentation
• How to deal with questions
• Recommended resources to learn more

All this will be covered in this beginner’s level public speaking workshop. You will learn a lot!

This workshop will include opportunities for participants to stand up and try out what’s being presented. However, it will not be required of everyone to participate. So, if you’re really a nervous beginner, don’t worry, we won’t put you on the spot!

After attending this workshop you’re not going to undergo a total transformation. However, you should feel better about being able to speak now that you are armed with knowledge and techniques to do a better job when you take the floor. That’s how you start to improve by working on your mental state as well as gain basic skills. From that point your improvement will accelerate because you won’t hold yourself back.