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Public Speaking: Speak with Clarity, Confidence and Influence

A practical public-speaking course for students, entrepreneurs, professionals, community leaders and trainers. It develops the complete speaking process: audience analysis, message design, structure, storytelling, evidence, stage presence, visual support, Q&A and persuasive delivery. It is performance-based: learners repeatedly speak, receive human feedback, revise and speak again. Delivery model: 8-10 hours self-learning, three live speaking clinics of 90-120 minutes, and one half-day capstone bootcamp (or a 2-day intensive). Every learner records a baseline speech and finishes with a live or recorded capstone. Human-led learning principle: self-learning prepares the learner; live sessions are used for performance, interaction, coaching and feedback — trainers should not simply repeat the written lesson. This is the exact skill that decides whether an investor pitch lands on a demo day, whether a key meeting moves a deal forward, or whether a public address actually changes a decision — not only for entrepreneurs, but for students and community leaders who need to represent an idea in front of an audience too.

16 hHybridIntermediate

Video slot — uploaded file, YouTube or CDN link

Objectives

  • Analyse an audience and define one clear communication outcome.
  • Structure short and long speeches so listeners can follow, remember and act.
  • Use stories, examples and evidence accurately and purposefully.
  • Develop stage presence through posture, eye contact, gesture, movement and pauses.
  • Use slides and visual aids as support rather than as a script.
  • Handle Q&A, objections and difficult moments with calm and structure.
  • Deliver an informative, persuasive or entrepreneurial speech and improve it through feedback.

Lessons

  • Course OverviewReading
  • Audience, Purpose and the One-Sentence MessageReading
  • Audience, Purpose and the One-Sentence Message — Recording PracticeSpeaking
  • Speech Architecture: Opening, Body, Transitions and ClosingReading
  • Speech Architecture: Opening, Body, Transitions and Closing — Recording PracticeSpeaking
  • Storytelling, Evidence and ExplanationReading
  • Storytelling, Evidence and Explanation — Recording PracticeSpeaking
  • Stage Presence: Body Language, Eye Contact and NervesReading
  • Stage Presence: Body Language, Eye Contact and Nerves — Recording PracticeSpeaking
  • Slides, Objects and Visual SupportReading
  • Slides, Objects and Visual Support — Recording PracticeSpeaking
  • Persuasion, Q&A and the Capstone SpeechReading
  • Persuasion, Q&A and the Capstone Speech — Recording PracticeSpeaking
  • Validation quizQuiz