Public Speaking

• Managers presenting to senior leadership
• Students facing oral assessments
• Founders pitching to clients and investors
• Anyone who reads slides aloud and hopes it ends

1. 15 minSpeak for 60 seconds on a familiar topic, recorded.
2. 20 minWatch it back with three fixed questions, not ten.
3. 30 minStructure: one point, one example, one ask.
4. 40 minSecond delivery with feedback and a physical reset.
5. 15 minBuild the personal checklist you will use before every talk.

• Each participant delivers a two-minute talk without notes in hand.
• Everyone eliminates their two most distracting filler habits.
• Participants leave with a written pre-talk routine they can repeat.

6 to 16 participants. Room with space to stand and a screen for playback. Indoor.

Camera, tripod, playback screen and feedback cards. Client provides a room with good acoustics.

Beginner to intermediate. Mixed-ability groups work well.

Indicative. Final quotation depends on group size, location and dates.

In practice: eight engineers at a software company needed to present at an internal conference. All eight opened with an apology in the first fifteen seconds. We banned the apology and rebuilt each talk around one point and one example. All eight presented, and two were asked to repeat theirs for the regional team.

• · Individual coaching hour
• · Recorded talk with written feedback
• · Slide design review