Public Speaking

Public Speaking

Public speaking has really taken off in the last 5 years, why is that?

Well I believe it’s due to the age old recognition that anyone who has a message to share, a lesson to teach or an idea to bring to life will find it easier to share it far and wide by daring to stand up and speak out.

As the pioneer of Floatation therapy in Northern Ireland, I realised early on that it would massively benefit me to master this essential skill if I wanted to inspire and emotionally connect with people and share my passion through story telling in public.

In ancient Greece public speaking was used to primarily praise or persuade others, the Greeks called this rhetoric. Later, when Rome came to power, public speaking was used during the sessions of the Roman senate, the Romans adopted the public speaking rhetoric methods of the Greeks.

If you fast forward to the 20th Century public speaking became popular in the U.S. and Europe then after World War II a less formal and more conversational style of speaking started to become popular.

Electronic tools became available to enhance public presentations. These electronic tools evolved into the computer software tools, such as PowerPoint and pages.