Public Speaking For People Who Stammer

Public speaking for people who stammer

Presenting information clearly and effectively is vital to getting your message or opinion across. This two-day workshop is about developing key presentation skills and confidence when speaking to a group of people, whether it’s giving a formal or impromptu presentation, contributing to a meeting or taking part in a discussion.

What is the course about?

This course is about providing you with some key skills for speaking more confidently to groups and to give you the opportunity to practise speaking in front of others in a range of situations.

This course will be relevant to people wanting to develop their confidence speaking in different workplace settings including presentations, meetings and interviews. There will also be opportunities for you to practise speech techniques you might have learnt in the past.

What will we cover?

• What makes a good presentation?
• Public speaking fears and ways to manage them
• Identify communication strengths and weaknesses and strategies for managing stammering in public speaking situations
• The importance of verbal and non-verbal communication
• Opportunities to practise areas of your communication skills you wish to develop
• Taking part in a speaking circle.

What will I achieve?
By the end of this course you should be able to...

• Identify key elements of an effective presentation and put them into practice
• Gain greater confidence in making prepared and spontaneous presentations to small and large groups
• Develop your confidence in communicating in meetings and interviews
• Have the opportunity to practise speech techniques and strategies for managing stammering you’ve learnt in the past
• Dare to be you when speaking to a group
• Describe the causes of the common ‘fear of public speaking’ and apply this to self
• Find strategies that help you to manage the fear of public speaking
• Give and receive positive and constructive feedback
• Practise effective non-verbal and verbal communication skills
• Have a clear action plan to take the work forward.