The Art of Public Speaking

The Art of Public Speaking

To become a great public speaker, your focus won’t be on knowledge – you already have that – but on delivery and self-belief.

As a leading provider of public speaking courses in Northern Ireland, we always admire those people who make public speaking look so easy. In the second part of our four-part series, ‘The Art of Public Speaking’, we’re speaking with two of Northern Ireland’s most accomplished public speakers, Tina McKenzie, CEO, Staffline, and Jennifer McKeever, Managing Director, Airporter. We wanted to find out the secrets of top public speakers to share on our public speaking courses in Northern Ireland and beyond.

“I’ve found myself thrust into weekly public speaking engagements.” – Tina McKenzie, CEO, Staffline.

“Over recent years, I have found myself thrust into almost weekly public speaking engagements despite having had very little media training,” Tina says.

And she says that her several decades of experience has taught her one critically important thing, relatability.

“As a public speaker, I have learned that to relate to your audience, either in person or through television, you must first and foremost be yourself.