Public Speaking

Is the microphone a friend or foe?

It is commonly cited in motivational courses and of course, public speaking workshops that in America, more people fear public speaking than they fear death.

So, take heart, if the thought of speaking before 100 people gives you butterflies in the stomach, you are not alone.  And better still, this problem can be conquered.

Our founder, Alexis, who is also our principal public speaking trainer, can attest to this.  From a high school debater who used to get panic attacks, and even forgot to launch her rebuttal once (what an embarrassment!), she has grown in her public speaking skills to brave ‘scary’ moments like:

•  the Q and A session of a beauty pageant to emerge its First Runner-Up
• facilitating, of all things, a sex education workshop for groups of high school students
• giving her very first talk on personal grooming and self-confidence at a last minute notice,  aided only by some old fashioned  transparencies

She went on to have a fulfilling career in English language and soft skills training, became a certified Facilitator for the Focus on the Family Malaysia (FOFM) ‘No Apologies’ sex education workshop, taught English to South East Asian teachers and recently became a Toastmaster! 

As you will learn at our Public Speaking Training workshops, talking in front of 20 people is no rocket science because it mainly boils down to two things: preparation and self-confidence.