1. Public Speaking Skills
Volunteer Training Programme

2. Session Objectives By the end of this session you will:
Understand the need to communicate effectively in the presence of others
Gain a few quick tips on speaking publicly
Feel confident to start speaking in public more often.

3. Public Speaking Skils
“The mind is a wonderful thing. It starts working the minutes you are born and never stops until your get up to speak in public.”
Roscoe Drummond
Executive Editor, New York Herold Tribune

4. Public Speaking Skills
Everyday Uses
Reporting to colleagues/managers
Speaking to friends in larger groups
Providing customer service
Giving presentations during study
Toasting a newly married couple

5. Public speaking is down to confidence and preparation
Public speaking is down to confidence and preparation. It’s essential to everyday life but easily learned.

6. Public Speaking Skills
You aren’t alone!
Snakes
Heights
Public Speaking
Darkness
Enclosed Spaces
Spiders/Insects
Needles
Deep Water
Flying
Death

7. Public Speaking Skills
Why are people afraid?
Everybody has a fear of Rejection
Being judged
Exposing insecurities
Perfectionism
Failure
Humiliation

8. As a public speaker you are seeking to connect people across communities.

9. Public Speaking Skills
Good examples
“I have a dream...”
Martin Luther King Jr.
Executive Editor, New York Herold Tribune

10. Public Speaking Skills
Good examples
“Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.”
John F Kennedy
1960 President of the United States

11. Public Speaking Skills
Good examples
“That’s one small step for man. One giant leap for mankind.”
Neil Armstrong
1960 President of the United States