“I feel so much better equipped to lead and inspire my team through powerful, engaging speeches and conversations.”
Caleb Park
Leadership Development Program, Chick-fil-A Corporate
“Personalized sessions tailored for my needs helped me grow in confidence, and actually enjoy public speaking! And it’s my students who benefit.”
Dr. Gloria Kim
Professor at Redeemer University
“My coach brought insight and passion as he improved my presentation, formatting, intonation, and empathy in public speaking. A transformative experience.”
Daisy Wai
Member of Provincial Parliament, Ontario, Canada
No speech should be boring
And now, yours won’t be
Our personalized one-on-one coaching leverages your innate talents to make you a better public speaker than you ever thought possible
A global network of coaches and clients
Our work stretches around the world, but our coaches are just a few clicks away
Our coaches, at your service
An international team of professional speakers with expertise in a range of industries and speaking environments
Why work with us?
Our proven coaching style rapidly improves your confidence as a speaker
Customized Sessions
One-on-one coaching tailored to your voice, audience, strengths, and goals
Experienced Coaches
Seasoned public speakers from around the world
Culturally Sensitive Perspectives
Sound advice to help you gear your speeches to suit diverse audiences
Confidence-boosting Approach
Coaches invested in helping you reach your highest potential
Tangible Tools and Techniques
Learn new ways to connect with any audience
Tried and Tested Solutions
Increase your comfort with public speaking and overcome challenges
Customized Sessions
One-on-one coaching tailored to your voice, audience, strengths, and goals
Expert Coaches
Seasoned public speakers from around the world.
Culturally Sensitive Perspectives
Sound advice to help you gear your speeches to suit diverse audiences.
Confidence-boosting Approach
Coaches invested in helping you reach your highest potential.
Tangible Tools and Techniques
Learn new ways to connect with any audience.
Tried and Tested Solutions
Increase your comfort with public speaking and overcome challenges.
What they say about us
Just a few of our satisfied clients, in their own words
"The Centre for Public Speaking will have you communicating like your favorite public speakers, while staying true to your own voice. I learned how to speak with conviction, tell a good story, and captivate an audience. And it was super fun!"
“The enthusiasm and information my coach brought to every session was fantastic. He got to know me and my specific speaking style, and patiently worked to make me more engaging for my students. Such a valuable investment.”
“My coach took the time to understand my voice, my goals, and the diverse audiences I serve. As a longtime advocate to end human trafficking, I am grateful for how he is helping me better communicate the reality of modern slavery and honour survivors' voices.”
"The Centre for Public Speaking gave me helpful, practical, and actionable training that enables me to preach with clarity and share the gospel more effectively."
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What to expect
From booking your first session, to engaging your audiences
1. Getting started Book your free 1-hour long consultation & coaching session. The first one’s on us.
2. Your first session
We’ll work together to identify your needs, goals, and learn more about what’s most important to you.
3. A customized plan
Based on what you share in your first session, we’ll create a personalized coaching plan to suit your schedule (6 & 12-week packages available).
4. Connect with your coach
We’ll match you with the right coach to help you reach your specific goals.
5. Hone your skills
Watch as the great work you’re doing with your coach builds your confidence, comfort, and ability to connect with your audience.
Get Graduate Level University Credits As You Improve
Ryle Seminary offers full graduate level credits for a semester of one-on-one coaching with us
What we cover
These are our most popular workshops for a reason.
The 8 ingredients of an engaging story
We help you capture your audience's attention with stories that propel your speech forward and illustrate your points. You will transform your storytelling ability and discover how to naturally add more of your own stories into your speaking.
Fine-tuning your body language
Studies show that 70% of communication is non-verbal. Yet most speakers concentrate only on the verbal content that is 30% of their message. This coaching session helps you intentionally communicate with the right body language for your specific context.
5 steps to speaking without notes
Speaking without a script can make your speech more engaging, but for many it makes them either robotic or rambly, and certainly less quotable. We will practice five specific strategies to speak with excellence without a script, notes, or even an outline.
Becoming an excellent podcast host or guest
Podcasting is a different skill set than public speaking, but one that is just as key to getting your message out. This session will help you connect with your audience and will increase the invitations you receive to be a guest on various podcasts.
How to use humor well
Humor is a wonderful tool to win over your audience, diffuse tension, and keep people laughing and engaged. But it can backfire if you’re not careful. This session will help you light up your audiences with laughter and fun, while remaining relevant and tasteful.
How to engage the boardroom
This session will help you to blend assertiveness with humility and empathetic listening skills in order to command the room during a formal presentation or even while speaking in an informal work setting. This is a critical skillset for corporate leaders.
Developing your vocal resonance
Your voice is your audible signature. The sound of your voice impacts how much you can hold people’s attention and inspire trust. Our vocal specialist, Sheila Anderson, will adjust your vocal production to help your voice become more engaging, beautiful, and resonant.
Best practices for Q&A
It is especially difficult to be concise, clear, and profound when you have to answer questions on the spot. This session equips you to think clearly and respond with excellence in high pressure Q&A situations.
Optimize your Zoom keynote speeches
Events have changed. Digital conferences and podcasts are two examples of how so much public speaking now takes place looking into a webcam. This session elevates your professionalism and engagement in public speaking for digital contexts.
You’re doing important work
We help you share it with the world
We prepare you to engage, persuade, and inspire audiences.
Our clients are accomplished professionals and experts making a difference in their field. Professors, politicians, social justice advocates and religious leaders come to us to hone their skills and learn how to bring more of who they are to their audiences.
Whether you’re a confident and seasoned speaker looking to add new tools to your public speaking toolkit or an expert in your field aiming to improve and refine your presentation skills, we’re here to take you where you want to go.
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