Public Speaking Training
Unlock confident, impactful communication with our Public Speaking Training Workshop, designed for professionals, leaders, or anyone seeking to elevate their presentation skills. Whether you’re preparing for internal meetings, conference talks, or client meetings, this interactive workshop builds clarity and confidence.
Learn proven techniques for structuring speeches, managing nerves and engaging diverse audiences. Ideal for organisations investing in soft skills development, leadership training, or communication workshops. Our sessions blend practical exercises with expert coaching. Boost your team’s presence and influence with tailored public speaking strategies that deliver results. Available in-person or online.
Participants
We’ve worked with people from a diverse range of roles, from nurses to researchers, team leaders to directors, associates to partners. This training really can work for any role because we tailor it to suit the participants.
Duration
We recommend two training sessions, one to learn the skills and the second to practise them. Ideally sessions of a minimum of three hours work well.
Public Speaking Training Agenda
This agenda is adapted to suit your requirements.
Getting started
- Challenges with public speaking.
- When and where might you be speaking.
- What is your learning objective.
- Developing confidence – behavioural science perspective.
Planning your talk.
- Presentation objective.
- Audience assessment.
- Presentation structure.
Presentation design
- Using AI tools.
- Using images.
- Notes or no notes?
- Slide content.
Tailoring your talk
- Considering your audience.
- What will they like to hear?
Presentation body language
- Where to stand.
- What to do with your hands.
- Eye contact with your audience.
- How to engage them with your body language.
Voice control
- Speed.
- Clarity.
- Emphasis.
- Your public speaking voice.
Practise
- Coaching and feedback.
- Developmental goals.
- Working on your presentation style.
- Embracing your quirks.
Personal action plan
Outcomes
This public speaking training will help you to develop confidence in your skills by giving you a whole range of ideas and tips, so that you know how to present. It will take time to embed these skills but with practise we can say from the experience of all our other participants, that you are very likely to improve.
Pre-workshop
Complete our pre-workshop training requirement questionnaire.
Post workshop
You’ll receive the training materials, tip sheet and have access to the trainer for follow up questions.
In-person or virtual
Our pubic speaking training works well as an in-person workshop and as a virtual online session. You choose whichever works for you. We have delivered workshops that are hybrid to satisfy the need for both in-person and virtual public speaking.
Number of Participants
This public speaking training works as a workshop with between six and twelve participants. If it’s a seminar style then we can have many more people, in fact we’ve delivered this session with one hundred and fifty participants in the virtual online space.
Tailoring the training to your needs
We tailor our training to suit your organisation in three ways
- We use your presentation content in the session.
- We tailor the agenda to focus on your specific requirements.
- During the training we answer the participants’ questions.
Public Speaking Training - Next steps
Simply complete the form below and we’ll send you a proposal with fee suggestions. Ideally we’ll have a call to discuss your needs in detail, so that the proposal can be precisely what you need.
Case Studies
Reviews
Excellent responsive virtual training for trainers
Martin was very responsive to our asks and needs creating a bespoke package that suited the needs of the delegates perfectly taking into account their experience to ensure it was pitched at the right level. Martin was also adaptive between sessions to incorporate new asks that delegates identified. Thanks again it was really useful learning with we have been able to put into practice immediately.
Corporate Coaching
I have now had the opportunity to work with Martin Chapman through two separate training and coaching programmes, and both experiences have been incredibly valuable.
The first gave us a group open forum to discuss a range of management themes and real-world challenges. I found the sessions insightful, practical and directly applicable to my role, particularly when establishing and developing our Quality Assurance team.
My more recent one to one coaching with Martin has been focused on corporate management and navigating senior stakeholder relationships. This has been especially valuable in developing my confidence and communication style. Martin’s coaching around assertive and persuasive communication has helped me become more comfortable being direct, holding others constructively to account and driving greater consistency in project delivery.
Martin is an excellent coach. He is approachable, supportive and encouraging, and his calm, structured style creates an environment where you can openly explore challenges and think critically about the best way forward. Importantly, he guides you towards finding the answer yourself rather than simply providing it, which makes the learning far more meaningful, sustainable and memorable.
I would highly recommend Martin for any individuals or teams looking to develop their management capability, strengthen stakeholder relationships, improve team dynamics or support positive cultural change.
We truly appreciate the effort, energy, and flexibility you brought to the programme, and we look forward to working with you again soon.
I wanted to take a moment to thank you for designing and delivering such an excellent programme for the IT Helpdesk team.
It’s clear that a lot of thought and expertise went into both the content and delivery. The sessions were engaging, practical, and highly relevant to the team’s needs, which made a real impact.
We truly appreciate the effort, energy, and flexibility you brought to the programme, and we look forward to working with you again soon.
Many thanks once again.
Farzana Hussain
Learning and Development Manager
Genuinely one of the best training sessions I have attended!
I can honestly say the training sessions delivered by Martin were one of the most valuable professional development experiences I’ve had. Martin has a rare ability to truly understand the needs of his audience and tailor his training accordingly — nothing felt generic or off-the-shelf. He covered some of the most essential skills in leadership, including conflict resolution and how to deliver constructive feedback in a way that motivates rather than demoralises — and he did so in a way that was practical, relatable, and immediately applicable. His delivery is engaging, his knowledge is exceptional, and he breaks down concepts in a way thay makes it easy to grasp and put into action. The concepts he taught are things I’ll carry with me and apply throughout my career. I cannot rate the training content and Martin as a trainer highly enough!
Management Team Training
Martin was incredibly insightful and helpful to myself and the other managers currently establishing our new QA team / Function. His guided discussions proved beneficial in allowing us to identify issues and points that needed addressing that were not on our radar and immediately we have already seen the benefit of applying his teachings in our day to day management of our team. Thank you very much Martin
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