If you want fun, a great new life skill and new found confidence, come and join us.

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We recommend that you come along for at least one meeting to see if what we offer is for you. If you decide that you would like to join then we will map out a programme for you. Our meetings are every second week throughout the speaking season. For more details go to programmes & events.

The annual fee is £40 with a one off charge of £15 for the Speaker's Guide.

Your first few meetings

As soon as you are comfortable you will be given your first assignment. This might be at your very first meeting or several meetings down the line - only when you feel you are ready.

Try and keep in mind that we are teaching a life skill and like reading and writing, it takes time. However you are more than 80% of the way there already. There will come a time when your progress will speed up.

All the members have been through the programme. Several are still going through the stages. It is useful to see others at a stage you will get to in the near future.

A little secret to help you right away.

Everything worth saying has already been said. Not many speakers realise this. When you do you have a major psychological advantage. It will take most of the pressure off of you.

People do not listen to speakers to learn a new and totally original thought. If they did they would be taking so long to consider its consequences, its impact on their beliefs, that they would not be listening to the rest of what you have to say. You do not want to be original - fresh, intriguing but not truly original!

People want to listen to a point of view, put in a compelling manner. Not only do you have points of view, even if they are very private at the moment, as you learn to speak up you will start to mentally consider your thoughts in a further manner. How would I express that to others? How would it sound?

Before long you will have many points of view, held in sharp focus in a library which will be the foundation of your great speeches, topics and general conversation.

Where does "Fresh and Compelling" come from? Your style and your personality, your passion and conviction will permeate any performance. Audiences will differ in composition and setting, in expectations and mood. Their reaction is as much a part of a performance. You will approach the subject from your razor-shape point of view. Your content will be different from other speakers - the examples, analogies, humour, vocabulary and stories will be different . Lastly there are the techniques that we will teach you. They make up a set of tools that can be used with great flexibility.

Put all of this together and the experience will be truly unique, truly wonderful. By the end you could speak on the same subject many times and every performance will excite, thrill, amuse, amaze and so on. Yet they will all be different.

Your Next Step

Check out the next meeting and just turn up, or contact us. If you are reading this part of the web site you have decided to come along, even if you think you are undecided. There has been a lot of reading to get here. That investment tells a tale. We look forward to meeting with you.

 

The best life skill that you do not yet have!