Speaking with Presence

‍Connect • Persuade • Inspire

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“Your written words reflect your thought process. Your spoken words say who you are.” - Professor Lim Soo Ping 

Do you find it challenging to speak out in a meeting? Do you wish for more confidence to speak to a large audience? Do you need guidance in speech writing? Do you want to be more effective in  professional and social communication?

Being able to speak with clarity and confidence enables one to be persuasive, develop trust and understanding, make connections, inspire action for work excellence and have better workplace and personal relationships.

At a time when AI is challenging job retention, being able to speak well has also become more important.

THE COURSE

The workshop on Speaking with Presence, teaches the principles and techniques for speaking clearly and confidently in a variety of professional, corporate management and social situations.

It is of particular relevance to those with a role to inspire others to speak well and with confidence, e.g., teachers and leadership coaches.

In the Workshop, you will engage in a dynamic and interactive learning experience, which includes discussions and practical exercises.

You will also learn practice regimes to be a more fluent and engaging speaker in your profession, social and personal life.

Learning Objectives‍

At the end of the Workshop, you will have learned:

• Techniques for being articulate, expressive, and engaging in speaking
• Strategy for effective conversations as a foundational skill for all forms of speaking
• Pointers for speaking at meetings
• Pointers for facing an audience
• Pointers for scripting a speech
• Using storytelling for persuasive communication
• Overcoming the fear of speaking
• Speaking for good relationships
• Practice regimes for continual improvement in speaking

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Workshop Structure

Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: Be Articulate
Part 3: Be Expressive
Part 4: Be Engaging
Part 5: Speaking Situations
Part 6: Qs & As
Part 7: Speaking for Good Relationships
Part 8: Your Turn To Speak
Part 9: Closing Remarks

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WORKSHOP MATERIAL‍

Each workshop participant will receive a copy of Prof Lim’s bestseller, "Clearly Speak - Articulate With Confidence, Civility and Courage.

They will also receive the course power-point slides whose contents are not covered in the book.

ABOUT THE BOOK

The book, Clearly Speak, was launched by Minister Vivian Balakrishnan in November 2023. 

What is said about the book: 

“Corporate leaders and executives, public officers, diplomats,politicians, journalists, lecturers and students, can all benefit from the inspiring teaching in Clearly Speak.” 

- Emeritus Professor Hong Hai, former dean of NTU’s College of Business and former Member of Parliament

“I commend the book even to seasoned public speakers.”

- Mr Abdullah Tarmugi, Former Speaker of the Parliament of Singapore 

“A brilliant piece of work.”
- Dr Lim Lai Cheng, former principal of Raffles Institution