Authentic Public Speaking Courses in London
Would you like to conquer your fear of public speaking and develop real confidence?
Or are you an experienced speaker who’d like to make a more profound and genuine impact with your audience?
Either way, our unique, powerful and fun public speaking courses in London make a radical difference.
These public speaking courses are for you if you want to:
Our Public Speaking Course
Our public speaking course is split over two modules (Foundation 1 & 2). Because of our unique method, it is suitable for both beginners and more advanced public speakers. And it is the ideal way to build and develop your confidence and ability in authentic public speaking.
The full Foundation public speaking training runs for 4 days over two modules (Foundation 1 & 2). You can book the whole course at once, or just start with Foundation 1.
What support is available after your public speaking course?
Our optional Presence Public Speaking Club will give you the chance to practice and embed your skills in a safe and encouraging atmosphere, for as long as you need. Sign up for a year and renew for as long as you want. (Many people keep renewing their membership as they are enjoying it so much).
Why are the modules on your public speaking course over two days?
A 2-day workshop allows you to go deeper and have more time practising and embedding your skills, meaning that the learning “sticks” much better, and you’ll remember more in your everyday life.
Are your public speaking courses in London?
All of our courses take place in lovely, comfortable and often magical venues in Central London. We choose beautiful and cosy spaces to train in as we believe that this enhances everyone’s learning experience. Our main venue is the wonderful October Gallery, 24 Old Gloucester Street, London WC1N 3AL. You can see pictures of all our venues if you click through to individual events on our upcoming courses page.
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How is our public speaking course different?
We are social creatures. Relationships are at the heart of what it means to be human. Our experience is that if we can help people get the relationships right, everything else falls into place. This is especially true for public speaking.
No amount of techniques and tricks will help you speak effectively unless you can really connect with your audience and they can feel that you’re truly at ease at the front of the room.
Our unique approach to public speaking goes much deeper than most others. We’ll help you to develop an authentically confident personal public speaking style that will allow you to connect with your audience, and successfully get your points across in a way that impacts your audience intellectually and emotionally.
Are these public speaking courses for me?
Whether you are terrified of public speaking (as many of our participants are), or you’re relatively confident and simply want a more powerful connection with your audience, our gentle yet radical approach can help you.
We’ve helped CEOs, Lecturers, Lawyers, Bricklayers, Teachers, Entrepreneurs, Models, Actors, aspiring Politicians, Plumbers and Computer Programmers. Over the years we’ve taught thousands of people from almost any profession you can think of, and at all levels of seniority.
Our courses are regularly described by our participants as “amazing”, “life changing” and “the best workshop I’ve ever taken”.
Over 95% of participants report a significant increase in their public speaking confidence after only 2 days of training. It is astonishingly rare to find anyone that we’re not able to help.
But don’t take our word for how good our training is, check out the video testimonials below and the written testimonials elsewhere on this page. Or click the button below to see our latest Google reviews.
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What our clients say about our public speaking courses
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How does your public speaking training work?
We’ll help you get to the root of your challenge with public speaking by learning how to master your emotions, the symptoms of adrenaline and your negative thoughts, so that your mind and body start working for you not against you.
We’ll teach you how to be comfortable with eye contact, work with your breathing, get comfortable with silence and how connecting with your audience can actually calm you down. These are simple yet radical techniques (neglected by most other training methods) that really work.
Our public speaking courses combine the powerful, yet gentle Relational Presence® method with many other effective techniques to help you achieve your public speaking goals.
Public Speaking Course Information
Foundation One includes practical public speaking one-to-one and group exercises with plenty of individual feedback and coaching.
You’ll cover all the essential areas such as handling nerves, speaking without notes and making powerful use of silence, and receive tailored handouts at the end of each day so you can focus on learning rather than note-taking.
Benefits of this public speaking course:
- Feel confident standing in front of an audience
- Develop your own unique ‘voice’ and style
- Build genuine rapport with your audience
- Express yourself with authenticity and clarity
- Speak ‘off the cuff’ without notes
- Refine your abililty to give and receive appreciation
Foundation Two builds on Foundation One and will enable you to develop strategies for applying your new found self-assurance in a business environment.
You will learn how to create presentations for different audiences, how to deal with Q&A sessions and how to deal with difficult audiences; to effectively get your message across every time you speak. You will also develop essential one-to-one communications skills. Foundation One is a Pre-requisite for Foundation Two.
Benefits of this public speaking course:
- Make a powerful first impression – be the person remembered at networking events or business meetings
- Master Q&A sessions
- Learn to deal with difficult audiences
- Practice public speaking to different workplace audiences: from customers to team mates to senior executives
(Package includes Foundation One and Two, plus 1 year’s membership of The Presence Club.)
Taking a great course is only the first chapter in the story. Once you understand the skills of authentic public speaking, what you really need is practice in a supportive environment. Our complete Foundation Package includes a full year’s membership of the Presence Club, which meets once a month in central London, giving you the opportunity to really embed and integrate the authentic public speaking skills you have learned on the Foundation course. For more details about the Presence Club click here.
You can book your membership of the Club now, as part of the discounted package and start attending as soon as you’ve completed both Foundation 1 and Foundation 2. And of course, if you don’t want to book it now, you can join the club at any time after completing the second part of the course.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Yes, absolutely. More than half the people who come on our courses identify as somewhere between feeling unconfident in public speaking and absolutely terrified of public speaking, and they almost always make huge breakthroughs on the course. Even if the idea of taking a public speaking course scares you, we’ll do our best to find a way to make it a safe experience for you, by taking things gently and step by step. Many participants are pleasantly surprised by how “not scary” a public speaking course can be! Take a look at our Google reviews elsewhere on this page for confirmation.
If you’re already confident in public speaking, our method will significantly deepen your existing confidence and allow you to make a much more powerful and authentic connection with your audience, ensuring that your message gets across with impact. 20-30% of the participants on the courses are in a similar position to you, and they all report that they get something very valuable from the courses.
The first thing to say here is that you’re in very good company. Many of the other participants on the course will be in the same boat as you, so you’ll be far from the only one. And we take this into account in how we design our public speaking course. There’s no getting thrown in at the deep end and all the exercises are voluntary, so it’s all very low pressure. At the end of the day public speaking is a group skill, so it’s best learned in a group. Our job is to make the group experience as safe as possible, and we take that very seriously. So almost everyone, even if they were scared before the course, discovers that the course was much less scary than they imagined (dare we say it even enjoyable). So, no, you almost certainly don’t need to do one to one coaching before coming to do our public speaking course. Just sign up and we’ll look after you.
Our full course descriptions are above, but don’t hesitate to contact us if you have any other questions.
We want our courses to be accessible to everyone, regardless of income. If you are unable to afford our courses, but would still like to attend, we do offer a limited number of partial scholarships. The price for these places is £325+VAT (instead of the full price of £575+VAT) per 2-day workshop.
If you wish to apply for one of these places contact us letting us know which course you’d like to attend, what would you do with your life/work if public speaking wasn’t a problem, and why you want a scholarship. We will let you know closer to the time if your application has been successful.
Organisations we’ve worked with
We’ve worked with people from organisations large and small, from tiny start-ups pitching for funding and charities, to huge established corporations and government departments.
Here are some of the better known organisations that we’ve worked with in some capacity.
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The best public speaking course in London?
The best public speaking course for you will, of course, depend on your needs and objectives. But we think there’s a good argument for saying that ours is one of the very best courses in London. Here’s why:
- We have well over 300 Google reviews (more than any other provider in London) and an average rating on Google of 5.0. These reviews span the past 10 years and new five star reviews are being added regularly.
. - Our courses are regularly described in reviews as “life changing” and “the best course I’ve ever taken”.
. - We are the only training organisation in London to offer a dedicated exclusive public speaking club, the Presence Club, to our graduates, to offer participants continuing support once they’ve completed their training. This is invaluable for embedding skills and deepening learning.
. - In a recent survey of 140 participants who self-scored their level of confidence before and after a training, participants increased their level of confidence by an average of 94% after just two days of training with us.
. - We are one of the very few providers in London who utilise the revolutionary and incredibly powerful Relational Presence® method allowing speakers to communicate with deep confidence and authentic and powerful audience connection.
You can read our very latest Google reviews above in the sidebar. Here are some excerpts from a few of our favourite recent Google reviews:
“I have been on a number of different training courses over the years and believe me when I say, THIS IS WORTH EVERY PENNY OF INVESTMENT!!
If you are on a journey of self development, if you struggle with self confidence, if you struggle with public speaking anxiety, if you struggle to build engagement with your audience, if you struggle with being an authentic and engaging leader, this course is for you!…read more”
Vincent Cheah – International Head of Merchandising WH Smith
“I really appreciated the non-judgemental environment, the safety and the kindness. When I looked around, this was the only course that resonated with me. It seemed to match the right level of emotional vulnerability with learning skills and a certain magic formula that was scientific and open to all levels of experience. I’m so grateful for this experience. Thank you so much!”
Alexandra Dao – Photographer
“This training course was fantastic! It not only equipped me with practical tools for public speaking but also significantly boosted my confidence in creating a strong presence. I especially appreciated how it gently pushed me out of my comfort zone, fostering a desire to continue exploring the topic. Two days flew by, and I’ll definitely be recommending it to my colleagues!”
James Tyson – B2B Marketing Specialist – Workiva