Level 2
4 Week Public Speaking Course
in London
Course Overview
Building on the foundations of our Level 1 training, our 4 week Level 2 online course is designed to take your confidence to the next level. Using methods that draw on traditional acting techniques and improvisation, as well as mindfulness, we’ll help you ‘get out of your own head’ and focus on delivering impact and meaningful engagement with an audience. Although completing Level 1 is recommended before joining Level 2, it is not an essential requirement.
Week 1: Building Trust With Audiences
A deep exploration into the concept of being vulnerable and how it can be used to both become truly comfortable in your own skin, as well as building trust and deep connections with audiences.
Week 2: Mastering Presence
How to use the power of the pause to create presence on stage and add a deeper emotional impact to what you say. Learn how stillness and silence are measures of courage, confidence and conviction.
Week 3: The Art of Storytelling
Using narrative, spontaneity, playfulness and improvisation techniques, you will be guided through the formula for telling compelling stories, capturing attention and taking your audience on a journey.
Week 4: Emotions 2.0
How to use intention as a guiding force for making your audience feel what you say. Use exercises adopted by actors to embody emotions and then convey them in your delivery.
In all of our classes, there are plenty of opportunities to deliver speeches. In weeks 2, 3 and 4, you will deliver prepared speeches on themes set by your teacher, who will also provide feedback that will help you to grow and develop as a speaker.
We also have the option to film all of the speeches you deliver on our online courses, via Zoom. You can then have these edited and sent to you for review - an excellent opportunity to see your progress in action and target areas for improvement.
What you’ll learn:
How to make complete use of your full range of expression including emotions, delivery, body language and psychical space
How to correctly use pauses to build presence and impact
How to tell memorable stories
How to use mindfulness and breathing to create a peak state for delivering a speech
How to harness vulnerability, honesty and your perceived “weaknesses” as your biggest strengths in communication
Practice delivering a speech to a real-life audience
What you’ll need to join:
Access to Zoom with a camera (can be a computer, laptop, or tablet)
A consistent WiFi connection
A quiet spot where you won’t be disturbed
Some space to move around
Course details:
4 consecutive weeks
2.5 hours per class
Maximum 12 people
Missed classes can be redeemed for free (discuss with your trainer)
Terms and Conditions:
View the terms and conditions of our course training here.
How We Work Online
We’ve set up our online courses so you can work on building confidence and self-development from the comfort of your own home. You can practice speaking in front of a real-time audience from all over Europe, and we make full use of Zoom’s premium features including breakout rooms, speaker spotlights and video recording, to create the optimum virtual learning experience.
What our students are saying
Don’t just take our word for it, find out what our past students have to say about the courses and training methods.
Testimonials
Helen Spooner
“I’d really really recommend this course! I was apprehensive about spending the money at first, but if you commit to the course, it is absolutely worth it. I felt that the focus on vulnerability/authenticity was really important in getting to the root of what causes my public speaking anxieties. Rather than teaching us to put on a mask and pretend to be someone else/hide our fear, Adam taught us to embrace them - and reframing my perspective like this I've found really useful. This course feels it really gets to the core of what makes us tick/anxious about public speaking, rather than just giving us techniques to fake it. I would whole heartedly recommend!”
Sanjog Sandhu
"Mike and Adam are both really good teachers and I took a lot away from it. Each week you do something different and it’s not like normal public speaking courses. The focus is on vulnerability, authenticity and emotions. All of which make for powerful speeches. Would definitely recommend 10/10 🙂 Note: My course turned into an online course due to coronavirus. While probably not the same experience as doing it in person, it was still amazing, and Mike/Adam adapted very well to using Zoom.”
Hannah McKibbin
“I signed up for the course because I was absolutely terrified of an upcoming speech I had to make. The course has taught me so much about how to get comfortable with those fears and not see them as signposts that I will fail. I am now able to breathe into those feelings and get up and speak...and I am actually starting to really enjoy public speaking too! With a background in meditation, psychoanalysis and his own journey to working with his own fear of public speaking, Mike has amazing knowledge, experience and wisdom to share. He is a wonderful teacher. The course has helped me SO much and if anyone is on the fence, I would say go for it. You won't regret it.”
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