Developing Your Voice - Women’s Workshop

In this 4.5 hour Workshop Lead Coach Heather will be covering the foundations of debate and public speaking and how we can improve those skills to make sure everyone is capable of speaking up, no matter whether it’s in one of our public debates or at work.

This workshop is specifically for women and there will be space to explore why public speaking can be particularly challenging and coming up with solutions that feel authentic to each individual.

The workshop will look at body language and voice work for public speaking, as well as how to turn a written speech into a truly engaging presentation for any audience. It will also cover responding to questions with accuracy and confidence.

Some specific skills that will be looked at are

- structuring and writing speeches

- bringing a written speech to life

- body language

- breathing and projection

Meet Your Coach

Heather Robinson has over ten years experience of competing in and coaching both debate and Public speaking. She has reached the Finals and Semi-Finals of numerous UK debating competitions, including at the Universities of Oxford, the New College of Humanities, University College London (UCL), Newcastle, and the London Business School’s 2019 World Open Debate Championship, at which she was ranked the Second Best Speaker.

Heather has provided debate and public speaking training workshops for King's College London (KCL), the London Business School, and several schools across the UK. In 2020, she was the lead coach on a debate tour of schools in Kolkata and Patna, India and also provided online train-the-trainer workshops for IDebate Rwanda. Heather was UK Director for Debate Camp Canada 2021 and she is currently a senior trainer with Noisy Classrooms.

Venue

F ood and drink is available for order at the venue. There is a 15 minute drinks break and a 45 minute lunch break included in the running time.

Please do not bring external food or drink into the premises you may be asked to throw it away.

Running Order:

12:00 - Workshop and Coach Introduction

12:10 - Class based learning

1 2:30 - Active Learning

1 3:00 - Drinks break

1 3:15 - Practice scenarios and professional environments

1 4:15 - Lunch

1 5:00 - Recap

1 5:15 - Practice Debates and Feedback

1 6:00 - Post workshop social

*This Workshop Is For Women Only

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

Ye Olde Cock Tavern, 22 Fleet Street, London, United Kingdom