Name: Introduction to Public Speaking
Start: 2025-11-01T12:00:00+00:00
End: 2025-11-01T16:30:00+00:00
Location: Ye Olde Cock Tavern

Learn why nerves are a speakers best friend and take back control when you speak. Develop the building blocks all speakers need to be great.
About this Event

In this 4.5 hour Masterclass delivered by Debate London Founder Michael Pautsch, we will be exploring: The aspects of debate that is most personal to each speaker. Delivery. The skills that speakers use to overcome the nerves involved with public speaking and even how to channel them to work for you!

We will introduce you to the 3 core skills in delivering great speeches - Vocal Image, Visual Image, Verbal Image - And how we can apply simple tools to take ownership of each of these areas so we can be confident our audience sees the image we are choosing to present.

This workshop for debaters and speakers of all skill ranges will cover the causes of public speaking anxiety, the exercises we can use to find our voice for delivering a speech and the applied rhetoric skills developed from years of speaking experience..

What to expect over 4.5 Hours

12:00 - Doors open, grab a drink and get seated

12:10 - Coach introduction and understanding the 3 Vs

13:00 - 15 minute drinks break (lunch orders placed here)

13:15 - Exercises:

Tone of voice control
body language control
understanding an audience
Single point speeches

14:20 - Lunch break

15:00 - Practice presentations & debates with coach feedback

16:30 - Head down to the bar for a post workshop chat.

Michael is the host of all Debate London events and the regular chair of the It's Debateable public debate series. He is a sales and recruitment specialist focusing on the training of sales teams across a host of industries from direct sales to property to recruitment. Within the club's training syllabus, he connects the skills we teach to the professions you love so Debate London members can apply what they learn directly to their workplace.

Venue

Food 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 will be asked to throw it away