Welcome to our bi-weekly podcast where we aim to empower people to express themselves through speech! In each episode, we will seek to speak about ways to better verbalize ourselves and our stories. We will also have topical interview sessions with special guests and share select speaking tips, useful for the casual and competitive speaker. […]
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With most parts of the world still on lockdown and most social interaction remaining online, there is a distinct lack of physical human contact in our lives. Even with all the emojis in the world, the emotions conveyed online are nowhere near as genuine as those expressed in real life and in real-time. Body language
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The tragic killing of George Floyd has mobilised the whole world behind the Black Lives Matter movement as well as the global fight against discrimination. Even as the world grapples with the effects of Covid-19, brave souls risk their health and wellbeing to take to the streets to protest. Internationally, we see similar protests in
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While the government has announced that schools will be reopened in stages, it is unlikely that elective classes will resume physically anytime soon. This is an opportunity to make some real changes to my public speaking syllabus and teaching style. In this article, I discuss how to maintain the students’ attention, how substance takes precedence
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Are you a storyteller? Would you like to improve your storytelling skills and compete with your peers while making new friends? Then register for the upcoming Battle of Storytellers 2020! Throughout the competition, you will be given various feedback from myself and other judges which can help you improve. There is also a free workshop
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As a soft skill, Public Speaking is learned through curated social interactions and experiences — thus it is difficult to teach via textbooks or in a regular school setting. So when the coronavirus hit and education providers moved online, I had to really change the way I approached public speaking lessons. The challenge was twofold:
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