Speak To Move Them

Introduction

Public speaking is one of the highest-leverage skills in modern professional life — and one of the most consistently avoided. Whether the room is five colleagues or five hundred clients, the speaker who can hold attention, tell a story, and land a clear message is the speaker whose ideas move forward.

Most speaking training focuses on slide design or content structure. This program does something different: it works on the speaker before it works on the speech. We start inside — voice, body, nerves — because the audience reads those long before they read your words. Then we work outward — story, hooks, closings, Q&A — so that the message you carry is delivered the way you mean it.

What makes this training stand out is that we treat speaking as a craft, not a personality test. There is no one ‘charismatic type’ you must imitate. Instead, participants learn the underlying mechanics — pace, pause, stance, story spine, hook, closing — and practice them in real time, on their feet, with peer feedback. We protect a safe room so participants can take risks; we build a clear method so the skills transfer to Monday morning.

The training is heavy on practice. Across the two days, every participant delivers two speaking rounds — a 2-minute introduction on Day 1 and a 5-minute signature talk on Day 2 — and gives and receives feedback using a structured peer protocol. Participants leave with a 30-day commitment plan and an accountability partner from the room.

Whether your goal is to lead a meeting with more presence, present to executives without losing your voice, deliver a keynote that audiences remember, or simply stop dreading the moment all eyes turn to you, this training will give you a method, a practice plan, and the confidence to use them.

Join us for two days of finding your voice, telling your truth, and learning — through repetition and honest feedback — how to speak in a way that actually moves the people in front of you.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this program, the participants should be able to:

• Understand why speaking matters and what truly moves an audience
• Apply the 4 dials of vocal variety — pace, pitch, volume, and pause
• Use posture, gesture, and stage movement intentionally to reinforce the message
• Reframe nerves and apply practical techniques to manage anxiety before and during a talk
• Build a talk-length story using the 5-beat story spine
• Open a talk with a strong hook and close it with a line that lands
• Handle Q&A with confidence using the ARC method
• Give and receive structured peer feedback using the I SAW / I FELT / I WANTED MORE OF / I WONDER IF protocol
• Walk away with a personal 30-day practice plan and an accountability partner

Key Content

Day 1 — The Speaker Inside (Voice, Body, Nerves)

Module 1: Why Speakers Matter (Introduction)

• [Theory + Discussion] Why speaking is the highest-leverage skill you can build
• [Discussion] Speakers who moved us — and what they did differently
• [Theory] The Speaker's Promise: presence, honesty, generosity

Module 2: Your Voice, Found

• [Theory] The 4 dials of vocal variety: pace, pitch, volume, and pause
• [Exercise] One-line, four readings — emphasis changes meaning
• [Exercise] The 5-minute daily vocal warm-up (yawn-sigh, lip trills, twisters, hum, read-aloud)
• [Theory + Discussion] The power of the pause: why silence is the most underused tool
• [Reflections] My filler words — naming what to track

Module 3: Body As Message

• [Theory] What the audience reads before you speak: posture, face, energy
• [Exercise] The Power Stance — five-point body check
• [Theory] The three gesture zones: belt, chest, head+
• [Exercise] Movement Map — planning the 3 stage points of your talk
• [Discussion] Common nervous tells (fig leaf, pocket-anchor, weight-shifting) and how to retire them

Module 4: Nerves Are Not the Enemy

• [Theory] What is actually happening in your body — the chemistry of stage fear
• [Theory + Reflections] Reframe: "I am afraid" → "I am ready"
• [Exercise] The 4-7-8 breath and pre-stage routine
• [Reflections] Naming your inner critic — voice, face, and reason
• [Discussion] Holding nerves while staying present in the room

Module 5: Practice Round 1 — The 2-Minute Introduction

• [Theory] How to give feedback that actually helps: I SAW / I FELT / I WANTED MORE OF / I WONDER IF
• [Exercise] 2-minute introduction — every participant on stage, on their feet
• [Final Reflections – Day 1] What surprised me, what I'm taking home, and what I'll watch tonight

Day 2 — The Message Outside (Story, Hooks, Closings, Q&A)

Module 6: The Story Spine

• [Theory] Why story beats slide — what stories do that bullets cannot
• [Theory] The 5 beats every talk-length story needs
• [Exercise] Build your story — map a true story you'd tell a friend
• [Exercise] Sensory-detail audit — sight, sound, touch, smell, gut
• [Discussion] Concrete vs. abstract: keeping the audience inside the moment

Module 7: Hooks That Land

• [Theory] The first 10 seconds — why "Today I'm going to talk about..." never works
• [Theory] Five hook archetypes: the moment, the question, the stat, the bold claim, the confession
• [Exercise] Draft three hooks for your talk and test them aloud
• [Reflections] Which hook makes ME lean in?

Module 8: Closings That Stick

• [Theory] Why the last 15 seconds outweigh the previous 15 minutes
• [Theory] Four closing modes: callback, call to action, call to vision, call to courage
• [Exercise] Write your final line — rehearsed, land-able, memorizable
• [Discussion] Phrases to retire forever ("That's all I had," "I'm running out of time," closing with "Any questions?")

Module 9: The Q&A That Lands

• [Theory] Reframe: Q&A is where trust is built or lost
• [Theory] The ARC method: Acknowledge, Reframe, Close
• [Theory + Reflections] What to say when you don't know — three honest scripts
• [Exercise] Hot-seat: prepare for the 3 questions you dread most
• [Discussion] Disarming the hostile question without losing the room

Module 10: Practice Round 2 + The 30-Day Plan

• [Exercise] 5-minute Signature Talk — every participant delivers their hook, story, and close
• [Exercise] Structured peer feedback round (I SAW / I FELT / I WANTED MORE OF / I WONDER IF)
• [Reflections] My commitments: one daily micro-practice, one weekly stretch-rep, one monthly milestone
• [Exercise] Pair up — find your accountability partner and set 3 check-ins
• [Final Reflections] What I believed on Day 1 — what I believe now. The first audience I will speak to differently.

Target Audience

• Frontliners
• Customer Service Personnel
• Executives
• Supervisors
• Team Leaders
• Administrative Staff
• Operational Staff
• Support Staff
• Managers
• Assistant Managers
• Employees from all levels

Methodology

The course content will be delivered through experiential learning – activities and game debrief, reflections, short lectures, group discussions, group presentation and scenario discussion.