Become confident and overcome stage fright!
Class will be held online through Zoom and will start on November 7th at 18h00.
Do it now, it's free.
Class will be held online through Zoom and will start on November 7th at 18h00.
Do you feel nervous when speaking in front of a larger group? Fear of public speaking is responsible for a 15% cut in one's chances to be promoted to a management level. Public speaking is a crucial skill for a successful career, whether academic or otherwise.
This 6-week course will help you to master the basic tools, tactics and mindset for conquering the stage. This course is ideal for people with zero to limited experience with public speaking (and no, presenting in front of your peers on your tutorials doesn't count as experience😉.
You'll meet your instructor and establish a comfortable group. Apply key principles of improvisational public speaking and BIO feedback.
In this session, you will learn to center your body language (gestures, facial expression, movements, posture) and how to express it freely.
Reflect on own use of voice and apply adequate vocal projection and vocal tools (pause, pitch, stress, volume, pace, emotions) to your own speech.
Structure: the key to a memorable speech. You will learn the concepts of ethos, pathos and logos, and how to apply them to your speech.
You will learn how to get attention, lead and interact with the audience and learn different forms of online public speaking.
It will be time to prepare and face one last challenge: the honor of being one of the main speakers at our public event: EURxTalks
Based on 70 students who completed both pre and post measurements, self-reported public speaking anxiety went down on average by 23.5% for each student that completed the course.
I think the course was very well structured, we practiced and got motivated. There was feedback to improve our skills and great examples. In a safe environment everyone could practice and learn from each other as well.
I loved working on improvisation, since it helped me to get out of my head, relax and enjoy the moment. I also loved the exercises outside, mindfulness and body exercises. It made us feel like we can think out of the box, yet be who we really are.
8 weeks ago I didn't think I could learn to enjoy public speaking, but yesterday I prooved myself wrong! Thanks to the Erasmus Public Speaking Academy I got the skills and the confidence to give a TEDx-talk for a big audience.
LifeVersity is funded by the Community for Learning and Innovation which allow us to give the courses for free for EUR students and fresh alumni. A deposit fee has been installed in the registration process please read more about it here.
Upon registration, a deposit of 20€ will be charged to secure your spot. Once you have completed the course, you get your money back.
Is the time you need to commit to finish the course successfully. Around 1 hour for prep work and 2.5 hours for the training.
If you complete the course successfully, you will receive a badge and a certificate that you can claim through Badgr.
Our team of trainers consist of experienced public speakers and trainers. Each group will have a dedicated trainer that will lead you throughout the whole program.
Mondays at 18h00
Kudrat is a MSc student at RSM. Public speaking has always been a source of excitement and uncertainty for her. Excitement because she loves being on stage and getting the audience engaged, uncertainty because of feeling nervous just before stepping on stage. Rather than shying away, she challenged herself with our EPSA and APS courses: not only she knows how to push herself out of her own comfort zone and address her own challenges, but also knows the public speaking struggles a student might face. Her passion is helping people develop themselves and she can't wait to help you to let your voice being heard.
Small parts of some sessions might be recorded, or screenshots of the zoom calls might be taken for communication, education and/or marketing purposes.
Sadly this cohort is full! We will be back in January 2023!
