Public Speaking courses

shrewsbury school

Shrewsbury School, Independent School of the Year 2020, has a world-class reputation for all-round excellence. Fully co-educational, with a seven-day boarding heartbeat and an integral day community, we deliver a dynamic education that develops the abilities and enthusiasms of each and every individual girl and boy. School should be serious fun. Learning and enjoyment go hand in hand: in the classroom, through a vibrant co-curricular programme and in the communal life of the School. At Shrewsbury, we aim to provide the most diverse, challenging and supportive environment in which all our children can thrive and exceed their own expectations.

imagine! belfast festival of ideas & politics

Belfast

The 8th Imagine! Belfast Festival proved to be a successful offering involving 147 events and 359 speakers & performers during 21-27 March 2022. The eclectic week of talks, workshops, theatre, poetry, comedy, music, exhibitions, film and tours attracted an audience of 9,210 online and in-person attendees. Most of the events (82%) were free as the festival returned to live events after two years operating online. Although Covid continued to impact on our programme with 17 events cancelled due to illness, we were still able to roll out a huge range of events including headliners such as Michael Ignatieff, Tom Robinson, Helen Thompson, Michael Longley, Ece Temelkuran, Bill Neely and a host of exciting arts and cultural events – with many sold out or oversubscribed. We have conducted a comprehensive evaluation of the festival through an audience survey(3.5% sample). Our survey found that 95% of respondents felt the festival satisfied their expectations. It was particularly pleasing to find that 60% of audience members were attending a festival event for the first time and 37% of the sample had never been to a festival venue before, which suggests that we were able to reach new audiences and introduce them to new venues and partners. Other outcomes included: 12% of attendees came from outside Northern Ireland. Of these, 13% stated the festival was the main reason they were visiting Belfast. Audience spend: Our sample spent an average of £35 attending our events Number of festival partners: 52 Number of international participants: 40 with 27 events organised by participants from outside UK & Ireland Number of free events: 121 – 82% of total events Average ticket price: £7.8 Number of workshops: 14 Number of venues used: 35 Media coverage: Total number of items: 98. Reach: 4,022,796. AVE: £181,881. PR value: £545,644 Positive feedback was also elicited from survey respondents, detailed as follows: 95% of respondents felt the festival satisfied their expectations with only 1% reporting dissatisfaction (increased from 94% in 2021) 95.3% of people answered the question ‘after attending the festival, would you be more likely to attend other politics-related events’ (88% last year) 97.8 of respondents stated they were more likely to recommend the festival to family and friends after attending one of our events with 1.6% stating they felt the same When asked whether the festival promotes Belfast and Northern Ireland in a positive way, 98.4% said yes, with 1.6% responding as ‘don’t know’ People appeared to be reasonably well informed about the festival. 92% of the sample stated they were either well or somewhat informed about the festival prior to attending an event Respondents overwhelmingly found the subject matter of the event/performance as the main reason for attending the festival. However, familiarity with the speaker/performer was also cited as a factor. We also asked whether respondents considered themselves to be disadvantaged and found that 21% of the sample considered themselves to fall into this category which suggests were able to significantly engage with vulnerable and less well-off sections of the community. We invited the public to suggest and organise events in November 2021 and received a record 98 proposals, most of which we were able to support. This was a higher than expected level of public participation in the festival which resulted in more events than planned taking place in the 2022 programme. We also had a greater variety of events with more place-making events, exhibitions, music and discussions/workshop events compared to previous years.

the idler academy

London,

Idler is a company devoted to helping people to lead more fulfilled lives. We publish a bi-monthly magazine, produce online courses and run live events. We want you to slow down, have fun and live well! Read a sample issue of the magazine online by clicking here. Our story Back in 1991, bored to tears by his job, 23 year old journalist Tom Hodgkinson lay on his bed and dreamed of starting a magazine called The Idler. He’d found the title in a collection of essays by Dr Johnson, himself a constitutionally indolent man. How to live, that was the question. How to be free in a world of jobs and debt? And curse this alarm clock. Tom was fortunately sacked from his job and started to sign on. He wandered across the road to where his old friend, designer and writer Gavin Pretor-Pinney lived. Gavin was the kind of person who could help Tom to realise this dream. And he did. In August 1993, the pair produced issue one of the Idler. It had the sub-title “literature for loafers”. Dr Johnson was the cover star and there was an interview with magic mushroom guru Terence McKenna. Contributors included a young journalist called Louis Theroux (pictured above at the Idler Festival, 2019). The magazine has since enjoyed a number of incarnations. In the nineties it was published by the Guardian newspaper, then by Ebury publishing. Tom published the Idler as an annual collection of essays until 2014, then relaunched the mag in 2016. Victoria Hull and Tom Hodgkinson Victoria Hull and Tom Hodgkinson The Idler Academy The Idler Academy, founded at a festival in 2010, is the Idler’s educational offshoot. It is a school which offers online courses in the classical liberal arts and practical skills. From March 2011 to December 2015 we ran a small bookshop, café and event venue in Notting Hill. The Idler Academy teaches philosophy, calligraphy, music, business skills, English grammar, ukulele, public speaking, singing, dancing, drawing, self-defence and other subjects. Here you can educate yourself in the ideas of Plato or learn the ukulele, either online or at an event or retreat. A dancing lesson with the Mudflappers at Festival No 6 The Idler Academy was born at a festival. Founders Tom and his partner Victoria Hull had always been festival-goers, and in 2008 they were invited by the founders of the Secret Garden Party to run a series of literary talks. They were given a yurt and built a medieval garden in the shade of a lime tree. They put on talks from Crass’s Penny Rimbaud, QI’s John Mitchinson, poet Clare Pollard and radical economist Andrew Simms. In 2009 Tom and Victoria took the Idler Academy to the Port Eliot Festival in Cornwall. They have also appeared at Wilderness, Shambala, Byline and the Good Life Experience. In 2018 they launched the Idler Festival in Hampstead, London. Photo credit: Monika S. Jakubowska Idler fans can now subscribe to the Idler Academy online course programme. There are over 60 courses with new courses are added each year. In 2019 the team launched the Idler Audio Channel with podcasts from Stewart Lee and more. Team Idler

the in house training company

Harpenden

WHAT WE DO We offer top-quality in-house training, in a wide range of subjects, at a sensible price. All our programmes are delivered by independent subject specialists who also have outstanding training skills. We have rigorous standards and refuse to work with anyone but the best trainers. Our extensive network means that we have a choice of trainers to offer for all of these subjects, partly to ensure the best ‘fit’ between trainer and client and partly so that we can resource large-scale ‘roll-out’ programmes when required. We use a core team of around 40 associate trainers, with about another 150 specialists available on an ad hoc basis. WHERE WE DO IT Generally, we send the trainer to train up a group of people on your own premises. We work across the UK and internationally. WHO WE DO IT FOR We have an incredibly wide range of in-house training clients, of all sizes and across all sectors, as the following small selection of current and recent clients shows: Private sector • Accelerated Bridging Finance • AGD Equipment • Airbus • Alcoa • Altechnic • Appleyards • Aquaterra • AQL • Archant • Arinc • Arvato Loyalty • ASK-Mercury • ASOS • Assura • Atlas Copco • ATS Euromaster • Babcock International • BE Aerospace • Berkmann Wine Cellars • Bell & Clements • Biffa Waste Management • Bluefin • BM Trada • Bridge Hall • BSkyB • buy-a-gift.com • Carillion • CBS Butler • CG Power • Compass Group • Computacenter • Crowcon • Dalys Systems • Dawson Group • Davies Tapes • De Lage Landen • Demco Europe • Dental Supply • Domex UK • e2v technologies plc • EADS • Elstree Golf Club • Eminate • En Route • EPOQ • ESD • Fairbanks • Fourways • Fresh Student Living • FrontlineGB • Genus Construction • GeoNetworks • Gonative • GPS UK • Grace Foods • Grant Thornton • Guardian Global • GVS • Harveys Furniture • Hellmann • Hicks • Horiba • Hutchison Whampoa • Hydro International • IIJ • ILX Group • Intellident • IT Builder • Jacksons Bakery • JE Hartley • Johnson Matthey • KCE FM • Kembrey • Kennedys • Kent PHK • Lasnek • Liberty Bishop • London Underground • Longhurst Group • Mashpac • Mayflex • Meadow Foods • Michael Lewin Solicitors • Millbrook Healthcare • Mole Valley Farmers • Moon Beever Solicitor • Morris Lubricants • My Family Care • Mumford • Natixis • Network Resources • New England Biolabs • NFC Food Services • NLP Planning • Ocean Sky • OpenText • Otis Ltd • Oxford Instruments • Pegasus • Personal Group • Ping • Pudlo • Reaction Engines • Rentokil • Renewable Energy Systems • RIAS • Roadchef • Roythornes • RTC Group • RTS • RWD • RWE npower • S Farmer Consulting • Sage UK • SEA • Schroff • Scottish Power • Seico • SFPL • Sharkey & Co • Sherford • Shield Pest Control • Skincare • Sledge • Smiths Detection • Stanco • Strutt & Parker • Swift • Systech • Tennants • Tinies • Ultra Electronics • United Healthcare • Urbaser • Utilize • Vapormatic • Victoria Palace Theatre • Wasabi • WDR • WEG • Whitbread • Wincanton • WK Linkline Group • Wolverine Proctor • Xchanging • Yorkshire Water Services Public sector / education • Aylesbury College • Bedford Design Group • Berkshire Healthcare Authority • Big Lottery Fund • Brighton & Hove Council • Bromsgrove & Redditch Councils • Carmel College • Central Bedfordshire Council • City and Islington College • Daventry District Council • East Kent NHS Trust • Environment Agency • Greenwich Community Health • H M Treasury • Herts County Council • Hertsmere Borough Council • Medical Research Council • Mid-Yorks Hospital • NHS Cambridgeshire • NHS Yorkshire • NHS Western Isles • Ofsted (ALI) • Open University • Orchard Centre • Peak District National Park Authority • RAF Brize Norton • South City College, Birmingham • Stoke Sixth-Form College • Telford Sixth-Form College • University of Portsmouth • University of Southampton • Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council • Windsor & Maidenhead Council Charities / housing / not-for-profit • 4children • AgeUK • Association of Aircraft Engineers • BFI (British Film Institution) • Charities Aid Foundation • Chime • Guy Chester Centre • Hexagon Housing • Housing Plus • Independent Age • LCCA • Life • Magenta Living • Methodist Church • MS Trust • National Pharmaceutical Association • NAVCA • North Herts Homes • Nuffield Hospitals • Origins Housing • RNLI • Royal British Legion • Stevenage Leisure • Supported Independent Living • The Wine Society International African Development Bank (Tunisia) • Aramco (Saudi Arabia) • Camco Global (China) • DDB (Morocco) • Difko (Denmark) • East-West Seeds (Thailand) • NHMFL (USA) • OpenText (Germany) • Oyo State (Nigeria) • Staurus (Dubai) • Syngenta (Greece) Open course clients / partners Hertfordshire Chamber of Commerce • IET (Institution of Engineering and Technology) • Institution of Mechanical Engineers

barking abbey school, a specialist sports and humanities college

Barking

BARKING ABBEY SCHOOL IS A VERY LARGE SCHOOL ON TWO CAMPUSES IN EAST LONDON THAT SERVES THE BOROUGHS OF BARKING & DAGENHAM AND REDBRIDGE. We are a non-selective, comprehensive twelve form entry school with a proud tradition of academic and sporting success. The school is very popular in the local community for both Year 7 and sixth form admissions and is heavily oversubscribed. Barking Abbey School was founded in 1922 as one of the first co-educational grammar schools in England at the site in Longbridge Road. At the time, it was situated in a largely rural area, with fields and farmland close by. Gradually, as Barking began to expand as a residential centre, the school became the focal point for the community with an educational provision of national standing. In 1970, Barking Abbey Grammar School was merged with Park Modern School to form the Barking Abbey School we know today. Many traditions of the old schools remain, but with important developments to enable the school and its pupils to be fully prepared to meet the challenges and opportunities of life in the twenty-first century. One thing remains central, however: we are an outstanding success. Barking Abbey school has a very large Sixth Form with approximately 450 students. As a result of this we are able to offer a large range of courses to our 16-19 year olds. We are proud of the fact that we are a multi-cultural community and we seek to celebrate our diversity in as many ways as possible. Tolerance of, respect for, and understanding of others are vital aspects of preparing young people for adult life. We want all of our pupils to Belong, Aspire, Succeed.

oasis academy enfield

Enfield

Everything within Oasis Community Learning is framed by our ethos. Our ethos is rooted in what we believe and who we are. Grounded in our story, it is an expression of our character; a set of values that inform and provide the lens on everything we do. A passion to include A desire to treat people equally respecting differences A commitment to healthy, open relationships A deep sense of hope that things can change and be transformed A sense of perseverance to keep going for the long haul It is these ethos values that we want to be known for and to live by. We are committed to a model of inclusion, equality, healthy relationships, hope, and perseverance throughout all the aspects of the life and culture of every Oasis Hub and academy community. We encourage every member of our family, be that staff or student, to align themselves to these ethos values. The values themselves are inspired by the life, message and example of Jesus but we make it clear that we will not impose on anyone, the beliefs that underpin our ethos values. We recognise and celebrate the richness that spiritual and cultural diversity brings to our community, respecting the beliefs and practices of other faiths in the hope that we will provide a welcoming environment for all. The Oasis 9 Habits The Oasis Ethos is aspirational, inspirational and something that we have to constantly work at. It is important to remember that every organisation is made up of its people, and people don’t always get things right. This means that there can sometimes be a dissonance between what we say we are, as stated in our ethos values, and what we actually do and experience. Recognising this is helpful because it reminds us that we each have things to work on; we have space to grow, develop and change to become the best version of ourselves. To help us in this process of personal growth and development we have the Oasis 9 Habits. It is our bespoke and unique approach to character development. We know that by living the way of the Habits, the Oasis Ethos will become second nature to us. We also believe that this process of continually developing our character and being transformed to become the best version of ourselves is really important for every student and staff member alike. Therefore, we actively promote and practice the Oasis 9 Habits which are an invitation to a way of life characterised by being compassionate, patient, humble, joyful, honest, hopeful, considerate, forgiving and self-controlled. We believe that by becoming people who live this way, by becoming the best version of ourselves, whether we are a staff member or students, we are transformed, and we are also able to play our part in bringing transformation locally, nationally and globally.

340 Educators providing Public Speaking courses

the godolphin and latymer school

shrewsbury school

emanuel school

London

imagine! belfast festival of ideas & politics

Belfast

the idler academy

London,

the in house training company

Harpenden

barking abbey school, a specialist sports and humanities college

Barking

oasis academy enfield

Enfield

burford school

Burford

the king's school, chester

CHESTER

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