Public Speech - Make Your Art

Vilnius Business College and Training trends happily invites you to experience July differently – in a warm & sunny Vilnius participating at Erasmus staff training week " Public Speech - Make Your Art", hosted by a public speech expert and presenter – Mr. Mindaugas Latisenka.

This course is an introduction to speech communication which emphasizes the practical skills of public speaking. It allows you to understand and explain the communication process, includes techniques to lessen speaker anxiety, and the use of visual aids to enhance speaker presentations. The course will teach you how to outline speeches in a logical and thorough fashion. Conducting meaningful research on a variety of topics is essential. During the course you will find out how to analyze your audience and design speeches to reflect the analysis. You will learn to listen effectively regardless of your interest in the subject matter. Concentrating on body language as well as on the process of controlling it will be practiced during the course.

Preliminary program in short

Monday - Participants arrival, Networking activities and introduction into the course, Cultural activities in the city.

Tuesday - Understanding the importance of public speech. First practices, "how to get in sync with the audience?"

Wednesday - Main principles of presentations, what is a good slide and what is a definite no no.

Thursday - Speech techniques, art of group presentations, how to improvise successfully when things are not going to plan?

Friday - Course wrap-up and final evaluation, Validation of learning outcomes and certification ceremony, Participants departure