ONLINE PUBLIC SPEAKING COURSE
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS
- ZStrong focus on making visible real-world changes
- ZStorytelling, Public Speaking, & Conversational-Skills - for formal AND informal situations
- ZPractical methods to overcome stage fear & negative thinking
- ZSpecially customised with 1-to-1 coaching, for those going in Leadership roles
- ZTrial coaching session available for ₹4,900
Online course
(Without coaching sessions)- Access to full course with all the video lessons
- 20+ lessons on overcoming stage fright: specific concerns related to fear of Stammering, Forgetting, Struggle with Impromptu, etc.
- 15+ assignments to make your content more engaging, and to communicate powerfully
Coaching Plans
Options: 1, 3, or 6 months- Free Consultation to design a program for your goals
- Pick your plan: 1 month, 3, months, 6 months. (Total coaching hours are 8, 16, 24, respectively.)
- Timing: To be scheduled at your time/day of choice
- Price of Rs.34000 includes 1 month and 8 hours of coaching. For 3 months and 16 hours, it’s Rs.62,000. For 6 months and 24 hours, it’s Rs.87,000.
- Free access to the Online Course
TRIAL coaching session
One coaching session with Animesh- Includes an online coaching session for 75-min with Animesh, 1-to-1
- Discuss any of your upcoming work, feedback on course lessons, etc.
- Get a basic evaluation and feedback on the overall way you communicate
- Understand your current skillset, desired skillset, gaps between the two, and how to achieve your goals
DETAILED COURSE CURRICULUM
PART 1: Speaking Fearlessly - Overcoming Shyness or Nervousness
- Is it possible to transform into a great speaker?
- Self-Evaluation: Diagnose your challenges first
- Embracing the anxiety: Re-evaluating the nervousness
- The Dialogue: Get Ready to Conquer your Fear!
- Fear of Forgetting: “What if I forget?”
- Control the “What If” questions; manage Negative Thinking
- Fear of Being Judged: “What will people think?”
- Nervous because of Language? “My English is weak!”
- Anxiety related to answering impromptu questions
- “I speak well but still get nervous!” For the good speakers who face anxiety:
- Dealing with Panic in a High-Stakes situation
- Solve the anxiety to rush through it, get off stage, and end sooner
- Does Anxiety make you want to Escape the situation?
- Problem with Stammering or Mispronouncing?
- Managing Nervousness in the Body (controlling heartbeat, shivering, etc.)
- Overcome Nervousness: Challenge yourself; use Anger as a tactic
- Overcome Nervousness: 4 tactics of using Humour
- Bonus: Conquering Interview anxiety
PART 2: Speaking Powerfully - Maximising Engagement
- Conversational-Skills: Greetings + Small Talk
- Introducing yourself – Formal and Informal Situations
- Body Language Part 1 – while seated
- Body Language Part 2 – while standing
- Creating Powerful Content – Formal and Informal Situations
- Maximise Engagement and speak on ANY topic
- Storytelling: The Key to Speaking Powerfully
- Storytelling – Assignment 5
- Body Language Part 3 – Expressions and Emphasis
- Body Language Part 4 – Active Listening
- Being Concise and Speaking To-The-Point
- How to Describe People and Emotions
- Creating Powerful Speeches: Starting impactfully
- Creating Powerful Speeches: Concluding impactfully
- Handling Questions and Difficult Audience Members
- Preparing Strategically, to succeed on stage
- Visual Appeal and Creating Slides
- Advanced Speeches – Assignment
- Mastery in Public Speaking – Assignment
Bonus: Mastering Interviews and Interview Anxiety
- Overall Style & Body Language
- Small Talk & Pre-Interview chit-chat
- Introducing yourself: “Tell us about yourself”
- Strengths + “Why should you be hired?”
- The Weaknesses
- Answering Behavioural or HR questions
- Dealing with Tricky or “Impossible” questions
- How to Control the Interview!
- “Do you have questions for us?”
- Turning a bad interview around: Last-resort strategy
- Important! How to prepare to master your interviews
- Conquering Interview Anxiety
- Assignment: Feedback or LIVE Mock Interview!
ABOUT ANIMESH GUPTA
Animesh is a Specialist in Psychology from University of Toronto, and an MBA from NMIMS, Mumbai. In his 15 years of experience, he has trained over 18,000 people. His TEDx talk is one of the most popular vidoes on Public Speaking. He has worked with 25+ leading companies like Deloitte, Adobe, HUL, etc. His most prestigious work has been with the United Nations in Denmark, Sri Lanka, and Pan-India. He was also the youngest trainer in all of UNICEF, worldwide.
In addition to this, he has also conducted several Teacher-Training and Student-Development workshops with over 10 reputed Institutes (IIT Bombay, IIM Indore, IIM Kozhikode, NMIMS, etc.), and has worked with the leading NGOs. In his spare time, he runs an NGO for the welfare of stray cats in Mumbai.
Frequently asked questions
Are all your courses online?
If you can attend workshops in Mumbai, please see this link
Requirements for this course: Age and Language?
You must be at least 14 years old.
It’s NOT necessary that you speak English, but you must be able to UNDERSTAND English – since all the material and videos are in English.
For coaching option, you must either speak English or Hindi.
Please note that this course is NOT to brush up your English. It’s not a spoken English course to improve your fluency or vocabulary.
Is the coaching program flexible? What if I'm unavailable in between?
All plans are flexible, and you control the pace. You can use the hours as per your availability. The 1 month plan is a bit more fast-paced, but in the longer plans, you can skip few weeks in between or have multiple sessions in a week… however you want.
EMI? Discounts? Refund policy?
EMI/Installment:
EMI is available when you’re checking out using your credit card – most major credit cards allow the EMI. For Installment options – please call for more details.
Is there any discount?:
There are no discounts. People sometimes ask why this course is more expensive than other courses they’ve seen. It’s the same reason why we prefer to go to some doctors we trust, even though they are more expensive.
Refunds:
You can cancel the program any time for any reason, and you get 70% money back on the coaching fee, minus the pro-rated hours used up in coaching, in the first 30 days of enrollment. Please contact us for a full list of refund terms.
Do the courses expire? When/how can I schedule the coaching session?
You can schedule the sessions at your preferred day/time – Mondays to Sundays, 9am to 11pm, IST.
It is advisable that you first start going through some of the course content yourself, before you schedule the session.
SEND A MESSAGE
THE BIGGEST GAME-CHANGER
Our own life experience and the scientific data, both tell us that communicating better would improve the quality of our life... faster career growth, stronger interpersonal relationships, greater self-esteem (or lower internal anxiety), etc. Yet, we hardly pay enough time or attention to it, and silently accept the consequences. This course is for those who've decided to be proactive and take contol. It is for those who want to achieve more, in career and in life.
COURSE HIGHLIGHTS
- ZStrong focus on making visible real-world changes
- ZStorytelling, Public Speaking, & Conversational-Skills - for formal AND informal situations
- ZPractical methods to overcome stage fear & negative thinking
- ZSpecially customised with 1-to-1 coaching, for those going in Leadership roles
- ZTrial coaching session available for ₹4,900
- ZGet a Free Consultation with Animesh before enrolling
COURSE PLANS
DETAILED COURSE CURRICULUM
Part 1: Speaking Fearlessly
- Is it possible to transform into a great speaker?
- Self-Evaluation: Diagnose your challenges first
- Embracing the anxiety: Re-evaluating the nervousness
- The Dialogue: Get Ready to Conquer your Fear!
- Fear of Forgetting: “What if I forget?”
- Control the “What If” questions; manage Negative Thinking
- Fear of Being Judged: “What will people think?”
- Nervous because of Language? “My English is weak!”
- Anxiety related to answering impromptu questions
- “I speak well but still get nervous!” For the good speakers who face anxiety:
- Dealing with Panic in a High-Stakes situation
- Solve the anxiety to rush through it, get off stage, and end sooner
- Does Anxiety make you want to Escape the situation?
- Problem with Stammering or Mispronouncing?
- Managing Nervousness in the Body (controlling heartbeat, shivering, etc.)
- Overcome Nervousness: Challenge yourself; use Anger as a tactic
- Overcome Nervousness: 4 tactics of using Humour
- Bonus: Conquering Interview anxiety
Part 2: Speaking Powerfully
- Conversational-Skills: Greetings + Small Talk
- Introducing yourself – Formal and Informal Situations
- Body Language Part 1 – while seated
- Body Language Part 2 – while standing
- Creating Powerful Content – Formal and Informal Situations
- Maximise Engagement and speak on ANY topic
- Storytelling: The Key to Speaking Powerfully
- Storytelling – Assignment 5
- Body Language Part 3 – Expressions and Emphasis
- Body Language Part 4 – Active Listening
- Being Concise and Speaking To-The-Point
- How to Describe People and Emotions
- Creating Powerful Speeches: Starting impactfully
- Creating Powerful Speeches: Concluding impactfully
- Handling Questions and Difficult Audience Members
- Preparing Strategically, to succeed on stage
- Visual Appeal and Creating Slides
- Advanced Speeches – Assignment
- Mastery in Public Speaking – Assignment
Bonus: Mastering Interviews
- Overall Style & Body Language
- Small Talk & Pre-Interview chit-chat
- Introducing yourself: “Tell us about yourself”
- Strengths + “Why should you be hired?”
- The Weaknesses
- Answering Behavioural or HR questions
- Dealing with Tricky or “Impossible” questions
- How to Control the Interview!
- “Do you have questions for us?”
- Turning a bad interview around: Last-resort strategy
- Important! How to prepare to master your interviews
- Conquering Interview Anxiety
- Assignment: Feedback or LIVE Mock Interview!
ABOUT ANIMESH GUPTA
Animesh is a Specialist in Psychology from University of Toronto, and an MBA from NMIMS, Mumbai. In his 15 years of experience, he has trained over 18,000 people. His TEDx talk is one of the most popular vidoes on Public Speaking. He has worked with 25+ leading companies like Deloitte, Adobe, HUL, etc. His most prestigious work has been with the United Nations in Denmark, Sri Lanka, and Pan-India. He was also the youngest trainer in all of UNICEF, worldwide.
In addition to this, he has also conducted several Teacher-Training and Student-Development workshops with over 10 reputed Institutes (IIT Bombay, IIM Indore, IIM Kozhikode, NMIMS, etc.), and has worked with the leading NGOs. In his spare time, he runs an NGO for the welfare of stray cats in Mumbai.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Are all your courses online?
If you can attend workshops in Mumbai, please see this link
Requirements for this course: Age and Language?
You must be at least 14 years old.
It’s NOT necessary that you speak English, but you must be able to UNDERSTAND English – since all the material and videos are in English.
For coaching option, you must either speak English or Hindi.
Please note that this course is NOT to brush up your English. It’s not a spoken English course to improve your fluency or vocabulary.
Is the coaching program flexible? What if I'm unavailable in between?
All plans are flexible, and you control the pace. You can use the hours as per your availability. The 1 month plan is a bit more fast-paced, but in the longer plans, you can skip few weeks in between or have multiple sessions in a week… however you want.
EMI? Discounts? Refund policy?
EMI/Installment:
EMI is available when you’re checking out using your credit card – most major credit cards allow the EMI. For Installment options – please call for more details.
Is there any discount?:
There are no discounts. People sometimes ask why this course is more expensive than other courses they’ve seen. It’s the same reason why we prefer to go to some doctors we trust, even though they are more expensive.
Refunds:
You can cancel the program any time for any reason, and you get 70% money back on the coaching fee, minus the pro-rated hours used up in coaching, in the first 30 days of enrollment. Please contact us for a full list of refund terms.
Do the courses expire? When/how can I schedule the coaching session?
You can schedule the sessions at your preferred day/time – Mondays to Sundays, 9am to 11pm, IST.
It is advisable that you first start going through some of the course content yourself, before you schedule the session.