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Invitation to build Confidence through Public Speaking Year 7 and 8 A unique leadership opportunity for students in years 7 & 8 to learn from an Internationally renowned TedX Speaker
Invitation to build Confidence through Public Speaking Year 7 and 8
A unique leadership opportunity for students in years 7 & 8 to learn from an Internationally renowned TedX Speaker
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An extraordinary opportunity for your students
The Academy of Speakers is conducting their signature program Confidence through Public Speaking on Saturday the 14th and Sunday the 15th of July from 9:30am – 3pm at Normanhurst Boys Selective High School. We are extending this opportunity to seven of your students. Please notify us through return email ([email protected]) if your school and students would like to be a part of this experience. There will be a discount of 50% off the normal price if seven students from the school attend. Therefore, tickets will be $100 dollars per student. Please use the code school50 to obtain this discount. Could you please also email us the names of the students that you have extended this invitation to so that we can keep them in one group during the program. The link to the tickets are: https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/confidence-through-public-speaking-years-7-8-tickets-44692498466 For more information, please see below and we look forward to working with your students.
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Table of Contents
What is the Academy of Speakers? ......................................................... 3
Programs ................................................................................................. 4
Confidence through Public Speaking for years 7 and 8 .......................... 5
Practical Public Speaking Skills .................................................. 6 What they will learn .................................................................... 7 Who will be teaching the course ................................................ 7 Who is this course for? ............................................................... 7
About us .................................................................................................. 8
Our story ............................................................................................... 8
The Academy of Speakers Experience .................................................. 10
Confidence ............................................................................... 10 Clarity ....................................................................................... 10 Connection ............................................................................... 11 Captivate .................................................................................. 11
Founding Coaches ................................................................................ 12
Kamal Sarma ............................................................................ 12 Kailash Sarma ........................................................................... 13
Testimonials ........................................................................................... 14
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What is the Academy of Speakers?
The Academy of Speakers was established with the intention of building the next generation of leaders. Having trained thousands of corporate executives in areas of increasing confidence, enhancing resilience and captivating audiences, the founders of Academy of Speakers found that many had not learnt these skills through their education. It was also found that many students did not have these skills and learning these skills at an early age would have benefited them not just academically but also socially. The Academy of Speakers teaches public speaking but more importantly, helps students build resilience, gain confidence and enhance influencing skills.
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Programs The Academy of Speakers provides 3 programs that are targeted at different stages of a student’s development. Each of these courses are designed specifically to cater for the student’s mental, emotional and academic stages of development.
1. Resilience through Public Speaking for years 5 and 6 2. Confidence through Public Speaking for years 7 and 8 3. Influence through Public Speaking for years 9 and 10
By making sure that students have a strong foundation built in a structured manner, they will master these skills that will benefit them for the rest of their lives. For most children and adults alike, the prospect of giving a speech is terrifying. This frequently means they do not participate in public speaking. Unfortunately, this creates more resistance to public speaking and also ultimately results in less opportunities to speak in public. However, the ability to speak in public is one of the biggest predictors of success in life and one’s career. We call this shifting from the vicious cycle of fear to the virtuous circle of confidence.
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Confidence through Public Speaking for years 7 and 8
This is the intermediate course that the Academy of Speakers delivers. It is designed to build confidence and self-esteem in young adolescents. The Academy of Speakers Confidence through Public Speaking program will give your student an added advantage as they embark into the early years of high school. Academically, this will benefit your students when they are presenting oral exams. Additionally, the junior years of high school are extremely important to build a strong foundation of public speaking as many see it a precursor to gaining leadership positions within a school.
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In this interesting and intuitive course, your students will learn how to present a unique speech in a captivating way. We will also be teaching the core foundations of how to build confidence and how to apply these principles into their everyday life. During this program, the students will be taught the key aspects of gaining confidence by:
● How to feel confident when you are feeling nervous ● How to speak effectively on camera ● How to overcome fear and not suffer from mental blocks ● How to speak to make people listen ● How to effectively structure your presentation ● How to relax through structured breathing and mindfulness
techniques ● How to effectively use pauses and avoid filler words (umhs and
ahs) ● How to be assertive on stage and project their voice with
confidence ● How to use their physiology and posture to feel more confident
and to portray this confidence to the audience ● How to accept the fear of failure and use it productively ● How to use visualisation techniques to gain confidence and to
prepare subconsciously for a delivering a memorable speech.
Practical Public Speaking Skills
Within this program the public speaking skills that they will learn include:
1. How to create a eureka moment to make your speech memorable 2. How to speak effectively on camera 3. How to build an idea to create a captivating speech 4. How to create a unique presentation style that is particular to you 5. How to use rhetorical questions to engage the audience
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6. How to use your body to connect with your audience 7. How to craft a story that is compelling while enthralling the
audience
What they will learn
By the end of the program, students will have learnt: ● How to take responsibility for the impact that they have when they
speak ● How to celebrate their achievements on a daily basis ● How to properly tell a story to the audience which will inspire
action in others ● How to create a unique speaking style ● Visualisation techniques to gain confidence
Who will be teaching the course
This course will be run by our experienced coaches. All members of our team have had experience not just in public speaking but also in building leadership skills.
Who is this course for?
● Any student who is seeking to build greater levels of confidence ● Any student who wishes to be selected for a leadership position at
school ● Any student who wants to create their own unique presenting
style
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About us
Our story
The Academy of Speakers was co-founded by Kamal Sarma and Kailash Sarma. Kamal Sarma is the CEO of Rezilium, a company that teaches resilience and human connection to leaders in global companies. In addition to his corporate work, he has worked with 800 adolescents on how to build confidence. When his son, Kailash Sarma, was in Year 4, he experience a period of traumatic bullying. Kailash went from absolutely loving school to dreading school; even going so far as pretending he was sick to avoid it. Unfortunately, counselling strategies were not effective in rebuilding Kailash’s confidence in the classroom. To assist, Kamal started to teach Kailash public speaking skills. Kamal taught him tips and techniques that he was sharing with senior executives on how to forge resilience and develop self-confidence. After a few months of practicing, Kailash was able to regain his self-confidence and even sought out opportunities to present in class. Kailash’s new-found skills gave him the confidence to run for a leadership role, and he was awarded vice-captain by his school. Kailash had discovered his passion, and he started practicing earnestly. He was then chosen to speak at the Opera House in front of two thousand people. Seeing how well these skills benefitted Kailash, Kamal and Kailash founded the Academy of Speakers to teach essential life skills through public speaking. After participating in countless public speaking programs, Kailash realised that none of them incorporated the vital leadership principles
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such as resilience, confidence and influence. The Academy of Speakers’ main goal is to provide the extra insight other programs overlook and to create the next generation of leaders.
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The Academy of Speakers Experience At the Academy of Speakers, we believe there are three major elements that students need to master to be an effective public speaker. These elements are not just confined to the stage; they have a multiplier effect on all aspects of life.
Confidence
The key to being impactful is confidence. A speaker who radiates confidence commands the attention and attitudes of their audience. However, most people have a fear of speaking in public. Through our program, our coaches educate students on how to let go of their fears at a conscious and subconscious level, which allows students to develop the skills to speak confidently and feel natural while presenting. Our goal at the Academy of Speakers is to educate students of how to let go of just ‘performing’, and instead learning to speak authentically through associating their topics with their opinions and beliefs.
Clarity
To make sure a message is effective, the message must be delivered clearly, precisely, and in a succinct manner. Nowadays, we are constantly overloaded with information and data, and we often discard or ignore incoherent and lengthy material. The Academy of Speakers employs methods designed to assist students to continually refine their message so that they have the greatest impact through the most straightforward matter.
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Connection
Connection and the desire for relatedness are fundamental in human nature. When a speaker can create a connection with their audience they are considered more reliable, persuasive and genuine. At the Academy of Speakers, we teach students to understand the importance of connection with their audience and how to achieve it.
Captivate
One of the main outcomes of our program is for students to learn how to captivate any audience and deliver their message so it resonates deeply with the listeners. An effective presenter must be capable of captivating the mind and heart to ensure they create a memorable experience and inspire their audience to act upon what they have heard.
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Founding Coaches
Kamal Sarma
Kamal Sarma is one of the world’s leading experts on resilience and human connection, with a particular focus on creating resilient leaders, so they can go on to create resilient organizations. Kamal is the CEO of Rezilium which is a strategic leadership development firm. Kamal Sarma has presented a Ted Talk on communication and has 20 years of experience in being a keynote speaker globally. Kamal has held senior executive positions in organizations including McKinsey & Company, Eli Lilly Pharmaceuticals, StGeorge Bank and AMP Capital Investors. Kamal has also been the co-founder of two venture capital businesses in the IT and biotech sector. Kamal, in his role as CEO of Rezilium, has conducted leadership programs for a number of top tier organizations such as Google, Facebook , T Rowe Price, Bank of New York Mellon, Reserve Bank of Australia, Deloitte, PwC, Ernst and Young, Westpac, Biogen, Commonwealth Bank and ING Global Kamal is the author of the international bestseller Mental Resilience: The Power of Clarity – How to develop the focus of a warrior and the peace of a monk. He speaks globally on resilience and leadership. Kamal’s book, THE LEADERSHIP LEAP- (Un)Learning how to lead, was featured on TEDx. His latest book is WinWin Conversations: The Art and Science of Human Connection He is currently the Chair of RUOK’s Conversation Think Tank.
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Kailash Sarma
Kailash Sarma was bullied at primary school and as a result struggled with his self-confidence. He went from loving school to making any excuse not to go. He would make himself physically sick so as not to present in front of the class. Seeing this Kamal Sarma (Kailash’s father) trained him in public speaking using the 4C Model which also embedded resilience and self-confidence techniques in the training. The result was that Kailash became a more skilled public speaker but also his self-esteem and confidence returned. From this training Kailash has been able to secure numerous leadership positions such as Vice-Captain and he was chosen to present at the Opera house in front of 2,000 people. He has gone on to win a number of awards in public speaking and debating and has represented his selective high school at a regional level. He noticed how many students would benefit from learning public speaking as well as essential leadership competencies that have not been taught at school. By being a co-founder of Academy of Speakers, his main goal is to ensure that all programs are student centric while learning leadership attributes through public speaking.
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Testimonials My child had a fabulous time while learning new skills. This course has built her confidence in public speaking, which will help her in all areas. Ethel Koh My son enjoyed the program, and his confidence in public speaking has improved. Even myself as a parent learned a few things to assist our kids to build resilience and confidence at home. Great program and will definitely come back for a future program. Susan Yaney Brilliant workshop! My daughter learnt many valuable skills, made new friends and gained confidence through lots of stage exposure and presentation opportunities. So much achieved in such a short time!! Thank you so much! Cherlene Maniacia Academy of Speakers provides excellent guidance to young people to improve their confidence, resilience and public speaking skills. The dynamic teachers, make their courses fun for the children, whilst empowering their students with essential skills for success in life. Pradnya Dugal My daughter has really enjoyed attending this workshop over the last two days. She has learned heaps enjoyed interacting with peers, comparing notes and exchanging ideas. Thank you for this amazing opportunity. Penny Behrady
