Would you like to improve your public speaking skills in a hobby setting?
In addition to paid work in the public speaking coaching domain, the hobby side of practicing public speaking skills is now in full swing after the summer holidays.
Here are a couple of options that I’m familiar with, because I’m there myself 😃
- Last Monday I gave a speech at the Stadi Talkers Toastmasters club.
It’s always a pleasure to be on stage at this club that meets at a bar downtown Helsinki. The audience is friendly and supportive. They don’t throw you with a pint of beer, even though based on the feedback I know that every speech of mine, while having its strengths, it also has room to improve for the next time. This club is in English. 🇬🇧
Stadi Talkers meets bi-weekly on Monday evenings at 6pm Finnish time, next time on September 8. - This Wednesday evening I’ll be hosting a Finlandia Toastmasters club meeting.
It’s otherwise the same as described above but this one is in Spanish. 🇪🇸 We have native speakers as well as mere mortals like me.
We are hybrid, so you can also participate via Teams from anywhere in the world. Meetings occur every second Wednesday at 6pm Finnish time. Bienvenid@!!! - The Famous Speeches Reading Club is something I started with a couple of friends last year.
As the name suggests, we practice public speaking skills by reading renowned texts, a method of learning that has been used already since the ancient Greeks. We read traditional speeches, movie speeches, poems… whatever contains impactful language in a compact package. This one is in English. 🇬🇧
We meet on Zoom every two weeks on Tuesday evenings at 6:15pm Finnish time for about one hour. Reach out if you’re interested in joining!
All in all, I would encourage you to use every opportunity you get to speak up and to be on stage, because the best way to improve your public speaking skills is to practice, practice, practice, constantly.
It’s a lifelong journey and today is a good day to begin.
Would you like to become a better communicator? 