In my 20 years experience in assisting children and young adults become effective communicators, the one quality I have identified as critical, is self-confidence. Building self-confidence and raising self-esteem are the major outcomes I strive for in all my teaching and training.
Barbara is on the panel of Drama and Speech Examiners for Trinity College, London. She is also a regular adjudicator for the Hong Kong Schools Speech Festival. Barbara is Past-President of the Speech and Drama Teachers’ Association of Victoria Inc.
We often think of confidence as ‘self-worth’ and ‘self-esteem’. It is, I believe, all of this and much more. It is an extremely powerful quality and can be expressed as an ’emotional state’ that allows each of us to relate to and view others as equals. Barbara conducts full or half-day workshops for organisations to build strong and long-lasting communication skills to maximise teamwork and productivity in the workplace and visit our website to know more about the training programs for students
If you are keen to build confidence in communicating with others:
- Increaseing self-confidence
- Overcoming shyness
- Building self-esteem
- Feeling comfortable in conversations with others
- Demonstrating leadership
- Leading discussions in class
- Making persuasive class presentations
- Improving clarity of speech