PUBLIC SPEAKING through theatre
The audiance knows if you are there or you are not.
To talk with a passion.
The three ingredients of a good speaker: presence, truth and energy.
How to turn nerves into your ally through acceptance, breathing and physical release.
Energy transform the message (hello- tired, happy, sad)
It’s about connection with audience.
When we control breath we control body.
-BREATHS
-SMILE this relax your face
- SHAKE YOUR arms, strząsanie, strzepywanie
Daily practice:
Daily presence: spend one minute every morning breathing deeply, feeling your feet and connecting with your body before starting the day.
Energy exercise: Before every important conversation, shake your arms and shoulders for 10 seconds and smile (yes, even if you don't feel like it).
Power pose: Try a power pose (inspired by those of Amy Cuddy) before speaking. Feet firm, chest open and broad breathing.
Practice in your comfort zone: Apply these tools when grocery shopping, when talking to your tutor or when participating in an informal meeting. If you can, record yourself! In shop, in public.
Vocal exercise: read aloud for 2 minutes daily, exaggerating the articulation of every word. Listen to yourself and feel how clarity improves.
Practice journal: note down in a notebook how you feel before and after speaking. Observing your progress is part of the training.
SHADOWING EXERCISE – english and italian, pronanciations
Conscious diaphragmatic breathing (5 minutes every day):
Adopt the VASE posture.
Place one hand on your stomach and the other on your chest.
Inhale for 4 counts, hold for 2 and exhale for 4.
Observe that your abdomen moves, not your chest.
Practice while driving, walking or before going to sleep.
Diaphragmatic Breathing
Observe others:
· Look for role models, speakers you like, and ask yourself what interests you and which of their values align (or not) with your communication style.
· Analyse the speaker's body, voice and tone.
· Ask yourself: what makes me connect or disconnect?
Listening and active empathy.
· Listen to someone without interrupting for 2 minutes.
· Then respond by summarising what you understood.
· That is also connecting...without interrupting. Without thinking about answear.
· Practice: do this at least three times this week with different people.
· Reflect: note down in your journal how the conversation changed.
EMPATHY
Which is harder for you: speaking or listening without interrupting?
In which situations do you tend to overwhelm with too much information?
Mówię tak, że nie ma opcji, żeby ktoś mi przerwał, bo wylewa się ze mnie ciąg słów. Trudno jest mi przerwać. A słuchając przerywam drugiej osobie, bo coś mi wpadło do głowy.
Emotional radar
Speak with someone and focus only on their breathing, their tone and their gaze.
Then ask yourself: what emotion did I perceive? What gesture gave it away?
This exercise trains your non-verbal listening.
Wejdź, spójrz na grupę i uśmiechnij się – i dopiero MÓW!
Nerves your body says – it’s metter to you!
Gdy głos drży i załamuje się.
Your voice is an instrument. Air is everything = breath. Drink water.
Simplify, suprise, be concrete and connect. Stories – we love good stories – the best way to remember. Emotions.
How you say sth? Mistery, secret, rythm,
Mirror exercise:
Record yourself for one minute speaking about any topic.
Watch yourself without judging.
Observe your posture, your gestures and your gaze.
Specific analysis:
Do you have stage presence?
Are your movements out of control or do they have purpose and direction?
Do you make eye contact or is your gaze lost?
And what about your arms and hands? Are they contracted or open?
Identify which emotion predominates in your body language. Is it the one you wanted to convey?
Giving a speech:
1. talk with your hands and use expressive inflection to project confidence
2. ask the audience questions
3. share a personal anecdote to make the material feel persona
4. appeal to authority
5. throw out statistics and data
6. use images
7. build intensity, then bring it down
8. dress the part
9. change the tone from lighthearted to heavier near the end
10. connect the end of the speech to the beginning
The objectives of your presentation. Know your why.
What do i want the audience will understand? What do i want they will feel and what do i want they will do later?
WHY? WHY? WHY?
Why money are so important? How they looked like for a centuries? Where it was born?
-otwarta postawa, ręce założone za głową, otwarte ramiona: power
-skulenie, ramiona schowane, zgarbienia
I didn’t supposed to be here.
Fake it till you make it.
PRZED EWALUACJĄ! Postawa Power Pose
TED talks
Transversal practice throughout the unit: improvise.
Practice telling an everyday story. It could be an anecdote, a recipe, a trip.
Use different emotions: joy, surprise, calm.
Advanced variation: tell the same story three times:
Focusing on verbal language (precise words).
Focusing on non-verbal language (gestures, eye contact).
Focusing on paraverbal language (rhythm, pauses, tone).
Observe which is your strongest language and which needs more work.
What mask do you usually wear? What purpose does it serve? On the value of being yourself
Observe others and analyse what makes you connect or disconnect.
Practise active listening without interrupting (for at least 2 minutes).
Record yourself regularly and analyse your three languages separately.
Experiment with intonation by reading texts with different emotions.
Master silence as a tool, not as a void.
Always define the objective before every presentation. Make use of the "Why?" technique.
Improvise consciously keeping your objective as your compass.
Connection is not faked, it is felt. If you enjoy communicating, others will enjoy listening to you.
Express structure: Practice summarising any topic in three steps (appealing start, clear development and impactful closure).
Structuring memorable speeches, apply storytelling and project presence and charisma.
Begginig, middle, end.
Provocative question, short story
Instead of saying today we’gonna to, say- have you ever consider...? Curiosity.
Na koniec – dokończ historie, odpowiedz na pytanie z początku.
Build your story in five steps:
Context → Hero → Conflict → Resolution → Inspiring ending.
Write down a brief personal story following this sequence.
Record it and review: Is there transformation? Emotion?
Rytm, emocje i prawda. Transformation. Personal emotions.
Try to tell the story of my Erasmus+.
Storytelling
What happend?
What did you feel?
What did you learn?
Leadership rehearsal: Place yourself in front of a mirror or camera, say an inspiring phrase ("I can do this", "I'm ready") with an open posture and a firm voice.
Cinematic closure:
End your presentation with a brief phrase that communicates an idea or emotion.
Practice until it becomes natural.
Leadership – it’s about speaking with meaning
I’m here to share not to prove anything.
Smile. Breath. Shake.
Przywodztwo nie jest o tym by samemu tylko świecić, jest o tym by ustawiać światło na innych by i oni mogli zabłysnąć.
Conscious silence and emotional rhythm:
Read a fragment of your talk and mark ( / ) where you will pause.
Train the pause as a resource, not a void.
final talk with a roadmap:
Write and rehearse your 3-4 minute talk about something you are passionate about.
Write down the key points of your talk.
Rehearse them like train stations: you know where you start and where you arrive, but you can improvise the journey.
Take care of the beginning and the end (rehearse those 10 seconds).
ROADMAP – main points, speaking with memory kills the emotions.
You have worked on:
How to structure a speech with power and rhythm (beginning, middle and end).
Effective openings and cinematic endings that leave a mark.
The 10-second technique: rehearsing the start and the close.
Monroe's Motivated Sequence: the five steps to persuade: attention, need, satisfaction, visualisation and action.
Storytelling: the art of telling stories with authenticity, emotion and transformation.
Narrative structure: context → hero → conflict → resolution → inspiring ending.
How to convey stage leadership: calmness, presence and authenticity.
"The show must go on": holding the stage in the face of any unforeseen event.
· Remember the goal is not to speak perfectly, but to speak with soul.
· Training communication is like training a muscle: the more you use it, the more natural it becomes.
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