Speaking-in-Relation - A How-to Training on Effective Public Speaking
Thu, Aug 17
|Montreal
Research for the Frontlines Summer Training on Communicating for Radical Transformation


Time & Location
Aug 17, 2023, 6:00 PM EDT
Montreal, 1400 Blvd. De Maisonneuve Ouest LB 145, Montreal, QC H3G 1M8, Canada
About the Event
Hybrid Event: Online over zoom and in person in Montreal.
This event is part of the Summer Training Series on Communication for radical transformation
Description: "Effective Public Speaking" can be interpreted in numerous ways. What I have noticed is that we are "trained" to say what we want to convey, without necessarily learning how to communicate to an audience. Speaking-in-Relation is an exploratory, participatory dialogue in which we learn to notice ourselves in relation to our audience and consider the "fit", the "non-fit", and the "partial fit" that we may sense in terms of "who is in the room" we are speaking in. Speaking-in-Relation does not come from the ego, and it does not come from a script - although you may have a script as a reminder of what you want to cover to the extent it continues to make sense once you are immersed in the presence of…