Philippa's courses:

Presentation Skills
Popular with businesses and entrepreneurs, and covers all the essential skills needed to overcome nerves, prepare and deliver professional presentations with or without visual aids. The sessions are enjoyable and lively and the process of preparing and giving talks on personal interests to groups of colleagues also doubles as an effective Team-Building activity.

Speech-Making
To prepare you for special occasions.

Reading Aloud to Children
Reading Aloud to an Audience
Particularly popular with parents, teachers, writers and poets.

For Clubs and Groups
Philippa also presents taster courses to groups in libraries, businesses and clubs. If you are interested in booking one of these for your organisation, please contact us.

One To One
Philippa can also provide private bespoke one-to-one tuition if you would like to address a particular concern.

Previous courses:

Advanced Presentation Skills 5th February 2008 Jersey
For a group of business clients who were to be involved in chairing meetings and facilitating training sessions to colleagues

Reading Aloud to an Audience 17th February 2008 Brighton, East Sussex
For an East Sussex writers' group due to present an evening of new writing to an audience

Reading to a Microphone 29th March 2009 Private Company, Crawley West Sussex
For staff members required to make public announcements over a tannoy system

Introduction to Presentation Skills 11th April 2009 Private Company, Poole, Dorset
For a group preparing to present briefing sessions to staff members

Private one-to-one tuition 25th April 2009
A private client in Dorset due to make an important business presentation to a council meeting to persuade them to consider alternative forms of transport in their region. He was concerned that he had over-relied on visual media in the past.

Speech- Making 23rd May 2009 Islington London
For a group who were all preparing to make best man or retirement speeches, or make a reading in church for the first time.

June/July Summer Break

Reading Aloud to Children 2009
Currently in preparation for Shoreham Library – Times and dates to be announced
Popular with parents and teachers, especially those unaccustomed to reading aloud

Other public courses in preparation

Learn Public Speaking

Philippa Hammond is an actress and teacher of public speaking.

Public speaking - giving speeches, presentations and reading aloud to an audience - has become a core business, professional and social skill, but is the task that many people fear above all else.

Philippa's training helps people to overcome this fear and become interesting and effective speakers.

Learn how to deal with your nerves, grab and hold an audience's attention and deliver a memorable message.