Presentation Skills Tigers

When we listen to presentations, the clear majority of our attention – around 93% – isn’t spent listening to the actual words that people say. Instead, most of our attention goes towards the presenter’s speaking manner – their body language and the tone they use to speak.

Our January Holiday workshop aims to help students better Express Themselves, and take their speaking manner to the next level. Focusing on a range of ways students can make their speeches more engaging – from stance to gestures to tone – our coaches guide students through a range of activities that help them holistically build a more engaging speaking manner that allows students to more accurately express themselves.

Through combining these activities with individualised feedback and self-reflection, students will be able to come into their own, and develop their own personal brand when making speeches!

Our Presentation Skills Tigers workshop is a mixed-experience program.

There are three groups of students who would benefit from undertaking the Presentation Skills Tigers program:

1. those who have previous formal coaching in public speaking – this may be from one of our programs (including our Tabby Cats holiday program, or our Leopards or Lions weekly term programs), from another provider or potentially through their school;
2. anyone who is trying out public speaking for the first time, is already reasonably confident and is unable to attend the Presentation Skills Tabby Cats workshop; or
3. students who have previously completed the Tigers workshop who are interested in developing their speaking skills even further – given the program changes from holiday to holiday, students are more than welcome (and even encouraged) to try it again and again.

If you’re not sure whether your child fits into any of these categories, please get in touch and we can chat about your circumstances!

Alternatively, please check out our video below to see how our holiday workshops function!

After completing the Expressing Yourself workshop, students should:

• have taken a deep dive into a range of different elements of good speaking manner, including stance, eye contact and boosting vocabulary;

• understand how to apply good speaking manner when presenting a speech; and

• have been given a range of opportunities to present to their class in each and every session.

Fundamental Concepts

The program starts with a succinct (but necessary) revision of the essential concepts covered in our introductory-level programs, including audience engagement and speech structure. This helps set students up for the rest of the program and ensures that everyone starts on a similar level, even if they’ve not undertaken an SSA program before.

How To Present With Emotion

After going through the essentials, students focus on how to convince the audience with not just their words but also their emotions. Students learn how to create connections with the audience and to use these to be more persuasive.

Gestures & Presence

On top of emotions, students spend a large amount of time learning to develop their own presence when presenting. This ranges from activities focusing on powerful stances to persuasive hand gestures and more. Allowing them to develop their own presenting flair and personality.

Lots of Practice

Throughout the workshop, students will be given a wide range of opportunities to put their newfound skills into practice and present in front of their peers – given students in this age group learn best by doing, there are plenty of practice speeches and speaking activities built into the program!

Our classes vary in size every holiday depending on how many bookings we receive – however, the maximum size of our Presentation Skills Tigers class is 9 students with one coach, and 16 students with two coaches.

If there aren’t any spots left, it’s usually because we’ve hit capacity – please get in touch with us and we’ll see what we can do about either opening an extra class, fitting your child into the existing class, or putting you on a waitlist in case any students pull out!

After each workshop, students will get to keep:

• a feedback sheet prepared by their coach (which will be emailed through) outlining what they’ve improved on during the course, and what they could continue to work on in the future;
• a certificate recognising that they have completed the Presentation Skills Tigers workshop;
• a workbook containing the key concepts that students covered during the workshop; and
• a better understanding of how public speaking works in a new context!

We have great Kindy programs available for all students who aren’t yet in Year 1 – check out our Speaking Skills Bumblebees holiday workshop and Speaking Skills Butterflies weekly term program to learn more!

We strongly recommend waiting until Year 1 before enrolling in our Tabby Cats or Tigers holiday workshops, or our Leopards and Lions term programs.

All our Year 1 – 2 programs require students to be able to write at least simple sentences, as well as read their own handwriting and instructions on the board, which most Kindergarten students are unfortunately not able to do.  This may lead to those students feeling inferior to the rest of the class, creating new fears around public speaking – the exact opposite of what we hope to achieve.

If you think that your child has sufficient reading and writing skills, we would be more than happy to talk it through with you – alternatively, we would also be more than happy to add you to our email list (see below) so we can let you know when bookings open when your child is old enough to join!

As a mixed-experience program, our Presentation Skills Tigers program is designed to be completed multiple times – with a different focus every holiday, there’s always something new for students to take away from the program!

However, if you’re looking for something more regular, you may want to give one of our term programs a try, such as Presentation Skills Leopards or Presentation Skill Lions, which will build on the skills learned during the holidays.

Check out our Frequently Asked Questions, or get in touch using our contact form to learn more!