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Become a more engaging, more confident, more effective communicator with the renowned Serlin Method ®

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From the beginning of your coaching journey your coach will take time to understand your communication goals, and then create a course tailored to your needs and goals, so you get the results you want.

The Serlin Method™

Our trademarked method is simple, yet the results are profound. From unique exercises like ‘Tube Story’, through to ‘Meal Plan’ for sizzling content, learning is gamified, empowering and the tools become yours seamlessly and for life.

See for Yourself

In each session we film and voice record so you can see and hear your progress for yourself. This puts you in the driving seat. It’s not about us telling you what is good, you get to see for yourself the profound effects of the tools.

A Touch of Magic

We have worked hard to make sure your learning experience with us is touched by magic, from the brilliance of your LSW coach through to the powerful metaphors in the method, to the support from the head office team.

How It Works

Taster Session

Your journey starts with an hour-long Taster Session with an LSW coach. They will tailor the session to your needs, and give you a first chance to put our tools into practice.

Tailored Course Plan

After assessing your needs and goals, your coach creates a bespoke programme for you. You can purchase this in a 5, 10 or 15 hour package.

Payments & Discounts

We offer a 5% discount if you are ready to book and pay on the day of your Taster Session. In addition, you can choose our instalment payment plan.

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Communication Courses to transform your life and work.

Unlock your potential in professional and personal settings.

Transform your English communication and pronunciation.

Command any room and captivate your audience.

Refine your speaking skills and make an impactful impression.

Find and win the role you love with our value focused Interview course.

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Develop your communication and self-development to get you to the level of mastery.

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Build trust, drive high performing teams, strengthen relationships.

Get Started with a Taster Session.

In this one hour 1:1 session you will experience our proven Serlin Method®, uncover your strengths and growth areas and receive a tailor made roadmap of what we can work on together. Tasters sessions are discounted and all prices include VAT.

Senior Coach – £175  Principal – £235  Head Coach – £295

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If you are not quite ready to book a Taster session, why not have a free 15 minute Discovery call to find out more? In the call we will find out a bit more about your goals and challenges, and share with you how the courses work, and how they can help you achieve your goals.

What makes the Serlin Method so effective?

“   We’ve taken the techniques used by the world’s best communicators and turned them into simple, intuitive tools that you can use every day. They are fun, intelligent and what we call ‘sticky’. Engaging metaphors and quirky ideas that make them easy to learn and difficult to forget.

Over the last two decades we’ve worked with thousands of clients and made a real impact in their lives. Our work is about supporting our clients in every area of communication and connection. We partner with you on what we call the ‘Upward Spiral’; the process of growing and learning, and swinging back round to similar challenges with new wisdom. We support you with dozens of tools to better connect and communicate in every area of your life – beginning with the foundations of confident, kind and authentic communication in our Foundational courses. And moving to the more nuanced communication areas in our Advanced Courses like how  navigate difficult conversations with grace or how to build genuine trust and receptivity with clients and colleagues.

If this sounds like the kind of support you can benefit from on your journey of authentic, confident communication and more connected relationships, then find out if we are the right partners for you, by booking a Taster with one of our coaches, or chatting with us on a Discovery call, today.   ”

Transforming lives since 2008

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"The course was tailored to my needs and I had a lot of fun adding colour to my voice, improving intonation and increasing my confidence in public speaking. "

"i stood up in front of over 100 people and the strangest thing is i enjoyed it. i can't believe the transformation from absolute fear and dread to enjoyment. ", "the sessions were great very informative and adaptive sessions that focused on improving my interview skills. ", "if anyone is wondering whether it’s a good idea to book with these guys, it’s the best thing you’ll do for yourself ", "the best place to work on accent and communication. ".

Paul Stansfield

"My tutor's 1:1 sessions and the handbook will remain my lifetime guide. "

"there was a robust methodology behind the courses, this was combined with a completely tailored approach to addressing my specific needs. ", "an investment you won’t regret. ".

Yogender Dinesh

"The improvement is remarkable; I now face public speaking with excitement and confidence. "

Felippe Chaves

"The team at LSW is exceptionally friendly and helpful, providing the highest standard of service. "

Frequently asked questions, what is included in your 1:1 courses v.

Your course can be a 5, 10 or 15 session package. Each course is designed bespoke for you. You’ll receive a manual to be used alongside your sessions and you will have the full support of your coach and the LSW Head Office team during your course, as well as an online portal where you can manage your sessions.

Which course should I choose? v

Which course you choose is dependent on your goals as all of our courses can be personalised to your exact needs. If you’re not yet sure what you would like to focus on, then just select the “Not Sure” option when booking a Taster Session. After your Taster Session you will discuss what elements of our courses are best suited to your needs with your coach, who will then send you a course outline.

What makes the LSW courses special? v

We have a unique trademarked method, the Serlin Method™, which is based on a foundation of psychology, neuroscience, performance & coaching. We teach proven communication tools that are simple to learn and yet have powerful effects. We’ve seen the results over the past 12 years and they are truly astounding. Our deeply empathetic 1:1 coaching is entirely bespoke and results-focused and built around your personal goals and budget, and designed to help you reach your highest potential.

What is the Serlin Method®? v

The Serlin Method™ looks at what we do when we are communicating at our best, physically, verbally and tonally – encouraging you to always put your best self forward. When supporting you to go to the next level in your communication, we work in three areas; how you speak, what you say and what your body says. It is simple, accessible and stimulating.

Do you offer in person coaching sessions? v

We offer both remote coaching sessions, through Zoom, and face-to-face sessions in our central London offices (choose from 4 locations: Mayfair, Victoria, Bank and Holborn). Some of our coaches offer regular weekly in person sessions (only in London) and all of our coaches offer regular sessions via Zoom. Face-to-face sessions are limited so we do recommend that you book in advance so you don’t miss out.

How can your courses help me with my communication challenges? v

Our 1:1 courses can be completely bespoke and tailored to you. The Taster Session is a chance for your coach to identify your specific communication goals, and the challenges. Most people notice an immediate difference after just the initial Taster Session, so imagine the transformation at the end of 15 hour package.

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Public Speaking

All our courses are available delivered face-to-face or live online with our expert facilitators

A One Day Public Speaking Training Course

Are you looking to really take on the challenge of public speaking?

Do you want to get your message across in a dynamic and modern way – fit for the 21st Century?

And do you want to finally get on top of any nerves and allow your truly confident self to shine through?

This course is specially designed for people like you who really want to step up their game and make an impact when they speak in public whether that’s at a meeting, at a dinner, or at a large conference in a theatre or lecture hall.

Public Speaking Training Courses in London or Online

We take a fresh and very practical approach to public speaking that blows away the cobwebs and we promise to show you ways to make the whole experience positive from planning through to delivery.

Learn by Doing

This is definitely a course for those who want to get up and learn by doing.

We underpin all our work with solid research and theory but the main focus of the day is all about you standing up and doing the talking while we get to work with all our expertise in performance and business to challenge and support you. Our aim is for you to feel confident and enthusiastic to try new ideas and really engage your audience.

Public Speaking Learning Outcomes

As a result of attending our public speaking training courses you will:.

• Have a positive analysis of your strengths as a speaker
• Understand what to focus on to create the impact you choose
• Learn how the professionals tackle the fear of public speaking
• Discover how to bring an authentic approach to public speaking
• Understand how to create special moments that the audience will remember
• Learn and practice techniques for structuring, creating, and telling a great story
• Learn how to use pictures and props for high impact
• Learn tools and techniques to really engage and surprise the audience
• Gain confidence in presenting to a range of different audiences in different arenas
• Practice creating and running a successful Q&A session with flair!
• Learn how to be a much more confident and authentic speaker

Here are some of the exercises we may include in our Public Speaking Training Courses:

• Brilliant Public Speakers
• Face to face Communication – What’s happening?
• Fear of Public Speaking
• Handling Nerves
• Feedback on your Public Speaking Skills
• Using Your Emotional Dial
• Body Language
• Storytelling for Different Audiences
• The Page Turner
• Creating a Sense Of…
• A STAR Moment
• Different Arenas
• Prepared Speeches
• Question & Answer sessions

If you’re looking for a public course for an individual, we include public speaking on our Presentation Skills public course .

To book an in-house public speaking course please contact us today.

Got a speaking event coming up? Here are some thoughts for you…

The aspire mnemonic.

(Think about the ingredients that go into making a great presentation)

Who are you talking to? What are their needs and levels of understanding? What do you want them to do, think, and feel?

S elf-awareness

Who are you? What are the qualities you have at your disposal to get your message across effectively? What is your personal take on the subject? What stories do you have to tell?

P reparation

What do you have to do and how? What research do you need to do to illustrate your content? What personal preparation do you need to do: Physical and vocal work, dress, rehearsal, dealing with nerves etc.?

What about, props, technical back up?

What is the clear idea you want to share? Why? What do you want people to feel or do?

Why will people listen? What’s in it for them? How can you make that clear?

E ngagement

What will get people involved? In what you say and how you say it, how will you keep people awake and listening?

Why will they remember your message?

Are you talking or inspiring?

There are two different sorts of public speeches.

In the first sort the audience has an opportunity to opt out of all responsibility, adopt a glazed expression, perhaps take a quick nap.

In the second the audience is awake, engaged, informed and, crucially, inspired to feel or do something as a result of their experience.

When we read a novel, go to a play, or watch a movie we expect something to happen. We are taken on a journey that involves us on an intellectual and emotional level resulting in us ending up at a different place than where we started. This journey has the possibility of having a profound effect upon the way we think.

In working to be a great public speaker, consider not only what information you want to get across, but what you want to achieve and why –  and how you can make that happen.

The content is crucial but how you deliver that content is equally important.

Whether the audience is a few people around a table or a large conference with a stage, screens, and microphones, many of the principals involved in being a great public speaker are the same.

Ten secrets of powerful public speaking…

• Keep your audience awake, engaged and informed in that order
• Know what you want to say and do and why
• You are the speech – so put yourself centre stage
• Know what you have to offer and be yourself
• Be relevant. Cater for your audience’s interests and needs
• Tap into your passion and enthusiasm for your subject
• Be the host and involve your audience – make it a two way conversation
• Change the dynamic and use the space
• Be memorable – in story, structure, content, language, and style
• Enjoy yourself and your audience will enjoy it too

The X Factor

When you are highly committed to what you are saying authenticity and conviction transmit, to influence the audience and take them along with you.

Essentially, the starting point is to find the crux of the story that you can identify and resonate with – this is where your own curiosity and the subject matter overlap – the X in the middle is the most interesting bit for you.. If you find this, you will start to find the enthusiasm and authenticity to tell your story in an infectiously engaging way.

The message becomes yours, and you have found the X factor.

Verbal, Vocal, and Visual

The more you can learn and be aware of yourself and the impact you have through your body language, dress, vocal tone, speed, pace etc., the more choice you give yourself to choose your impact.

It’s important to know what works and be aware of your strengths as a speaker. That’s what you can build on to be truly confident.

Remember, if you’re not careful about the “how”, the audience may take away a “what” that you never intended!

Language and Metaphor

The language you use can create a very different impact so use it wisely!

Look at how and where you might be able to use self disclosure, anecdotes and metaphor to engage an audience and bring the message to life so that it creates a picture for the audience. This can connect on an emotional or “gut” level in a way that facts alone may not.

Unleash your hands! Relax and let them underline your message.

Think about how you can move and use the area to change the dynamic of your speech and emphasise key points.

If you’re around a table, do you have to stay seated? What impact might it have to stand?

Or, if you’re on a stage – you can lead the audience on a journey across it by creating a timeline from one side to the other. You can implant the idea of travelling through time from the past to the present by moving along this axis until you can take them right into the future!

Tell us a story

Talks don’t have to be linear in format.

The standard format is: Tell them what you’re going to say, say it, tell them what you have just said.

That’s OK but what will grab their attention and make them listen and act?

The standard intro to a Bond movie is usually a high-energy pre-title sequence involving a fight and probably a spectacular stunt or two somewhere amazing. So, what will grab your audience’s attention and make them want to hear more?

Think about the emotional journey you want to take your audience on then your structure can follow suit. What moments will have the most impact? Where will you put them in the talk for maximum effect, and why?

What is your STAR?

Look for a STAR in your story. This stands for:

Something They’ll Always Remember

Bill Gates gave a talk to about the Microsoft Foundation and the work it is doing to slow the spread of malaria. Five minutes into the speech he opened a glass jar of mosquitoes into the auditorium. He said:

There’s no reason why only poor people should have the experience.

A mosquito bite, whilst it may not last forever, is a nice little irritating reminder a couple of days later.

A word of warning: A STAR moment needs to be fundamentally connected to the key message you want people to take away. Then it acts as an anchor – an emotional prompt – in peoples’ minds for them to take action.

Your Footprint

Above all, it’s important to know who you are – your footprint in the world. What is it that you personally bring to this speaking event and why?

When you can answer this question, you can deliver your talk in a way that will be unique and authentic to you. After all – it’s you they buy.

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• Gain confidence in presenting ideas clearly and persuasively
• Understand audience engagement techniques for impactful presentations  

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• Who it’s for
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Public Speaking Training Course Outline

Module 1: Introduction to Public Speaking

• Prepare Thoroughly
• Visualise Success
• Focus on the Message
• Use Relaxation Techniques
• Start Small
• Who, What, and How of Speaking Successfully?

Module 2: Getting Your Point Across

• Presenting Clear Messages
• Gaining Confidence in What You Say
• Controlling Your Pace and Timing
• Tools, You Know You Can Use

Module 3: Controlling the Unexpected

• Handling Difficult People and Situations
• Practising the Art of Audience Engagement
• Moving Awkward Situations Forward

Module 4: Techniques of a Good Public Speaker

• Controlling your Body Language
• Engaging the Audience with your Tone and Timing
• Adapting to your Audience

Who should attend this Public Speaking Course?

This Public Speaking Course is ideal for anyone looking to improve their communication skills, including students, job seekers, entrepreneurs, community leaders, and individuals preparing for interviews, presentations, or public events. This course can be beneficial for a variety of professionals, such as:

• Entrepreneurs and Business Owners
• Educators and Trainers
• Sales and Marketing Teams
• Team Leaders and Managers
• NGO Workers
• Conference Speakers
• Technical Professionals

Prerequisites of the Public Speaking Course

There are no formal prerequisites for this Public Speaking Course. However, basic communication skills and self-confidence would be beneficial for the delegates.

Public Speaking Training Course Overview

Public Speaking is a crucial skill that transcends various aspects of life, impacting professional and personal success. Whether delivering a presentation at work, giving a speech at an event, or articulating ideas clearly in meetings, effective Public Speaking can significantly enhance one's influence and credibility. This course aims to provide delegates with the foundational techniques and strategies necessary to become confident, persuasive, and impactful speakers.

Proficiency in Public Speaking is essential for professionals across multiple fields, including business, education, politics, and media. Strong communication skills are vital for career advancement, leadership, and effective teamwork. Professionals such as Managers, Educators, Salespeople, Entrepreneurs, and public figures should aim to master Public Speaking to better engage with their audiences, present ideas convincingly, and lead with confidence.

This intensive 1-day training by The Knowledge Academy is designed to equip delegates with practical skills and confidence to speak publicly with ease. Delagates will learn to structure their speeches effectively, engage and persuade their audiences, and manage common speaking anxieties. Through interactive sessions, real-world practice, and expert feedback, delegates will develop the ability to deliver clear, persuasive, and impactful presentations in any setting.

Course Objectives

• To understand the fundamentals of Public Speaking
• To develop techniques for effective speech delivery
• To learn methods for engaging and persuading audiences
• To gain strategies for managing speaking anxiety
• To enhance vocal variety and body language
• To practice structuring and organising speeches
• To receive constructive feedback on speaking performance

After completing the course, delegates will receive a certification from The Knowledge Academy. This certification affirms their newly acquired skills and proficiency in Public Speaking, providing a valuable addition to their professional portfolio and demonstrating their commitment to personal and professional development.

What’s included in this Public Speaking Training Course?

• World-Class Training Sessions from Experienced Instructors.
• Public Speaking Certificate.
• Digital Delegate Pack.

Why choose us

Our london venue.

To make sure you’re always connected we offer completely free and easy to access wi-fi.

Air conditioned

To keep you comfortable during your course we offer a fully air conditioned environment.

Full IT support

IT support is on hand to sort out any unforseen issues that may arise.

Video equipment

This location has full video conferencing equipment.

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Experience live, interactive learning from home with The Knowledge Academy's Online Instructor-led Public Speaking Training in London. Engage directly with expert instructors, mirroring the classroom schedule for a comprehensive learning journey. Enjoy the convenience of virtual learning without compromising on the quality of interaction.

• See trainer’s screen
• Recording & transcripts
• Virtual whiteboard
• Share documents
• Works on all devices

Unlock your potential with The Knowledge Academy's Public Speaking Training in London, accessible anytime, anywhere on any device. Enjoy 90 days of online course access, extendable upon request, and benefit from the support of our expert trainers. Elevate your skills at your own pace with our Online Self-paced sessions.

• Unlimited mock exam attempts --> Certificates provided online
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Experience the most sought-after learning style with The Knowledge Academy's Public Speaking Training in London. Available in 490+ locations across 190+ countries, our hand-picked Classroom venues offer an invaluable human touch. Immerse yourself in a comprehensive, interactive experience with our expert-led Public Speaking Training in London sessions.

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Boost your skills with our expert trainers, boasting 10+ years of real-world experience, ensuring an engaging and informative training experience

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We only use the highest standard of learning facilities to make sure your experience is as comfortable and distraction-free as possible

Small class sizes

Our Classroom courses with limited class sizes foster discussions and provide a personalised, interactive learning environment

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Streamline large-scale training requirements with The Knowledge Academy's In-house/Onsite at your business premises. Experience expert-led classroom learning from the comfort of your workplace and engage professional development.

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Our offers a unique chance for your team to bond and engage in discussions, enriching the learning experience beyond traditional classroom settings

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Public Speaking Matters

Public speaking training, delivered worldwide

BE NOT AFRAID OF GREATNESS

William Shakespeare (1564-1616), English poet and playwright

Public speaking training solutions, delivered worldwide

Established in 2003 in London, United Kingdom, by an award winning public speaker, Public Speaking Matters delivers  training solutions to help you grow as a public speaker, a communicator and as a person.

The training is based on the Toastmasters International (TM) model used at c16000 clubs worldwide and is in evidence in TED Talks too.

Public Speaking Trends

Trends that are driving the market for you to continually hone your public speaking skills.

Public Speaking Training

As well as sharing the principles of good communication, the courses have been crafted to motivate and inspire you.

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A TRAINING Course To Suit Everyone

One day course

Public Speaking Matters I , covers the principles of good communication including speaking to time; controlling nerves; vocal variety; Working With Words; body language; etc.

One Day Course

Public Speaking Matters II builds on the first public speaking training course and additionally covers getting to the point; Working With Words; explaining difficult concepts; and storytelling.

Public Speaking Matters III builds on the public speaking training delivered on the first two courses and additionally focuses on how to persuasion an audience; conducting an interview (on radio, video or a fireside chat); and being interviewed (ditto) .

Public Speaking Matters IV builds on the public speaking training delivered on the first three courses and additionally focuses on how to be a panel moderator and how to take part in a panel; how to address the opposition; and how to speak under fire.

Public Speaking Matters V builds on the public speaking training delivered on the previous four courses and additionally focuses on how to deliver a key note address; how to present - and accept - an award; and how to propose a Toast.

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The new, effective way to smash through your fear of public speaking..

You’re just 6 weeks away from being a great public speaker.

Introducing the new approach to public speaking which will help you overcome your public speaking fear forever, so you can show the world who you really are.

Speakers Club helps emerging leaders who want to super-charge their career through the power of public speaking.

This actually works

Public speaking isn’t one of those things you get better at by reading a book. You need to do it. A lot. On this course you do.

No B.S. Our public speaking courses have a unique structure. 6 workshops spread over 6 consecutive weeks. This is crucially important because it’s the reps that get you good.

A public speaking gym Anyone who says they can fix your fears in a day, isn’t telling the truth. After all, you can’t get a six pack after one visit to the gym. But after 6 sessions you’ll feel and see amazing improvements. And so will your audience.

We walk the talk If you want enduring change you need to practice, but you also need an expert coach to guide you through it. All our trainers learned their speaking skills at the coalface as professional actors, presenters, and improvisers. They live and breathe this stuff.

20 years’ experience

Thousands of students come through our classes every year, and most of them come back again and again. Read our 200 + 5 star reviews on Google here . And check-out lots of testimonials from past public-speaking course students. We are also delighted that our work has been featured across the national media.

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Next Available Dates Kings Cross/Euston/Warren Street:

Old Diorama Arts Centre, 201 Drummond Street, Regent’s Place, NW1 3FE

Speakers Club Every Tuesday for 6 weeks from  Tuesday September 10th 2024 , 7pm till 9:30pm, at Old Diorama near Kings Cross/Euston/Warren Street. BOOK NOW

• 7pm – 9:30pm
• Kings Cross, Euston, Warren Street
• £299 inc. VAT

Next Available Dates in Tottenham Court Road/Shaftsbury Avenue/Soho:

The Umbrella Rooms, 241 Shaftesbury Ave, London, WC2H 8EH.

Speakers Club Every Tuesday for 6 weeks from Wednesday September 25th 2024 , 7pm till 9:30pm, at Umbrella Rooms near Tottenham Court Road/Holborn/Covent Garden BOOK NOW

• Umbrella Rooms near Tottenham Court Road/Holborn/Covent Garden
• £310 inc. VAT

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Why choose Speakers Club?

Massive amounts of fun

Do you want to look forward to public speaking? Every workshop is experiential, energetic and delivered with dollops of personality by an expert trainer. We create a friendly environment that you’ll love to return to every week, so that your association with public speaking is not terror but joy.

Sound like yourself, in every speech

Be you, but more so: we develop your personal strengths, stop your weaknesses kicking your butt, and start with your unique personality so you develop a speaking style that is authentically you.

Get road-tested public speaking tools that you can use straight away

Our public speaking courses take you from beginner to expert presenter over six weeks.

• Discover the 6 keys to irresistible charisma : speak with confidence, warmth and influence – even if your subject matter seems dry.
• Get the simple 5D Formula for preparing and delivering outstanding speeches, so you can move positively from blank page to stage – whether your audience is big or small.
• Overcome the ‘umms’ and ‘erms’ : discover proven tips to cut the waffle and speak calmly without rushing. All killer, no filler!
• Make your point : how to communicate clearly and concisely – even when your subject is complex.
• Unlock the power of storytelling : engage the audience using storytelling, so you can connect with hearts as well as minds. Plus, learn the simple structure of all well-told stories.
• Never Feel Nervous Again : get five powerful principles from performance psychology, developed in tandem with our resident psychologist Dr Martin Perry.
• How to speak ‘off the cuff’ : discover the best techniques we’ve learned in 20 years of teaching improvisation to help you when are put on the spot. No preparation? No problem.
• Stop going blank : trick and tips to memorize content, speak without notes, and present without using your slides as a crutch.
• Avoid the one big mistake most speakers make when they prepare any presentation.

Amazing value for money

• 15 hours + of in-person training. • E-mail access to your expert tutor throughout the course. • Grow your network.  Our students will tell you: Hoopla isn’t just a training company – it’s a community. You’ll brush shoulders with start-up founders, pioneering technologists, and inspiring thought leaders. Maybe at a social at our improv comedy club? • Free beginner’s improv class for all participant s – that’s another 3 hours of bonus content.

Find the latest dates for our public speaking course in London here.

Who is this Public Speaking Course for?

• Nervous or reluctant presenters who want to learn new skills and step up. Beginners very welcome! • Confident public speakers who want to take the next leap to inspiring, memorable communication. • Emerging leaders who want to build their personal brand through speaking at conferences and company all-hands meetings. • Changemakers who want to inspire their audience with their vision and purpose. Or, maybe you’re a start-up founder or a leader at a non-profit. Or maybe you’ve got a side hustle that you want to grow: speaking spreads your story and helps you make things happen.

➤Do you want to feel free in the spotlight and have fun when you speak? ➤Do you want to learn the techniques used by Simon Sinek, Sir Ken Robinson, Brene Brown, and other world-class TED speakers? ➤Do you want to make public speaking your superpower instead of your kryptonite?

If yes, then this public speaking course is for you. Join thousands of previous Speakers Club members and sign up for a class in London now .

Can’t make all six weeks?

No problem. Speaker’s Club has a Value Guarantee: let us know what week you can’t make, and we’ll let you make up that particular class on another London course.

Making a corporate booking? Or want your work to pay?

We can make that easy. Drop us a quick line and we get organise an invoice directly with you to make expensing the course as simple as possible. Simply email us.

Want one-on-one training?

As well as our public speaking courses in London, our trainers offer personal coaching either in-person or virtual. For pricing please get in touch.

Testimonials

The Speakers Club is by far the most fun and practical public speaking course I have ever taken! In the classroom, you will learn a lot of tricks and techniques to improve your presentation skills, while getting many opportunities to directly practice in the class. I came out of it a lot more confident in my ability to structure a presentation, make it relevant to the audience and speak in front of a crowd which is exactly what I wanted from this course… I think I have finally got rid of my absolutely fear of speaking in front of people, which is massively exciting! Thank you for these 6 weeks of learning and fun! I had a great time

– JESSY CONFLON, HEAD OF MARKETING, PAYBASE

Speakers club is outstanding. It’s very well organised with concrete tips on how to structure your writing for speeches and presentations. More crucially, though, the course gives you legitimate confidence to speak in front of an audience—even on the spot without notes. This is particularly valuable as I think the skills learned will bleed into other aspects of my professional life, giving me a heightened ability to engage with C-suite individuals and express my ideas. To top it all off it’s extremely fun with really good people in attendance! Couldn’t recommend it enough.

– JAIMIE GREGORY, PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT SPECIALIST AT PLAN INTERNATIONAL UK + WRITER

Speakers Club is a brilliant way to improve your public speaking skills. I used to dread being in front of an audience, and would avoid presentations like the plague. These days, I feel far more comfortable. Lessons were fun and engaging, my classmates were great, and the feedback you receive is extremely valuable. I’d do it again in a heartbeat.

– JACK WESTERMAN, DIGITAL IT ADVISOR – ACCENTURE

There is a real art to public speaking and it’s not something you can get from a book. The value of Hoopla’s speaker’s club is it offers a safe space to practice, in a fun yet insightful way. It’s well organised, good value and the trainers really know their stuff. Would recommend to anyone who presents to others as part of their job.

– DR. ANDREW MCFAULL, LECTURER IN ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL EDUCATION AT KING’S BUSINESS SCHOOL, KING’S COLLEGE LONDON

The course was excellent with numerous different scenarios to present under the encouraging eye of the trainers who back up their teachings with experience. I can strongly recommend it and have further booked an Improv course for the new year.

– JIM MARSHALL

The course really helped me identify areas for improvement of my current presentation skills. The variety and volume of exercises really helped embed the techniques!

– BARRY THORN, HEAD OF SALES, AKENEO

Our instructor’s enthusiasm and sense of humour managed to make public speaking actually enjoyable. They taught simple and effective ways to structure speeches and engage audiences that I hadn’t considered before. The masses of practice you get in is incredibly valuable and the cohort was a very supportive and fun group of people. I would recommend to anybody that needs a confidence boost in public speaking!

– JULIET MANNERS, DEPUTY CHIEF OF STAFF TO THE CABINET OFFICE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

Practice makes perfect, supportive and warm teacher, group exercises, improvement of self-confidence and communication skills, feedback from not only teacher but also peers, increase of self-awareness.

– MICHAEL HITZ

The construct of the class was very hands-on and practice oriented – we were always on our feet which helped a lot!

– SIMON KONGARA, PROGRAM TEST MANAGER, UPFIELD

It  was a fantastic course, I learnt a lot, built so many skills and I have been telling everyone about it.

– ROSIE LIDINGTON, LEAD UX DESIGNER & RESEARCHER, THE GUARDIAN

If you are thinking of taking the course, just click the button and sign up – the amount of practice you get in the course is enough to stop listening to the voices in your head that you can’t do this! It’s doable and it’s super fun. I feel more comfortable taking space and slowing down. I also have a lot of techniques for structuring presentations and am feeling more comfortable about trying to test things out and failing because I was able to practice so much and get valuable feedback.

– YANCY JENSEN, SENIOR HEALTH COACH, SECOND NATURE

Honestly, it has surpassed all my expectations. I’ve done multiple public speaking courses and they’ve all been quite dry and tedious. This is fun, practical, gets your practicing and makes you face your fear and get over it in a supportive environment. Love love love it! I’m usually still buzzing until midnight.

– TANIA STEERE, HEAD OF CONTENT, VIRGIN

I learnt more in the 6 sessions of Speakers Club about how to engage an audience, tell a captivating story, and garner authority than I have in 8 years of working in sales. The skills I learnt are so actionable and have already hugely impacted the way I present. Although presenting numerous times a session can sound daunting, it is done in such a fun way and without taking yourself too seriously you quickly realise the value in messing up and trying again in order to perfect it.

– SOPHIE RADFORD, SALES DIRECTOR, TRIPLE LIFT

I was blown away by this course. The instructor was highly experienced and really understood how to create a fun, positive, learning environment for everyone. We learnt a ton of information but never felt like we were back at school! Before I used to see public speaking as something uncomfortable and slightly terrifying but once you do it enough times you learn to disconnect yourself from the outcome and be more at ease. I also noticed that my presentations became a lot more coherent over time, whereas before it felt like pure waffle. I also noticed that I am a lot better at improvising. No matter how well prepared you are there’s always going to be those moments where either you forget your script, or you have to amend it, or you’ve been asked a question you weren’t expecting and now you have to improvise. Now, I am lot better at thinking on my feet.

– SOUFIANE MASSOUF, ENTREPRENEUR

Your trainers

Octavia Gilmore

Octavia Phoebe Gilmore is a public speaking coach and team trainer. She equips speakers to authentically connect with an audience, enabling them to inspire action through engaging and effective communication.

In her coaching, Octavia draws on her experience in acting, writing and improvisation. After reading philosophy at university, Octavia trained in acting at ArtsEd. As an actor and improviser, she has toured nationally and internationally. She has also worked in film, both on and off screen. Her writing includes a sellout play and sketches featured by the British Comedy Guide.

She is passionate about empowering speakers to find their unique voice, refine their message and share their big ideas.

Max Dickins

Max Dickins is a published playwright, actor, presenter, comedian and author of the best-selling book Billy No Mates . On the page, Max’s writing has been featured in the Observer, Sunday Times, Daily Mail, and GQ . On the stage, Max’s critically acclaimed play Man on the Moor has toured nationally. On the airwaves, his radio show on Absolute Radio was nominated for a Sony Award. While on screen, Dickins has appeared numerous times on BBC One’s Michael McIntyre’s Big Show .

In his other life, Max is also director of Hoopla, the UK’s first dedicated improvised comedy theatre and school. In these unprecedented times, he believes that improvisation is THE key skill that all of us need both at work and in our personal lives. He spreads the gospel in interactive workshops and keynote presentations with amazing clients like Google, Facebook and Accenture across 4 continents, with The Financial Times dubbing his work ‘transformative.’ His book Improvise! will show you how to use the secrets of improv to achieve extraordinary results at work.

Phil Yarrow

Phil is a performer, puppeteer, presenter and improviser. Phil has toured nationally and internationally, and has a passion for developing projects for younger audiences. He was part of the devising and performance team for the Olivier nominated ‘Room On The Broom’, and has worked at The Polka Theatre, Wimbledon for ten years.

Aside from performance, Phil has carved out a career as an educator and a career coach. He thrives on unlocking potential and has coached thousands of students through application processes for companies such as EY, Ofcom, Ford and Pernod Ricard.

Phil has worked as a presenter, and facilitator, for such companies as Eon, Jaguar Land Rover and The GLA. Phil is a regular presenter for events with Bright Network, and was the original host for the ‘Internship Experience UK’ programme, which live streamed to 80k students around the world during the first lockdown.

Lauren Silver

Lauren is a clown, actor and theatre-maker. Her work has played national & international venues including London’s Vaudeville Theatre, Sydney Opera House, Leicester Square Theatre, Theatre by the Lake & the Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts. Lauren uses her training and experience to specialise in cultivating confidence in others. Through her career, she’s uncovered a convertible toolkit of expertise in purposeful play of which she now brings to facilitating corporate teams and leaders, including BBH Zag, Saatchi & Saatchi, ITV, Wizz Air and Accenture.

She enjoys working with companies and communities to develop creative, productive and supportive teams with a focus on the importance of improving and maintaining their collective mental health and wellbeing.

The course in more detail

This public speaking course is all about equipping you with essential tools and techniques that you can put you into action straight away. This class is practical, fun and taught by professional communicators from stage and screen. People who have been there and done it, a thousand times before. Most of all, this course is about building your confidence. Slowly but surely allowing you to overcome your fear of public speaking, so that you are never held back by it again.

The ability to confidently and engagingly speak in public is a huge asset in any career and in anyone’s life. You’ll leave with this invaluable gift and be able to communicate with a group of strangers as easily and naturally as you do with your family and friends.

You’ll leave our courses with a tonne more confidence, new skills, and huge self-awareness of what your strengths are when you speak. Here is a more detailed breakdown of what you’ll learn on our public speaking courses:

Week 1: How to Own the Room

This first public speaking class is all about how to gain the trust of the audience. Fundamentally, while our content needs to be credible, if the way we hold ourselves when we speak is not congruent with this content it will not land with the audience. So, this workshop is all about the role of body language and voice in presenting.

The key-takeaways for week 1 include:

• • A ‘Body Talk’ audit: gaining self-awareness of your non-verbal communication and the impact of these habits on your public speaking impact. • What confident body language looks like and how you can use it to engage an audience. • How to use your voice to project light and shade, energy and authority, passion and presence in your public speaking. Using the 3Ps: pace, pause, and prosody.

Week 2: How to Make Your Audience Care

The second public speaking class is all about understanding your audience so that you can connect to what they really care about when you present. Part of the challenge here is finding your own emotional connection to your content, so you can access your authentic energy and passion.

The key-takeaways for week 2 include:

• • How to use an ‘empathy map,’ to ensure that your content captures the hearts and minds of your audience. • The 5 different ‘Speaking Hats’ all great speakers wear when they prepare any presentation. • How to be present in the moment and ‘in the room’ when you speak – rather than stuck in your head. • Finding the fun: how to balance the serious and the playful in your public speaking – including using humour in your speeches and presentations.

Week 3: How to Hook your Audience’s Attention

In this public speaking class, you’ll explore how to structure your presentations and speeches to make them as impactful as possible. We also touch on the power of bringing some vulnerability to your speaking to create rapport with your audience. As the ancient Greeks taught us: great public speaking is about balancing head with heart, the logical with the emotional, and compelling data with a moving story.

The key-takeaways for week 3 include:

• • Get 3 different options for structuring your content. So that you can keep a coherent and easy-to-access narrative running through your presentation. • The one big mistake everyone makes when they prepare their presentation – and what you can do instead. • Plus in this class, you’ll get lots of personal feedback so that you can build awareness of both your speaking sticking points and more importantly your unique strengths.

Week 4: How to Tell Great Stories

This public speaking class is all about exploring Storytelling Magic: how to use stories to hook your audience’s attention, explain difficult concepts, and move them emotionally to action. Including, how to present complex information in an interesting and easy-to-digest way (such as explaining technical content to non-technical audiences.)

The key-takeaways for week 4 include:

• • The simple shape of all well-told stories. • The difference between anecdotes or ‘micro stories’ and overarching narrative. • Structuring a speech or a presentation as a ‘slippery slope’ – or: how to create narrative tension so the audience wants to know ‘what happens next?’ • Techniques to come across as more relaxed and conversational – and jargon-free.

Week 5: How to Start and End with a Bang

This public speaking class explores different ways to start and end your speech so that you can capture your audience’s attention from the first word – and have them remember your last one. You’ll leave with a menu of public speaking techniques to pick from depending on the context or audience.

The key-takeaways for week 5 include:

• • Different opening and closing techniques so you’re prepared for any sort of audience. • How to involve your audience in your speech with practical audience interaction techniques. • How to use imagery and analogy. • The art of the edit: knowing what to cut from your presentation to aid clarity and memorability.

Week 6: Overcoming Nerves

This final public speaking class is about practical tips you can use to present without nerves. While we have covered content and delivery in previous weeks, this class is focused more explicitly on the mindset of a confident speaker.

The key-takeaways for week 6 include:

• • Techniques for preparing and rehearsing for your speech, to ensure you are in the most confident mindset possible. • Keeping calm in difficult or unexpected situations when you are presenting, including how to handle difficult questions. • Overcoming our inner critic: treating mistakes not as show-stopping disasters, but as a way we can establish connection and trust with our audience.

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I am a total beginner, am I going to be out of my depth?

The approach will be bespoke to each individual in the group. If you’re good, we’ll stretch you to be great. If you’re new to speaking, we’ll take it slow and build you up brick by brick. We pride ourselves at Hoopla on offering the friendliest classes in London – they are for everyone. We create a warm, inclusive space where everyone feels free to be playful, make mistakes and be themselves.

I am quite good. Will I get anything out of it?

Yes. You’ll learn a toolbox of techniques to add a ‘WOW’ factor to your presentations and talks. Plus our public speaking classes will help you get more comfortable being yourself in your speeches – both through practice in a safe space, and also through very specific, personal feedback from our coaches to help you find your voice.

What happens if I have to miss a session?

Life is busy – we get it. We have a Value Guarantee on our public speaking courses which means that if you can’t make one week in the course dates, then we will allow you to make that session up on another course, so you get full value for your booking. If something unforeseen comes up – illness, bereavement, urgent client meetings – we try and be flexible. However, we do encourage you to try and attend every session to maximise your learning experience.

Why do you use the six-week format in your public speaking courses?

Most other public speaking courses in London are 1 day long. Why? Because it suits the trainer! But it doesn’t work - there are no magic bullet solutions. That’s why we do things differently: consistent sessions that allow you to return to your practice again and again. After all, confidence is something that appears in the rear-view mirror: we are confident in stuff we have done a lot of.

What other courses do you offer?

Lots and lots! Hoopla is London’s biggest improv school and London’s first dedicated improv comedy theatre. Thousands of students come to our classes every year, across five-levels of improv training, sketch and stand-up comedy, public speaking and more! Find out more about everything we offer here. By the way: improv classes are a great way to improve your public speaking confidence. If you want to speak up more in meetings – this is a great thing to try. We pride ourselves on being the most fun and friendly place to learn improv in the UK.

The London class is showing as sold out. How can I get a place in an upcoming session?

Get on your knees and pray. Not really. Just email us: [email protected] to join the waitlist for future dates or to be contacted in the event of any last minute availability at our London public speaking courses.

Do I get a certificate of completion at the end of the course?

Yes! We email all graduates of Speaking Club with a certificate to show their boss, share on social media, or, you know, just to make them feel like an absolute legend!

What are the Best Public Speaking Courses in London?

Public speaking is a critical skill that can enhance your professional trajectory, expand your network, and boost your confidence. Whether you’re giving a presentation at work , speaking at a conference, or pitching to potential investors, the ability to communicate effectively and persuasively is invaluable.

In a city as vibrant and competitive as London, the demand for top-tier public speaking courses is high, catering to professionals, students, and anyone looking to improve their oratory prowess. This article explores what public speaking courses are, how they can benefit you, and provides a curated list of some of the best courses available in London.

Furthermore, we’ll delve into how to choose the right course for your needs and conclude by highlighting Robin Kermode’s renowned Public Speaking Masterclass.

What are Public Speaking Courses?

Public speaking courses are designed to teach individuals the art and science of effective oral communication. These courses typically cover a range of topics, including the fundamentals of public speaking, speech preparation, delivery techniques, audience engagement strategies, and handling public speaking anxiety. The ultimate goal is to help participants become more confident and capable speakers who can convey their messages clearly and impactfully.

Courses vary widely in terms of structure, duration, and intensity. Some might be short workshops focusing on specific aspects of public speaking, while others might be comprehensive courses spread over several weeks or months. Additionally, the teaching methods can differ, with some courses providing one-on-one coaching sessions, while others may offer group settings that simulate real public speaking scenarios.

Benefits of Public Speaking Courses

Enrolling in a public speaking course can offer numerous benefits:

• Enhanced Communication Skills : These courses refine your ability to articulate thoughts clearly and persuasively, an essential skill in any professional setting.
• Increased Confidence : With practice and proper guidance, you’ll learn to overcome nervousness and speak confidently in front of an audience, large or small.
• Career Advancement : Effective public speaking is a key leadership skill. Excelling at it can open doors to new opportunities and leadership roles.
• Improved Personal Development : Public speaking courses encourage personal reflection and self-improvement, pushing you to step out of your comfort zone.
• Networking Opportunities : These courses often attract individuals from various industries, providing a platform to connect with like-minded professionals.

How to Choose the Right Public Speaking Course

Choosing the right public speaking course involves several considerations:

• Your Goals : Identify what you specifically want to achieve. Are you looking to improve your presentation skills , or are you preparing for a specific event like a TED Talk?
• Course Content : Examine the curriculum to ensure it covers the areas you’re interested in, such as storytelling, persuasive speaking, or technical presentations.
• Instructor Credibility : Research the instructors’ backgrounds. Experienced and well-regarded trainers can provide insights and feedback that are invaluable.
• Format and Schedule : Consider whether a face-to-face or online course suits your lifestyle better, and check if the course’s schedule aligns with your availability.
• Feedback and Interaction : Opt for courses that offer practical speaking opportunities and personalized feedback, as these are crucial for improvement.

A Guide to Top Public Speaking Courses in London

As London offers a rich tapestry of opportunities for enhancing public speaking skills, here is a curated list of both in-person and online courses across the city, along with a brief overview of each:

1. Speaking Infront

• Location : In-person in London
• Price Range : £684 – £770
• Overview : Speaking Infront focuses on a more personal approach to public speaking, emphasising authenticity and comfort in one’s own style rather than conventional public speaking tactics. The courses are designed for anyone from beginners to seasoned speakers who want to speak more naturally and engagingly.
• Instructor(s) : The course is led by experienced trainers who specialise in a mindful approach to public speaking, helping participants reduce anxiety and find their natural voice.

2. Presence Training

• Price Range : £525 – £1475
• Overview : Presence Training offers a range of courses tailored to different needs, from introductory workshops to advanced sessions focused on high-stakes presentations. Their courses are intensive and designed to challenge participants to step out of their comfort zones.
• Instructor(s) : The training is conducted by professional public speaking coaches with a background in performance arts, ensuring a dynamic and engaging learning experience.

3. Mindful Presenter

• Location : One-day workshop in London
• Price : £495
• Overview : The High Impact Presenting workshop by Mindful Presenter is tailored for professionals who need to make an immediate impact with their presentations. The workshop covers a variety of techniques to engage and persuade audiences effectively.
• Instructor(s) : Led by corporate professionals with extensive experience in public speaking, the workshop focuses on practical skills that can be immediately applied in a professional setting.

4. School of Connection

• Location : Online
• Price : £498
• Overview : The School of Connection offers an online public speaking course that emphasises the connection between speaker and audience. This course is ideal for those who prefer the flexibility of online learning while aiming to enhance audience engagement in their speeches.
• Instructor(s) : The course is conducted by communication experts who specialise in creating engaging and interactive online learning experiences.

5. College of Public Speaking

• Price : £295
• Overview : The ‘Fear of Public Speaking’ course is particularly geared towards individuals who experience significant anxiety about public speaking. The course provides strategies to overcome fear and build confidence in various speaking situations.
• Instructor(s) : With instructors who are seasoned speakers and have backgrounds in psychology, this course addresses both the practical and psychological aspects of public speaking.

These courses each offer unique perspectives and methodologies on public speaking, allowing individuals to choose one that best fits their personal and professional growth objectives.

Choosing the right public speaking course can significantly impact your communication skills and confidence. Each of these courses in London provides valuable opportunities to enhance your public speaking abilities, whether you prefer the flexibility of online learning or the immediate feedback of in-person sessions.

Why Choose Robin Kermode’s Public Speaking Masterclass?

In the realm of public speaking courses, Robin Kermode’s Public Speaking Masterclass stands out for several compelling reasons, making it an exceptional choice for anyone serious about mastering the art of communication.

1. Expertise and Recognition

• Robin Kermode is not just any communication coach; he is regarded as one of Europe’s leading coaches, a testament to his depth of knowledge and the effectiveness of his teaching methods. His clientele includes senior leaders from the corporate world and government sectors, who consistently achieve remarkable improvements in their communication skills under his guidance.

2. Acting Background

• With an extensive background in acting, Robin brings a unique perspective to public speaking that many traditional courses lack. This experience allows him to teach not only the technical aspects of public speaking but also the art of engaging an audience—an essential skill for any speaker.

3. Cost-Effectiveness

• At just £99, Robin’s masterclass is not only more comprehensive but also better priced than many other options available in London. This affordability makes high-quality public speaking training accessible to a wider audience, ensuring that more individuals can benefit from this vital skill.

4. Flexibility and Convenience

• Although the course is offered online, this format is actually a significant advantage. It allows learners to proceed at their own pace and on their own schedule, making it ideal for busy professionals who may not be able to commit to fixed classroom times. The online format also means that you can revisit the material as often as needed, reinforcing learning and allowing for deeper understanding.

5. Comprehensive Curriculum

• The masterclass covers every aspect of public speaking, from conquering nerves and mastering body language to structuring a powerful message and delivering it with impact. The curriculum is designed to be immediately applicable, providing practical tools and strategies that participants can start using right away in their professional and personal lives.

Robin Kermode’s Public Speaking Masterclass provides unparalleled value, combining expert instruction, a unique educational perspective, affordability, and flexible learning conditions. For anyone looking to elevate their public speaking abilities, this masterclass offers a comprehensive solution that is both effective and accessible.

Whether you’re preparing for a key presentation, looking to enhance your professional influence, or simply aiming to become more confident in your communication, Robin’s masterclass is designed to help you achieve your goals. Don’t miss the opportunity to transform your public speaking skills with one of Europe’s top communication coaches.

Join us today and start your journey to becoming a more powerful and persuasive speaker at Robin’s Public Speaking Masterclass .

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"; confirmMessage += "There was a problem creating the booking. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Please contact us on 02074078880 if the problem persists.

"; } document.getElementById('modalContent').style.textAlign = "center"; document.getElementById('modalContent').innerHTML = confirmMessage; //FIRE GOOGLE TAG window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; dataLayer.push({ 'event': 'purchase', 'transactionId': response.reservationId, 'transactionAffiliation': 'Media Training Ltd', 'transactionTotal': price, 'transactionTax': tax, 'transactionShipping': 0, 'transactionProducts': [{ 'sku': '98', 'name': '', 'category': '', 'price': price, 'quantity': document.getElementsByName('multiple').length }] }); //RELOAD PAGE ONCE MODAL WINDOW CLOSES $("#bookingForm").on('hide.bs.modal', function() { location.reload(); }); } } xhttp.open("POST", '../includes/booking_ajax.php', false); xhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"); xhttp.send('datesId=' + datesId + '&fullname=' + fullname + '&company=' + company + '&email=' + email + '&mobile=' + mobile + '&address1=' + address1 + '&address2=' + address2 + '&city=' + city + '&postcode=' + postcode + '&jobtitle=' + jobtitle + '&leadId=' + leadId + '&delegates=' + delegateName + '&platforms=' + delegatePlatform + '&code=' + code + '&ip=' + ip + '&payment=' + payment + '&price=' + price + '&delegateEmail=' + delegateEmail + '&action=new_booking&field_1=' + field_1 + '&token=' + token); } function addDelegate() { var available = document.getElementById('modalAvailability').value; var current = document.getElementsByName('multiple').length + 1; if (current   13th Nov 24 Public Speaking

--> 13th Nov 24'; var modalCourseLocation = ' London Bridge'; var modalCoursePrice = ' £399 + VAT per person'; var modalDatesId = '49065'; var modalAvailability = '5'; var modalPrice = '£399 + VAT'; $(".modal-body #modalCourseDate").html(modalCourseDate); $(".modal-body #modalCourseLocation").html(modalCourseLocation); $(".modal-body #modalCoursePrice").html(modalCoursePrice); $(".modal-body #modalDatesId").val(modalDatesId); $(".modal-body #modalAvailability").val(modalAvailability); $(".modal-body #modalPrice").val(modalPrice); }); function validation() { var error = ""; //VALIDATION if (document.getElementById('fname').value == "") { document.getElementById('fname').style.borderColor = "red"; error = "fname"; } else { document.getElementById('fname').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('lname').value == "") { document.getElementById('lname').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "lname"; } else { document.getElementById('lname').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('address1').value == "") { document.getElementById('address1').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "address1"; } else { document.getElementById('address1').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('address2').value == "") { document.getElementById('address2').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "address2"; } else { document.getElementById('address2').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('city').value == "") { document.getElementById('city').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "city"; } else { document.getElementById('city').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('postcode').value == "") { document.getElementById('postcode').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "postcode"; } else { document.getElementById('postcode').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('email').value == "") { document.getElementById('email').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "email"; } else { document.getElementById('email').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('mobile').value == "") { document.getElementById('mobile').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "mobile"; } else { document.getElementById('mobile').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('payment').value == "Please Choose") { document.getElementById('payment').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "payment"; } else { document.getElementById('payment').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('lead').value == "Please Choose") { document.getElementById('lead').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "lead"; } else { document.getElementById('lead').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } //if(document.getElementById('terms').checked == false){document.getElementById('terms').style.color = "red"; error += "terms"; alert('Please read and agree to our terms before proceeding');}else{document.getElementById('terms').style.color = "lightgray";} if (document.getElementById('delegateName').value == "") { document.getElementById('delegateName').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "delegateName"; } else { document.getElementById('delegateName').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('delegatePlatform').value == "Platform") { document.getElementById('delegatePlatform').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "delegatePlatform"; } else { document.getElementById('delegatePlatform').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } document.querySelectorAll('[id *= fullname]').forEach(name => { if (name.value == "") { error += "delegateName"; document.getElementById(name.id).style.borderColor = "red"; } else { document.getElementById(name.id).style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } }) document.querySelectorAll('[id *= platform]').forEach(name => { if (name.value == "Platform") { error += "delegatePlatform"; document.getElementById(name.id).style.borderColor = "red"; } else { document.getElementById(name.id).style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } }) let termsAgreed = document.getElementById('terms').checked //If there are errors stop executing function if (error != "") return; //If terms have been agreed execute recaptcha and submit form if (termsAgreed) { recaptcha(); } else { alert('Please read and agree to our terms and conditions before proceeding'); } } function recaptcha() { grecaptcha.ready(function() { grecaptcha.execute('6LeuUV0oAAAAANmqFtOzRlTqWEITyTxQt_ghOgM1', { action: 'submit' }).then(function(token) { modalSubmit(token); }); }); } function modalSubmit(token) { var reservationId; var datesId = document.getElementById('modalDatesId').value; var fullname = escape(document.getElementById('fname').value + " " + document.getElementById('lname').value); var company = escape(document.getElementById('company').value); var jobtitle = escape(document.getElementById('jobtitle').value); var address1 = escape(document.getElementById('address1').value); var address2 = escape(document.getElementById('address2').value); var city = escape(document.getElementById('city').value); var postcode = escape(document.getElementById('postcode').value); var email = escape(document.getElementById('email').value); var mobile = escape(document.getElementById('mobile').value); if (document.getElementById('delegateName').value == "") { var delegateName = "TBC"; } else { var delegateTrim = document.getElementById('delegateName').value; delegateTrim = delegateTrim.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/g, ' '); var delegateName = delegateTrim } if (document.getElementById('delegatePlatform').value == "Platform") { var delegatePlatform = "TBC"; } else { var delegatePlatform = document.getElementById('delegatePlatform').value; } if (document.getElementById('delegateEmail').value == "") { var delegateEmail = "TBC"; } else { var delegateEmail = document.getElementById('delegateEmail').value; } //FOR MULTIPLE DELEGATES if (document.getElementsByName('multiple').length > 0) { for (i = 0; i

"; confirmMessage += "
"; confirmMessage += "You will soon receive a confirmation email from our team, please hold off on making any travel arrangements until we have confirmed your booking.

Once we have confirmed your booking our Accounts Team will be in touch to request payment.

If you have made this booking in error please contact us within the next 24 hours and we will cancel your booking free of charge. Outside of this our standard Cancellation Policy will apply.

If you want to discuss anything prior to us contacting you please feel free to call us on 020 7407 8880 and one of our team will be happy to help."; } else { confirmMessage = "

"; confirmMessage += "
"; confirmMessage += "There was a problem creating the booking. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Please contact us on 02074078880 if the problem persists.

"; } document.getElementById('modalContent').style.textAlign = "center"; document.getElementById('modalContent').innerHTML = confirmMessage; //FIRE GOOGLE TAG window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; dataLayer.push({ 'event': 'purchase', 'transactionId': response.reservationId, 'transactionAffiliation': 'Media Training Ltd', 'transactionTotal': price, 'transactionTax': tax, 'transactionShipping': 0, 'transactionProducts': [{ 'sku': '98', 'name': '', 'category': '', 'price': price, 'quantity': document.getElementsByName('multiple').length }] }); //RELOAD PAGE ONCE MODAL WINDOW CLOSES $("#bookingForm").on('hide.bs.modal', function() { location.reload(); }); } } xhttp.open("POST", '../includes/booking_ajax.php', false); xhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"); xhttp.send('datesId=' + datesId + '&fullname=' + fullname + '&company=' + company + '&email=' + email + '&mobile=' + mobile + '&address1=' + address1 + '&address2=' + address2 + '&city=' + city + '&postcode=' + postcode + '&jobtitle=' + jobtitle + '&leadId=' + leadId + '&delegates=' + delegateName + '&platforms=' + delegatePlatform + '&code=' + code + '&ip=' + ip + '&payment=' + payment + '&price=' + price + '&delegateEmail=' + delegateEmail + '&action=new_booking&field_1=' + field_1 + '&token=' + token); } function addDelegate() { var available = document.getElementById('modalAvailability').value; var current = document.getElementsByName('multiple').length + 1; if (current   13th Dec 24 Public Speaking

--> 13th Dec 24'; var modalCourseLocation = ' Online'; var modalCoursePrice = ' £399 + VAT per person'; var modalDatesId = '49066'; var modalAvailability = '6'; var modalPrice = '£399 + VAT'; $(".modal-body #modalCourseDate").html(modalCourseDate); $(".modal-body #modalCourseLocation").html(modalCourseLocation); $(".modal-body #modalCoursePrice").html(modalCoursePrice); $(".modal-body #modalDatesId").val(modalDatesId); $(".modal-body #modalAvailability").val(modalAvailability); $(".modal-body #modalPrice").val(modalPrice); }); function validation() { var error = ""; //VALIDATION if (document.getElementById('fname').value == "") { document.getElementById('fname').style.borderColor = "red"; error = "fname"; } else { document.getElementById('fname').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('lname').value == "") { document.getElementById('lname').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "lname"; } else { document.getElementById('lname').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('address1').value == "") { document.getElementById('address1').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "address1"; } else { document.getElementById('address1').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('address2').value == "") { document.getElementById('address2').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "address2"; } else { document.getElementById('address2').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('city').value == "") { document.getElementById('city').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "city"; } else { document.getElementById('city').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('postcode').value == "") { document.getElementById('postcode').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "postcode"; } else { document.getElementById('postcode').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('email').value == "") { document.getElementById('email').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "email"; } else { document.getElementById('email').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('mobile').value == "") { document.getElementById('mobile').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "mobile"; } else { document.getElementById('mobile').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('payment').value == "Please Choose") { document.getElementById('payment').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "payment"; } else { document.getElementById('payment').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('lead').value == "Please Choose") { document.getElementById('lead').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "lead"; } else { document.getElementById('lead').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } //if(document.getElementById('terms').checked == false){document.getElementById('terms').style.color = "red"; error += "terms"; alert('Please read and agree to our terms before proceeding');}else{document.getElementById('terms').style.color = "lightgray";} if (document.getElementById('delegateName').value == "") { document.getElementById('delegateName').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "delegateName"; } else { document.getElementById('delegateName').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('delegatePlatform').value == "Platform") { document.getElementById('delegatePlatform').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "delegatePlatform"; } else { document.getElementById('delegatePlatform').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } document.querySelectorAll('[id *= fullname]').forEach(name => { if (name.value == "") { error += "delegateName"; document.getElementById(name.id).style.borderColor = "red"; } else { document.getElementById(name.id).style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } }) document.querySelectorAll('[id *= platform]').forEach(name => { if (name.value == "Platform") { error += "delegatePlatform"; document.getElementById(name.id).style.borderColor = "red"; } else { document.getElementById(name.id).style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } }) let termsAgreed = document.getElementById('terms').checked //If there are errors stop executing function if (error != "") return; //If terms have been agreed execute recaptcha and submit form if (termsAgreed) { recaptcha(); } else { alert('Please read and agree to our terms and conditions before proceeding'); } } function recaptcha() { grecaptcha.ready(function() { grecaptcha.execute('6LeuUV0oAAAAANmqFtOzRlTqWEITyTxQt_ghOgM1', { action: 'submit' }).then(function(token) { modalSubmit(token); }); }); } function modalSubmit(token) { var reservationId; var datesId = document.getElementById('modalDatesId').value; var fullname = escape(document.getElementById('fname').value + " " + document.getElementById('lname').value); var company = escape(document.getElementById('company').value); var jobtitle = escape(document.getElementById('jobtitle').value); var address1 = escape(document.getElementById('address1').value); var address2 = escape(document.getElementById('address2').value); var city = escape(document.getElementById('city').value); var postcode = escape(document.getElementById('postcode').value); var email = escape(document.getElementById('email').value); var mobile = escape(document.getElementById('mobile').value); if (document.getElementById('delegateName').value == "") { var delegateName = "TBC"; } else { var delegateTrim = document.getElementById('delegateName').value; delegateTrim = delegateTrim.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/g, ' '); var delegateName = delegateTrim } if (document.getElementById('delegatePlatform').value == "Platform") { var delegatePlatform = "TBC"; } else { var delegatePlatform = document.getElementById('delegatePlatform').value; } if (document.getElementById('delegateEmail').value == "") { var delegateEmail = "TBC"; } else { var delegateEmail = document.getElementById('delegateEmail').value; } //FOR MULTIPLE DELEGATES if (document.getElementsByName('multiple').length > 0) { for (i = 0; i

"; confirmMessage += "
"; confirmMessage += "You will soon receive a confirmation email from our team, please hold off on making any travel arrangements until we have confirmed your booking.

Once we have confirmed your booking our Accounts Team will be in touch to request payment.

If you have made this booking in error please contact us within the next 24 hours and we will cancel your booking free of charge. Outside of this our standard Cancellation Policy will apply.

If you want to discuss anything prior to us contacting you please feel free to call us on 020 7407 8880 and one of our team will be happy to help."; } else { confirmMessage = "

"; confirmMessage += "
"; confirmMessage += "There was a problem creating the booking. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Please contact us on 02074078880 if the problem persists.

"; } document.getElementById('modalContent').style.textAlign = "center"; document.getElementById('modalContent').innerHTML = confirmMessage; //FIRE GOOGLE TAG window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; dataLayer.push({ 'event': 'purchase', 'transactionId': response.reservationId, 'transactionAffiliation': 'Media Training Ltd', 'transactionTotal': price, 'transactionTax': tax, 'transactionShipping': 0, 'transactionProducts': [{ 'sku': '98', 'name': '', 'category': '', 'price': price, 'quantity': document.getElementsByName('multiple').length }] }); //RELOAD PAGE ONCE MODAL WINDOW CLOSES $("#bookingForm").on('hide.bs.modal', function() { location.reload(); }); } } xhttp.open("POST", '../includes/booking_ajax.php', false); xhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"); xhttp.send('datesId=' + datesId + '&fullname=' + fullname + '&company=' + company + '&email=' + email + '&mobile=' + mobile + '&address1=' + address1 + '&address2=' + address2 + '&city=' + city + '&postcode=' + postcode + '&jobtitle=' + jobtitle + '&leadId=' + leadId + '&delegates=' + delegateName + '&platforms=' + delegatePlatform + '&code=' + code + '&ip=' + ip + '&payment=' + payment + '&price=' + price + '&delegateEmail=' + delegateEmail + '&action=new_booking&field_1=' + field_1 + '&token=' + token); } function addDelegate() { var available = document.getElementById('modalAvailability').value; var current = document.getElementsByName('multiple').length + 1; if (current   10th Jan 25 Public Speaking

--> 10th Jan 25'; var modalCourseLocation = ' London Bridge'; var modalCoursePrice = ' £399 + VAT per person'; var modalDatesId = '49067'; var modalAvailability = '6'; var modalPrice = '£399 + VAT'; $(".modal-body #modalCourseDate").html(modalCourseDate); $(".modal-body #modalCourseLocation").html(modalCourseLocation); $(".modal-body #modalCoursePrice").html(modalCoursePrice); $(".modal-body #modalDatesId").val(modalDatesId); $(".modal-body #modalAvailability").val(modalAvailability); $(".modal-body #modalPrice").val(modalPrice); }); function validation() { var error = ""; //VALIDATION if (document.getElementById('fname').value == "") { document.getElementById('fname').style.borderColor = "red"; error = "fname"; } else { document.getElementById('fname').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('lname').value == "") { document.getElementById('lname').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "lname"; } else { document.getElementById('lname').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('address1').value == "") { document.getElementById('address1').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "address1"; } else { document.getElementById('address1').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('address2').value == "") { document.getElementById('address2').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "address2"; } else { document.getElementById('address2').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('city').value == "") { document.getElementById('city').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "city"; } else { document.getElementById('city').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('postcode').value == "") { document.getElementById('postcode').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "postcode"; } else { document.getElementById('postcode').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('email').value == "") { document.getElementById('email').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "email"; } else { document.getElementById('email').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('mobile').value == "") { document.getElementById('mobile').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "mobile"; } else { document.getElementById('mobile').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('payment').value == "Please Choose") { document.getElementById('payment').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "payment"; } else { document.getElementById('payment').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('lead').value == "Please Choose") { document.getElementById('lead').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "lead"; } else { document.getElementById('lead').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } //if(document.getElementById('terms').checked == false){document.getElementById('terms').style.color = "red"; error += "terms"; alert('Please read and agree to our terms before proceeding');}else{document.getElementById('terms').style.color = "lightgray";} if (document.getElementById('delegateName').value == "") { document.getElementById('delegateName').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "delegateName"; } else { document.getElementById('delegateName').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('delegatePlatform').value == "Platform") { document.getElementById('delegatePlatform').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "delegatePlatform"; } else { document.getElementById('delegatePlatform').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } document.querySelectorAll('[id *= fullname]').forEach(name => { if (name.value == "") { error += "delegateName"; document.getElementById(name.id).style.borderColor = "red"; } else { document.getElementById(name.id).style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } }) document.querySelectorAll('[id *= platform]').forEach(name => { if (name.value == "Platform") { error += "delegatePlatform"; document.getElementById(name.id).style.borderColor = "red"; } else { document.getElementById(name.id).style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } }) let termsAgreed = document.getElementById('terms').checked //If there are errors stop executing function if (error != "") return; //If terms have been agreed execute recaptcha and submit form if (termsAgreed) { recaptcha(); } else { alert('Please read and agree to our terms and conditions before proceeding'); } } function recaptcha() { grecaptcha.ready(function() { grecaptcha.execute('6LeuUV0oAAAAANmqFtOzRlTqWEITyTxQt_ghOgM1', { action: 'submit' }).then(function(token) { modalSubmit(token); }); }); } function modalSubmit(token) { var reservationId; var datesId = document.getElementById('modalDatesId').value; var fullname = escape(document.getElementById('fname').value + " " + document.getElementById('lname').value); var company = escape(document.getElementById('company').value); var jobtitle = escape(document.getElementById('jobtitle').value); var address1 = escape(document.getElementById('address1').value); var address2 = escape(document.getElementById('address2').value); var city = escape(document.getElementById('city').value); var postcode = escape(document.getElementById('postcode').value); var email = escape(document.getElementById('email').value); var mobile = escape(document.getElementById('mobile').value); if (document.getElementById('delegateName').value == "") { var delegateName = "TBC"; } else { var delegateTrim = document.getElementById('delegateName').value; delegateTrim = delegateTrim.replace(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/g, ' '); var delegateName = delegateTrim } if (document.getElementById('delegatePlatform').value == "Platform") { var delegatePlatform = "TBC"; } else { var delegatePlatform = document.getElementById('delegatePlatform').value; } if (document.getElementById('delegateEmail').value == "") { var delegateEmail = "TBC"; } else { var delegateEmail = document.getElementById('delegateEmail').value; } //FOR MULTIPLE DELEGATES if (document.getElementsByName('multiple').length > 0) { for (i = 0; i

"; confirmMessage += "
"; confirmMessage += "You will soon receive a confirmation email from our team, please hold off on making any travel arrangements until we have confirmed your booking.

Once we have confirmed your booking our Accounts Team will be in touch to request payment.

If you have made this booking in error please contact us within the next 24 hours and we will cancel your booking free of charge. Outside of this our standard Cancellation Policy will apply.

If you want to discuss anything prior to us contacting you please feel free to call us on 020 7407 8880 and one of our team will be happy to help."; } else { confirmMessage = "

"; confirmMessage += "
"; confirmMessage += "There was a problem creating the booking. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Please contact us on 02074078880 if the problem persists.

"; } document.getElementById('modalContent').style.textAlign = "center"; document.getElementById('modalContent').innerHTML = confirmMessage; //FIRE GOOGLE TAG window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; dataLayer.push({ 'event': 'purchase', 'transactionId': response.reservationId, 'transactionAffiliation': 'Media Training Ltd', 'transactionTotal': price, 'transactionTax': tax, 'transactionShipping': 0, 'transactionProducts': [{ 'sku': '98', 'name': '', 'category': '', 'price': price, 'quantity': document.getElementsByName('multiple').length }] }); //RELOAD PAGE ONCE MODAL WINDOW CLOSES $("#bookingForm").on('hide.bs.modal', function() { location.reload(); }); } } xhttp.open("POST", '../includes/booking_ajax.php', false); xhttp.setRequestHeader("Content-type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"); xhttp.send('datesId=' + datesId + '&fullname=' + fullname + '&company=' + company + '&email=' + email + '&mobile=' + mobile + '&address1=' + address1 + '&address2=' + address2 + '&city=' + city + '&postcode=' + postcode + '&jobtitle=' + jobtitle + '&leadId=' + leadId + '&delegates=' + delegateName + '&platforms=' + delegatePlatform + '&code=' + code + '&ip=' + ip + '&payment=' + payment + '&price=' + price + '&delegateEmail=' + delegateEmail + '&action=new_booking&field_1=' + field_1 + '&token=' + token); } function addDelegate() { var available = document.getElementById('modalAvailability').value; var current = document.getElementsByName('multiple').length + 1; if (current   4th Feb 25 Public Speaking

--> 4th Feb 25'; var modalCourseLocation = ' Online'; var modalCoursePrice = ' £399 + VAT per person'; var modalDatesId = '49068'; var modalAvailability = '6'; var modalPrice = '£399 + VAT'; $(".modal-body #modalCourseDate").html(modalCourseDate); $(".modal-body #modalCourseLocation").html(modalCourseLocation); $(".modal-body #modalCoursePrice").html(modalCoursePrice); $(".modal-body #modalDatesId").val(modalDatesId); $(".modal-body #modalAvailability").val(modalAvailability); $(".modal-body #modalPrice").val(modalPrice); }); function validation() { var error = ""; //VALIDATION if (document.getElementById('fname').value == "") { document.getElementById('fname').style.borderColor = "red"; error = "fname"; } else { document.getElementById('fname').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('lname').value == "") { document.getElementById('lname').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "lname"; } else { document.getElementById('lname').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('address1').value == "") { document.getElementById('address1').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "address1"; } else { document.getElementById('address1').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('address2').value == "") { document.getElementById('address2').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "address2"; } else { document.getElementById('address2').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('city').value == "") { document.getElementById('city').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "city"; } else { document.getElementById('city').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('postcode').value == "") { document.getElementById('postcode').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "postcode"; } else { document.getElementById('postcode').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('email').value == "") { document.getElementById('email').style.borderColor = "red"; error += "email"; } else { document.getElementById('email').style.borderColor = "lightgray"; } if (document.getElementById('mobile').value == "") { document.getElementById('mobile').style.borderColor = "red"; 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Speech at the First All-Union Conference of Stakhanovites

17 november 1935.

Source: Works, Vol. 14 Publisher: Red Star Press Ltd., London, 1978 Transcription/HTML Markup: Salil Sen for MIA, 2008 Public Domain: Marxists Internet Archive (2008). You may freely copy, distribute, display and perform this work; as well as make derivative and commercial works. Please credit "Marxists Internet Archive" as your source.

1.   THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STAKHANOV MOVEMENT

Comrades, so much has been said at this conference about the Stakhanovites, and it has been said so well, that there is really very little left for me to say. But since I have been called on to speak, I will have to say a few words.

The Stakhanov movement cannot be regarded as an ordinary movement of working men and women.

The Stakhanov movement is a movement of working men and women which will go down in the history of our Socialist construction as one of its most glorious pages.

Wherein lies the significance of the Stakhanov movement?

Primarily, in the fact that it is the expression of a new wave of Socialist emulation, a new and higher stage of Socialist emulation. Why new, and why higher? Because the Stakhanov movement, as an expression of Socialist emulation, contrasts favourably with the old stage of Socialist emulation. In the past, some three years ago, in the period of the first stage of Socialist emulation, Socialist emulation was not necessarily associated with modern technique.

At that time, in fact, we had hardly any modern technique. The present stage of Socialist emulation, the Stakhanov movement, on the other hand, is necessarily associated with modern technique. The Stakhanov movement would be inconceivable without a new and higher technique. We have before us people like Comrades Stakhanov, Busygin, Smetanin, Krivonoss, Pronin, the Vinogradovas, and many others, new people, working men and women, who have completely mastered the technique of their jobs, have harnessed it and driven ahead. There were no such people, or hardly any such people, some three years ago. These are new people, people of a special type.

Further, the Stakhanov movement is a movement of working men and women which sets itself the aim of surpassing the present technical standards, surpassing the existing designed capacities, surpassing the existing production plans and estimates. Surpassing them - because these standards have already become antiquated for our day, for our new people.

This movement is breaking down the old views on technique, it is shattering the old technical standards, the old designed capacities, and the old production plans, and demands the creation of new and higher technical standards, designed capacities, and production plans. It is destined to produce a revolution in our industry. That is why the Stakhanov movement is at bottom a profoundly revolutionary movement.

It has already been said here that the Stakhanov movement, as an expression of new and higher technical standards, is a model of that high productivity of labour which only Socialism can give, and which capitalism cannot give. That is absolutely true. Why was it that capitalism smashed and defeated feudalism?

Because it created higher standards of productivity of labour, it enabled society to procure an incomparably greater quantity of products than could be procured under the feudal system; because it made society richer. Why is it that Socialism can, should and certainly will defeat the capitalist system of economy? Because it can furnish higher models of labour, a higher productivity of labour, than the capitalist system of economy; because it can provide society with more products and can make society richer than the capitalist system of economy.

Some people think that Socialism can be consolidated by a certain equalisation of people's material conditions, based on a poor man's standard of living.

That is not true. That is a petty-bourgeois conception of Socialism. In point of fact, Socialism can succeed only on the basis of a high productivity of labour, higher than under capitalism, on the basis of an abundance of products and of articles of consumption of all kinds, on the basis of a prosperous and cultured life for all members of society. But if Socialism is to achieve this aim and make our Soviet society the most prosperous of all societies, our country, must have a productivity of labour which surpasses that of the foremost capitalist countries. Without this we cannot even think of securing an abundance of products and of articles of consumption of all kinds. The significance of the Stakhanov movement lies in the fact that it is a movement which is smashing the old technical standards, because they are inadequate, which in a number of cases is surpassing the productivity of labour of the foremost capitalist countries, and is thus creating the practical possibility of further consolidating Socialism in our country, the possibility of converting our country into the most prosperous of all countries.

But the significance of the Stakhanov movement does not end there. Its significance lies also in the fact that it is preparing the conditions for the transition from Socialism to Communism.

The principle of Socialism is that in a Socialist society each works according to his abilities and receives articles of consumption, not according to his needs, but according to the work he performs for society. This means that the cultural and technical level of the working class is as yet not a high one, that the distinction between mental and manual labour still exists, that the productivity of labour is still not high enough to ensure an abundance of articles of consumption, and, as a result, society is obliged to distribute articles of consumption not in accordance with the needs of its members, but in accordance with the work they perform for society.

Communism represents a higher stage of development.

The principle of Communism, is that in a Communist society each works according to his abilities and receives articles of consumption, not according to the work he performs, but according to his needs as a culturally developed individual. This means that the cultural and technical level of the working class has become high enough to undermine the basis of the distinction between mental labour and manual labour, that the distinction between mental labour and manual labour has already disappeared, and that productivity of labour has reached such a high level that it can provide an absolute abundance of articles of consumption, and as a result society is able to distribute these articles in accordance with the needs of its members.

Some people think that the elimination of the distinction between mental labour and manual labour can be achieved by means of a certain cultural and technical equalisation of mental and manual workers by lowering the cultural and technical level of engineers and technicians, of mental workers, to the level of average skilled workers. That is absolutely incorrect. Only petty-bourgeois windbags can conceive Communism in this way. In reality the elimination of the distinction between mental labour and manual labour can be brought about only by raising the cultural and technical level of the working class to the level of engineers and technical workers. It would be absurd to think that this is unfeasible. It is entirely feasible under the Soviet system, where the productive forces of the country have been freed from the fetters of capitalism, where labour has been freed from the yoke of exploitation, where the working class is in power, and where the younger generation of the working class has every opportunity of obtaining an adequate technical education. There is no reason to doubt that only such a rise in the cultural and technical level of the working class can undermine the basis of the distinction between mental labour and manual labour, that only this can ensure the high level of productivity of labour and the abundance of articles of consumption which are necessary in order to begin the transition from Socialism to Communism.

In this connection, the Stakhanov movement is significant for the fact that it contains the first beginnings - still feeble, it is true, but nevertheless the beginnings - of precisely such a rise in the cultural and technical level of the working class of our country.

And, indeed, look at our comrades, the Stakhanovites, more closely. What type of people are they?

They are mostly young or middle-aged working men and women, people with culture and technical knowledge, who show examples of precision and accuracy in work, who are able to appreciate the time factor in work, and who have learned to count not only the minutes, but also the seconds. The majority of them have taken the technical minimum courses and are continuing their technical education. They are free of the conservatism and stagnation of certain engineers, technicians and business executives; they are marching boldly forward, smashing the antiquated technical standards and creating new and higher standards; they are introducing amendments into the designed capacities and economic plans drawn up by the leaders of our industry; they often supplement and correct what the engineers and technicians have to say, they often teach them and impel them forward, for they are people who have completely mastered the technique of their job, and who are able to squeeze out of technique the maximum that can be squeezed out of it. Today the Stakhanovites are still few in number, but who can doubt that tomorrow there will be ten times more of them? Is it not clear that the Stakhanovites are innovators in our industry, that the Stakhanov movement represents the future of our industry, that it contains the seed of the future rise in the culture and technical level of the working class, that it opens to us the path by which alone can be achieved those high indices of productivity of labour which are essential for the transition from Socialism to Communism and for the elimination of the distinction between mental labour and manual labour.

Such, comrades, is the significance of the Stakhanov movement for our Socialist construction.

Did Stakhanov and Busygin think of this great significance of the Stakhanov movement when they began to smash the old technical standards? Of course not. They had their own worries - they were trying to get their enterprise out of difficulties and to over-fulfil the economic plan. But in seeking to achieve this aim they had to smash the old technical standards and to develop a high productivity of labour, surpassing that of the foremost capitalist countries. It would be ridiculous, however, to think that this circumstance can in any way detract from the great historical significance of the movement of the Stakhanovites.

The same may be said of those workers who first organised the Soviets of Workers' Deputies in our country in 1905. They never thought, of course, that the Soviets of Workers' Deputies would become the foundation of the Socialist system. They were only defending themselves against tsarism, against the bourgeoisie, when they created the Soviets of Workers' Deputies. But this circumstance in no way contradicts the unquestionable fact that the movement for the Soviets of Workers' Deputies begun in 1905 by the workers of Leningrad and Moscow, led in the end, to the rout of capitalism and the victory of Socialism on one-sixth of the globe.

2. THE ROOTS OF THE STAKHANOV MOVEMENT

We now stand at the cradle of the Stakhanov movement, at its source.

Certain characteristic features of the Stakhanov movement should be noted.

What first of all strikes the eye is the fact that this movement began somehow, of itself, almost spontaneously, from below, without any pressure whatsoever from the administrators of our enterprises.

More than that - this movement in a way, arose and began to develop in spite of the administrators of our enterprises, even in opposition to them. Comrade Molotov has already told you what troubles Comrade Mussinsky, the Archangelsk sawmill worker, had to go through when he worked out new and higher technical standards, in secret from the administration, in secret from the inspectors.

The lot of Stakhanov himself was no better, for in his progress he had to defend himself not only against certain officials of the administration, but also against certain workers who hounded him because of his "new-fangled ideas." As to Busygin, we know that he almost paid for his "new-fangled ideas" by losing his job at the factory, and it was only the intervention of the shop superintendent, Comrade Sokolinsky, that helped him to remain at the factory.

So you see, if there was any kind of action at all on the part of the administrators of our enterprises, it was not to help the Stakhanov movement, but to hinder it. Consequently, the Stakhanov movement arose and developed as a movement coming from below.

And just because it arose of itself, just because it comes from below, it is the most vital and irresistible movement of the present day.

Mention should further be made of another characteristic feature of the Stakhanov movement. This characteristic feature is that the Stakhanov movement spread over the whole of our Soviet Union not gradually, but at an unparalleled speed, like a hurricane.

How did it begin? Stakhanov raised the technical standard of output of coal five or six times, if not more. Busygin and Smetanin did the same - one in the sphere of machine-building and the other in the shoe industry. The newspapers reported these facts. And suddenly, the flames of the Stakhanov movement enveloped the whole country. What was the reason? How is it that the Stakhanov movement has spread so rapidly? Is it perhaps because Stakhanov and Busygin are great organisers, with wide contacts in the regions and districts of the U.S.S.R., and they organised this movement themselves? No, of course not! Is it perhaps because Stakhanov and Busygin have ambitions of becoming great figures in our country, and they themselves carried the sparks of the Stakhanov movement all over the country? That is also not true. You have seen Stakhanov and Busygin here.

They spoke at this conference. They are simple, modest people, without the slightest ambition to acquire the laurels of national figures. It even seems to me that they are somewhat embarassed by the scope the movement has acquired, beyond all their expectations.

And if, in spite of this, the match thrown by Stakhanov and Busygin was sufficient to start a conflagration, that means that the Stakhanov movement is absolutely ripe. Only a movement that is absolutely ripe, and is awaiting just a jolt in order to burst free - only such a movement can spread with such rapidity and grow like a rolling snow-ball.

How is it to be explained that the Stakhanov movement proved to be absolutely ripe? What are the causes for its rapid spread? What are the roots of the Stakhanov movement?

There are at least four such causes.

1. The basis for the Stakhanov movement was first and foremost the radical improvement in the material welfare of the workers. Life has improved, comrades. Life has become more joyous. And when life is joyous, work goes well. Hence the high rates of output. Hence the heroes and heroines of labour.

That, primarily, is the root of the Stakhanov movement.

If there had been a crisis in our country, if there had been unemployment - that scourge of the working class - if people in our country lived badly, drably, joylessly, we should have had nothing like the Stakhanov movement. (Applause.) Our proletarian revolution is the only revolution in the world which had the opportunity of showing the people not only political results but also material results. Of all workers' revolutions, we know only one which managed to achieve power. That was the Paris Commune. But it did not last long. True, it endeavoured to smash the fetters of capitalism; but it did not have time enough to smash them, and still less to show the people the beneficial material results of revolution. Our revolution is the only one which not only smashed the the fetters of capitalism and brought the people freedom, but also succeeded in creating the material conditions of a prosperous life for the people. Therein lies the strength and invincibility of our revolution.

It is a good thing, of course, to drive out the capitalists, to drive out the landlords, to drive out the tsarist henchmen, to seize power and achieve freedom.

That is very good. But, unfortunately, freedom alone is not enough, by far. If there is a shortage of bread, a shortage of butter and fats, a shortage of textiles, and if housing conditions are bad, freedom will not carry you very far. It is very difficult, comrades, to live on freedom alone. ( Shouts of approval. Applause .) In order to live well and joyously, the benefits of political freedom must be supplemented by material benefits. It is a distinctive feature of our revolution that it brought the people not only freedom, but also material benefits and the possibility of a prosperous and cultured life. That is why life has become joyous in our country, and that is the soil from which the Stakhanov movement sprang.

2. The second source of the Stakhanov movement is the fact that there is no exploitation in our country. People in our country do not work for exploiters, for the enrichment of parasites, but for themselves, for their own class, for their own Soviet society, where power is wielded by the best members of the working class. That is why labour in our country has social significance, and is a matter of honour and glory. Under capitalism, labour bears a private and personal character. You have produced more - well, then, receive more, and live as best you can. Nobody knows you or wants to know you. You work for the capitalists, you enrich them? Well, what do you expect? That is why they hired you, so that you should enrich the exploiters. If you do not agree with that, join the ranks of the unemployed, and get along as best you can - "we shall find others who are more tractable." That is why people's labour is not valued very highly under capitalism. Under such conditions, of course, there can be no room for a Stakhanov movement. But things are different under the Soviet system. Here, the working man is held in esteem. Here, he works, not for the exploiters, but for himself, for his class, for society.

Here, the working man cannot feel neglected and alone.

On the contrary, the man who works, feels himself a free citizen of his country, a public figure in a way. And if he works well and gives society his best - he is a hero of labour, and is covered with glory. Obviously, the Stakhanov movement could have arisen only under such conditions.

3. We must regard, as the third source of the Stakhanov movement, the fact that we have a modern technique. The Stakhanov movement is organically bound up with the modern technique. Without the modern technique, without the modern mills, and factories, without the modern machinery, the Stakhanov movement could not have arisen. Without modern technique, technical standards might have been doubled or trebled, but not more. And if the Stakhanovites have raised technical standards five and six times, that means that they rely entirely, on the modern technique. It thus follows, that the industrialisation of our country, the reconstruction of our mills and factories, the introduction of modern technique and modern machinery, was one of the causes that gave rise to the Stakhanov movement.

4. But modern technique alone will not carry you very far. You may have first-class technique, firstclass mills and factories, but if you have not the people capable of harnessing that technique, you will find that your technique is just bare technique. For modern technique to produce results, people are required, cadres of working men and women, capable of taking charge of the technique and advancing it, The birth and growth of the Stakhanov movement means that such cadres have already appeared among the working men and women of our country. Some two years ago, the Party declared that in building new mills and factories, and supplying our enterprises with modern machinery, we had performed only half of the job. The Party then declared that enthusiasm for the construction of new factories must be supplemented by enthusiasm for mastering these new factories, that only in this way could the job be completed. It is obvious that the mastering of this new technique and the growth of new cadres have been proceeding during these two years. It is now clear that we already have such cadres. It is obvious that without such cadres, without these new people, we would never have had a Stakhanov movement. Hence the new people, working men and women, who have mastered the new technique, constitute the force that has shaped and advanced the Stakhanov movement.

Such are the conditions that gave rise to, and advanced the Stakhanov movement.

3.   NEW PEOPLE – NEW TECHNICAL STANDARDS

I have said that the Stakhanov movement developed not gradually, but like an explosion, as if it had broken through some sort of dam. It is obvious that it had to overcome certain barriers. Somebody was hindering it, somebody was holding it back; and then, having gathered strength, the Stakhanov movement broke through these barriers and swept over the country.

What was wrong? Who exactly was hindering it?

It was the old technical standards, and the people behind these standards, that were hindering it. Several years ago, our engineers, technical workers, and business managers drew up certain technical standards, adapted to the technical backwardness of our working men and women. Several years have elapsed since then. During this period, people have grown, and acquired technical knowledge. But the technical standards have remained unchanged. Of course, these standards have now proved out of date for our new people. Everybody now abuses the existing technical standards. But, after all, they did not fall from the skies. And the point is not that these technical standards were set too low at the time when they were drawn up. The point is, primarily, that now, when these standards have already become antiquated, attempts are made to defend them as modern standards.

People cling to the technical backwardness of our working men and women, guiding themselves by this backwardness, basing themselves on this backwardness, and matters finally reach a pitch, when people begin to pretend backwardness. But what is to be done if this backwardness is becoming a thing of the past? Are we really going to worship our backwardness and turn it into an icon, a fetish? What is to be done if the working men and women have already managed to grow and to gain technical knowledge?

What is to be done if the old technical standards no longer correspond to reality, and our working men and women have already managed in practice to exceed them five or tenfold? Have we ever taken an oath of loyalty to our backwardness? It seems to me we have not, have we, comrades? (General laughter.)

Did we ever assume that our working men and women would remain backward forever? We never did, did we? (General laughter.) Then what is the trouble?

Will we really lack the courage to smash the conservatism of certain of our engineers and technicians, to smash the old traditions and standards and allow free scope to the new forces of the working class?

People talk about science. They say that the data of science, the data contained in technical handbooks and instructions, contradict the demands of the Stakhanovites for new and higher technical standards. But what kind of science are they talking about? The data of science have always been tested by practice, by experience. Science which has severed contact with practice, with experience - what sort of science is that? If science were the thing it is represented to be by certain of our conservative comrades, it would have perished for humanity long ago. Science is called science just because it does not recognise fetishes, just because it does not fear to raise its hand against the obsolete and antiquated, and because it lends an attentive ear to the voice of experience, of practice. If it were otherwise, we would have no science at all; we would have no astronomy, say, and would still have to get along with the outworn system of Ptolemy; we would have no biology, and would still be comforting ourselves with the legend of the creation of man; we would have no chemistry, and would still have to get along with the auguries of the alchemists.

That is why I think that our engineers, technical workers, and business managers, who have already managed to fall a fairly long distance behind the Stakhanov movement, would do well if they ceased to cling to the old technical standards and readjusted their work in a real scientific manner to the new way, the Stakhanov way.

Very well, we shall be told, but what about technical standards in general? Does industry need them, or can we get along without any standards at all?

Some say that we no longer need any technical standards. That is not true, comrades. More, it is stupid. Without technical standards, planned economy is impossible. Technical standards are, moreover, necessary in order to help the masses who have fallen behind to catch up with the more advanced. Technical standards are a great regulating force which organises the masses of the workers in the factories around the advanced elements of the working class. We therefore need technical standards; not those, however, that now exist, but higher ones.

Others say that we need technical standards, but that they must immediately be raised to the level of the achievements of people like Stakhanov, Busygin, the Vinogradovas, and the others. That is also not true. Such standards would be unreal at the present time, since working men and women with less technical knowledge than Stakhanov and Busygin could not fulfil these standards. We need technical standards somewhere between the present technical standards and those achieved by people like Stakhanov and Busygin. Take, for example, Maria Demchenko, the well-known "five-hundreder" in sugar beet. She achieved a harvest of over 500 centners of sugar beet per hectare. Can this achievement be made the standard yield for the whole of sugar beet production, say, in the Ukraine? No, it cannot. It is too early to speak of that. Maria Demchenko secured over 500 centners from one hectare, whereas the average sugar beet harvest this year in the Ukraine, for instance, is 130 or 132 centners per hectare. The difference, as you see, is not a small one. Can we set the standard of sugar beet yield at 400 or 300 centners? Every expert in this field says that this cannot be done yet. Evidently, the standard yield per hectare for the Ukraine in 1936 must be set at 200 or 250 centners. And this is not a low standard, for if it were fulfilled it might give us twice as much sugar as we got in 1935. The same must be said of industry. Stakhanov exceeded the existing standard of output ten times, or even more, I believe.

To declare this achievement the new technical standard for all pneumatic drill operators would be unwise. Obviously, a standard must be set somewhere between the existing technical standard and that achieved by Comrade Stakhanov.

One thing, at any rate, is clear : the present technical standards no longer correspond to reality; they have fallen behind and become a brake on our industry; and in order that there shall be no brake on our industry, they must be replaced by new, higher technical standards. New people, new times - new technical standards.

4.   IMMEDIATE TASKS

What are our immediate tasks from the standpoint of the interests of the Stakhanov movement? In order not to be diffuse, let us reduce the matter to two immediate tasks.

First. The task is to help the Stakhanovites to further develop the Stakhanov movement, and to spread it in all directions, throughout all the regions and districts of the U.S.S.R. That, on the one hand.

And on the other hand, the task is to curb all those elements among the business managers, engineers, and technical workers who obstinately cling to the old, do not want to advance, and systematically hinder the development of the Stakhanov movement.

The Stakhanovites alone, of course, cannot spread the Stakhanov movement in its full scope over the whole face of our country. Our Party organisations must take a hand in this matter, and help the Stakhanovites to consummate the movement. In this respect, the Donetz regional organisation has undoubtedly displayed great initiative. Good work is being done in this direction by the Moscow and Leningrad regional organisations. But what about the other regions? They, apparently, are still "getting started."

For instance, we somehow hear nothing, or very little from the Urals, although, as you know, the Urals is a vast industrial centre. The same must be said of Western Siberia and the Kuzbas, where, to all appearances, they have not yet managed to "get started." However, we need have no doubt that our Party organisations will take a hand in this matter and help the Stakhanovites to overcome their difficulties.

As to the other aspect of the matter - the curbing of the obstinate conservatives among the business managers, engineers and technical workers - things will be a little more complicated. We shall have in the first place, to persuade these conservative elements in industry, persuade them in a patient and comradely manner, of the progressive nature of the Stakhanov movement, and of the necessity of readjusting themselves to the Stakhanov way. And if persuasion does not help, more vigorous measures will have to be adopted. Take, for instance, the People's Commissariat of Railways. In the central apparatus of that Commissariat, there was, until recently, a group of professors, engineers, and other experts - among them Communists - who assured everybody that a commercial speed of 13 or 14 kilometres per hour was a limit that could not be exceeded without contradicting "the science of railway operation." This was a fairly authoritative group, who preached their views in verbal and printed form, issued instructions to the various departments of the People's Commissariat of Railways, and, in general, were the "dictators of opinion" in the traffic departments. We, who are not experts in this sphere, basing ourselves on the suggestions of a number of practical workers on the railway, on our part assured these authoritative professors that 13 or 14 kilometres could not be the limit, and that if matters were organised in a certain way, this limit could be extended. In reply, this group, instead of heeding the voice of experience and practice, and revising their attitude to the matter, launched into a fight against the progressive elements on the railways and still further intensified the propaganda of their conservative views. Of course, we had to give these esteemed individuals a light tap on the jaw and very politely remove them from the central apparatus of the People's Commissariat of Railways. (Applause.)

And what is the result? We now have a commercial speed of 18 and 19 kilometres per hour. (Applause.)

It seems to me, comrades, that at the worst, we shall have to resort to this method in other branches of our national economy as well - that is, of course, if the stubborn conservatives do not cease interfering and putting spokes in the wheels of the Stakhanov movement.

Second. In the case of those business executives, engineers and technicians who do not want to hinder the Stakhanov movement, who sympathise with this movement, but have not yet been able to readjust themselves and assume the lead of the Stakhanov movement, the task is to help them readjust themselves and take the lead of the Stakhanov movement.

I must say, comrades, that we have quite a few such business executives, engineers and technicians.

And if we help these comrades, there will undoubtedly be still more of them.

I think that if we fulfil these tasks, the Stakhanov movement will develop to its full scope, will embrace every region and district of our country, and will show us miracles of new achievements.

5.   A FEW MORE WORDS

A few words regarding the present conference, regarding its significance. Lenin taught us that only such leaders can be real Bolshevik leaders, as know not only how to teach the workers and peasants, but also how to learn from them. Certain Bolsheviks were not pleased with these words of Lenin's. But history has shown that Lenin was one hundred per cent right in this field also. And, indeed, millions of working people, workers and peasants, labour, live and struggle.

Who can doubt that these people do not live in vain, that, living and struggling, these people accumulate vast practical experience? Can it be doubted that leaders who scorn this experience cannot be regarded as real leaders? Hence, we leaders of the Party and the government must not only teach the workers, but also learn from them. I shall not undertake to deny that you, the members of the present conference, have learned something here at this conference from the leaders of our government. But neither can it be denied that we, the leaders of the government, have learned a great deal from you, the Stakhanovites, the members of this conference. Well, comrades, thanks for the lesson, many thanks! (Loud applause.)

Finally, two words about how it would be fitting to mark this conference. We here in the presidium have conferred and have decided that this conference between the leaders of the government and the leaders of the Stakhanov movement must be marked in some way. Well, we have come to the decision that a hundred or a hundred and twenty of you will have to be recommended for the highest distinction.

Voices: Quite right. (Loud applause.)

Stalin: If you approve, comrades, that is what we shall do.

(The conference accords a stormy ovation to Comrade Stalin. Thunderous cheers and applause.

Greetings are shouted to Comrade Stalin, the leader of the Party, from all parts of the hall. The three thousand members of the conference join in singing the proletarian hymn, the "Internationale.")

Pravda 22 November 1935

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GCSE results day 2024: Everything you need to know including the number grading system

Thousands of students across the country will soon be finding out their GCSE results and thinking about the next steps in their education.   

Here we explain everything you need to know about the big day, from when results day is, to the current 9-1 grading scale, to what your options are if your results aren’t what you’re expecting.  

When is GCSE results day 2024?  

GCSE results day will be taking place on Thursday the 22 August.     

The results will be made available to schools on Wednesday and available to pick up from your school by 8am on Thursday morning.  

Schools will issue their own instructions on how and when to collect your results.   

When did we change to a number grading scale?  

The shift to the numerical grading system was introduced in England in 2017 firstly in English language, English literature, and maths.  

By 2020 all subjects were shifted to number grades. This means anyone with GCSE results from 2017-2020 will have a combination of both letters and numbers.  

The numerical grading system was to signal more challenging GCSEs and to better differentiate between students’ abilities - particularly at higher grades between the A *-C grades. There only used to be 4 grades between A* and C, now with the numerical grading scale there are 6.  

What do the number grades mean?  

The grades are ranked from 1, the lowest, to 9, the highest.  

The grades don’t exactly translate, but the two grading scales meet at three points as illustrated below.  

The bottom of grade 7 is aligned with the bottom of grade A, while the bottom of grade 4 is aligned to the bottom of grade C.    

Meanwhile, the bottom of grade 1 is aligned to the bottom of grade G.  

What to do if your results weren’t what you were expecting?  

If your results weren’t what you were expecting, firstly don’t panic. You have options.  

First things first, speak to your school or college – they could be flexible on entry requirements if you’ve just missed your grades.   

They’ll also be able to give you the best tailored advice on whether re-sitting while studying for your next qualifications is a possibility.   

If you’re really unhappy with your results you can enter to resit all GCSE subjects in summer 2025. You can also take autumn exams in GCSE English language and maths.  

Speak to your sixth form or college to decide when it’s the best time for you to resit a GCSE exam.  

Look for other courses with different grade requirements     

Entry requirements vary depending on the college and course. Ask your school for advice, and call your college or another one in your area to see if there’s a space on a course you’re interested in.    

Consider an apprenticeship    

Apprenticeships combine a practical training job with study too. They’re open to you if you’re 16 or over, living in England, and not in full time education.  

As an apprentice you’ll be a paid employee, have the opportunity to work alongside experienced staff, gain job-specific skills, and get time set aside for training and study related to your role.   

You can find out more about how to apply here .  

Talk to a National Careers Service (NCS) adviser    

The National Career Service is a free resource that can help you with your career planning. Give them a call to discuss potential routes into higher education, further education, or the workplace.   

Whatever your results, if you want to find out more about all your education and training options, as well as get practical advice about your exam results, visit the  National Careers Service page  and Skills for Careers to explore your study and work choices.   

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Penn State Trains a New Skill on Offense: Public Speaking

Mark wogenrich | aug 19, 2024.

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Penn State offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki brought a big offensive syllabus from Kansas to State College, which the Nittany Lions seem to love. They're energized by his scheme, intrigued at the formations and motions he deploys and eager to unveil all the creative looks of Kotelnicki's offense.

But while learning a host of hard skills on the field, Penn State's offensive players are diving into a soft skill off it: public speaking. Kotelnicki is putting the Nittany Lions in some potentially uncomfortable positions to praise, and critique, their teammates in front of the entire offense. It's a key part of Kotelnicki's approach to building offensive leadership by giving his players a voice and a stake in their offense.

"That's been the best thing that we've done as an offense," quarterback Drew Allar said.

The concept is simple, but the actions can be quite difficult. After every practice, Kotelnicki and his offensive staff pick one player to address the entire offense about what the group did well and where it slacked. They do so by describing a series of plays or reps that the coaches have clipped from practice. Some clips are good, others aren't.

Kotelnicki has names for the different sets of clips. One is the "We are" tape, the other is called "We are not."

"You definitely don't want to be on that 'We are not' tape, that's for sure," center and captain Nick Dawkins said.

Kotelnicki employed the practice at other programs where he coached, including Kansas, as a leadership-development tool, largely to help players develop their voices and get comfortable with public speaking. He introduced it at Penn State during spring practice, and the "We are/We are not" film construction proved a natural fit.

Kotelnicki said the exercise impacts players on multiple levels. First, it introduces them not only to speaking in public but also to being thoughtfully critical. Second, it refocuses corrective measures from the coaches' perspective toward the players. Third, it turns players into stakeholders in the offense.

"We all remember being young and we all remember not being able to stand in front of a roomful of people, even among your peers, and say things," Kotelnicki said. "... What I’ve learned about developing leaders is, you need to empower them. Giving them a voice, or making them use a voice, is one of the first things."

Players say the public-speaking exercise has made a difference. Dawkins, one of the team's most engaging personalities, still isn't that comfortable with public speaking. These sessions helped him confront that. He also said that Allar is a "natural," guard Vega Ioane brings a personal conviction because he "cares deeply" and running back Nicholas Singleton has emerged from his quiet side to "grow that part of his personality."

"It gives guys a platform to speak in front of their peers," quarterback Beau Pribula said. "It helps with leadership roles and helps guys speak publicly in front of [their teammates] and get comfortable with that. The other thing is, it kind of calls guys out in the right way. If you're on the field one day and are like, 'Oh, man, it's hot, I'm going to take this rep off,' you don't. Because you don't want to be on that 'We are not' tape."

Receiver Julian Fleming, who spent four years at Ohio State, said he had not participated in anything like this until joining Penn State's offense over the winter. He has found the exercise to be a positive bonding tool.

"It's my first time in a situation like this, and honestly I think it's really, really cool," Fleming said. "Peer pressure is one of the best pressures."

Allar seems to be the most enthusiastic about the exercise. "I'm always going to be a lead-by-example guy," he said. "That's just kind of how I'm wired." But getting in front of teammates to tell them what they're doing right and wrong has helped train his vocal side. Recently, teammates voted Allar one of their six captains .

"It's definitely a skill you have to practice and work on," Allar said of public speaking. "It's being comfortable with just being vulnerable and [having] open discussions and talking more in front of a bigger crowd of your peers and teammates. It's telling them what needs to be said even if it's something you don't want to say. That's been the best thing that we've done as an offense. I can definitely feel there's more presence of leadership and vocal leadership."

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