Confidence
Learn how to manage fear and nervousness so you can speak more confidently when the pressure is on.
Crash Course Academy · Public Speaking Masterclass
Speak With Confidence. Communicate Your Value.
Learn how to communicate your ideas, expertise and value with confidence, clarity and persuasion in the moments that matter.
Facilitated by Stanley Phiri · Public Speaking Coach · Founder & Lead Instructor, Crash Course Academy
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The Problem
You know what you're talking about.
You know your business, your profession, your craft or your idea. But when it's time to explain it to someone who matters, the words don't always come out the way they sounded in your head. You hesitate, overthink what you're saying, lose your train of thought, or become more nervous than you expected.
Sometimes the problem isn't knowing what to say. It's what happens when you actually have to say it. A client asks you a question and suddenly you aren't sure how to answer. You have an opportunity to introduce yourself or pitch an idea, but you struggle to communicate your value without sounding uncertain. You're in a meeting with people you want to impress, and instead of contributing confidently, you find yourself holding back.
And you know this matters. The way you communicate affects whether people understand you, trust you, remember you and take your ideas seriously. You don't want to keep walking away from important conversations thinking about what you should have said. You want to be able to speak when the opportunity comes, and communicate what you have to offer with confidence.
The Turn
You don't need to become a completely different kind of person to communicate well.
The usual advice often sounds simple: Just be confident. Practice more. Speak slowly. Believe in yourself. But knowing that you should be confident doesn't automatically tell you how to become more confident when you're actually under pressure. And simply speaking more doesn't necessarily help if you don't know what you're trying to improve.
You need practical skills you can learn, practise and apply to situations you already face: speaking to clients, presenting your ideas, participating in meetings, networking, leading conversations and standing in front of an audience. Confidence becomes much easier to develop when you understand what to do with your message, your delivery and your interaction with other people.
Speak With Confidence
Practical public speaking and business communication.
Speak With Confidence is a practical public speaking and business communication masterclass designed to help you communicate with greater confidence, clarity and influence. You'll learn how to manage nervousness, organize your thoughts, deliver your message effectively, capture attention, influence decisions and communicate more effectively in meetings, presentations, client engagements and networking situations.
What You'll Learn
Five areas that change how you communicate.
Clarity
Learn how to organize your thoughts so you can communicate your message clearly instead of struggling to find the right words.
Delivery
Develop a stronger and more engaging way of delivering your message so people stay attentive when you speak.
Persuasion
Learn how to communicate in a way that influences people and supports better decisions.
Business Communication
Apply your speaking skills to the situations that matter to your work, including meetings, presentations, client engagements and networking.
Who It Is For
Communication that matches the value you bring.
It is designed for business owners, entrepreneurs, professionals, consultants and service providers, emerging leaders, speakers and facilitators who want their communication to match the value they bring.
Your Instructor
Stanley Phiri
Public Speaking Coach
Founder & Lead Instructor · Crash Course Academy
Toastmasters Speechcraft Facilitator
Postgraduate Diploma in Teaching Methodology
Stanley is a trainer, entrepreneur and communication strategist who helps professionals, business owners and emerging leaders communicate their ideas with greater clarity and confidence. His approach to public speaking is practical and application-driven. Participants do not simply learn what confident communication looks like. They practise the skills required to build it.
Through Speak With Confidence, Stanley brings together public speaking, message clarity, presentation skills and business communication so that participants can communicate more effectively in the situations that matter to their work and leadership.
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Practical training. The emphasis is on speaking, practising, receiving feedback and improving.
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Business relevance. The training connects public speaking to meetings, presentations, networking and client conversations.
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Teaching foundation. Stanley combines communication training experience with formal training in teaching methodology.
Ways To Learn
Join an open masterclass or bring the training to your group.
Speak With Confidence is available as a live public masterclass and as a tailored group or corporate communication experience.
Speak With Confidence Masterclass
Join other professionals, entrepreneurs and business owners for a focused practical training experience in confidence, clarity, delivery, persuasion and business communication.
Enrol NowCorporate & Group Masterclasses
Bring Speak With Confidence to your company, team, professional group or organisation. Sessions can be adapted around presentation skills, meetings, leadership communication and workplace confidence.
Enquire About Group TrainingBefore You Enrol
A few questions you may already be asking.
"I'm not sure this will actually work for me."
That is a reasonable concern, especially if you've tried simply telling yourself to "be confident" and found that it didn't change much. This masterclass focuses on practical communication skills you can understand and apply, rather than expecting confidence to appear simply because someone told you to have it.
"Maybe I'm just not naturally good at speaking."
You don't have to be naturally gifted to become a better communicator. Speaking confidently involves skills such as organizing your thoughts, managing nervousness, delivering a message and communicating with purpose, and skills can be learned and developed through practice.
"I don't know who Stanley Phiri is."
You shouldn't have to take someone's word for it simply because they call themselves a trainer. The instructor section above gives you the training background and approach behind Speak With Confidence, so you can decide whether the programme is right for you.
Next Masterclass
Get Speak With Confidence for ZMW 750.
You get access to the Speak With Confidence Masterclass for ZMW 750. This is a rolling masterclass, so the registration page carries the current available session details.
Format: Live practical masterclass
Facilitator: Stanley Phiri
Current dates & venue: See registration page
Participation Fee
K750
See the current masterclass date, time and venue when you register.
Speak With Confidence
Your Value Deserves to Be Heard
You already have knowledge, ideas, expertise or a business worth communicating. Now develop the confidence and communication skills to express that value when it matters most.
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