Free Public Speaking Resources

The Institute for Public Speaking is dedicated to improving the quality of speakers in the UK. To that end we gather useful resources that people can use to develop their skills.

We offer everything from instant access top tips that you can read in a jiffy and use right away, to useful documents that can be read, digested and applied over time, to video tutorials, so you can get almost have a teacher to yourself.

We have the following sections:

Professional Speaking Hints & Tips	Read and go - quick, practical tips for making your speech go smoothly and make a good impression
Public Speaker Article Bank	More in depth articles about public speaking, including timing, guide to going proferssional and an introduction for beginners
Courses & Workshops	Downloadable public speaking courses and guides and links to workshops and seminars (when they are available)
Useful docs for Professional Speakers	Such as planning documents and sample speaker engagement contracts
Video Tutorials on Public Speaking	Coming soon! Video tutorials for public speaking
Related Services	Listings of related services, such as web design and photography.

 

Got something to contribute?

If you are an experienced speaker and are also passionate about teaching good presentation skills, then please do get in contact with your contributions, which once approved, will be added to our resources pages.

After something in particular?

We welcome suggestions from our members and visitors, so if there's a particular aspect of speaking that you'd like some help on that we haven't covered yet, please do get in contact and let us know what it is - we'll do our best to meet your needs.