CLIC: Public Speaking Club

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Are you looking to build confidence in public speaking in an informal, supportive and relaxed environment? Join our club designed to help you gain confidence and develop a toolkit of speaking skills. You’ll learn essential tips and strategies, while receiving feedback from both peers and professionals. Seize this chance to learn the art of rhetoric and the power of the spoken word.

Whether you're aiming to captivate audiences, motivate teams, or inspire change, this club will give you the tools and confidence to make an impact.

Our first session features published author and renowned TEDx speaker Guy Doza. For over a decade, Guy has worked with C-suite executives, directors, and intergovernmental organisations, in areas including justice, gender and AI technology, and with the universities of Cambridge, Oxford, Harvard, Georgetown and Columbia.

• All staff and students from Cambridge University Engineering Department
• Further details regarding CLIC's eligibility criteria are available here

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Number of sessions: 7

Building confidence in public speaking

In-person workshop

2 hours

On Mondays in Michaelmas term

• CLIC: Core skills: Active Listening
• CLIC: Core skills: Effective correspondence
• CLIC: Core skills: Supervisor/Student Communication
• CLIC: Speaking skills: Fluency and Appropriacy
• CLIC: Speaking skills: Fluency and Appropriacy (Advanced)
• CLIC: Speaking skills: Practising your presentations in English
• CLIC: Speaking skills: Pronunciation Skills
• CLIC: Writing for Engineers: Avoiding common errors
• CLIC: Writing for Engineers: Beautiful Blogs
• CLIC: Writing for Engineers: Review of academic writing
• CLIC: Writing for Engineers: Self-editing techniques
• CLIC: Writing for Engineers: Unpacking journal articles for vocabulary
• CLIC: Writing skills: Writing for Engineers (New PhD and MRES students)
• CLIC: Writing skills: Writing for Engineers (PhD students)
• CLIC: Writing skills: Writing for Engineers (Postdocs)