B-Speak! Webinars
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Getting Comfy with Public Speaking
In this interactive webinar, B-Speak coach Ray Smith will lead you through a set of public speaking exercises that will practice your ability to make up short speeches on the spot. Impromptu speaking is not a static skill that you either have or don’t have. It can be developed in order to enhance your social conversations (formal and informal), class discussions, work meetings, and question and answer sessions. No matter your job, impromptu speaking is a skill that you can build in order to increase your comfort and clarity on the phone, in videoconferences, in meetings, or in your classroom.
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Meet the Instructor
Ray Smith
Ray Smith has had a passion for public speaking in all its forms since joining his Speech and Debate Team in high school. Since 2000, he has worked steadily in theater as an actor, director and teacher. He completed the Second City Theater Conservatory in Toronto in 2007. He has acted in 3 dozen scripted shows and has been in hundreds of improvisational theater performances. He has directed 10 productions and been a stage manager on 18 shows. He began teaching public speaking in 2011 and coaching the Speech and Debate team at Woodberry Forest School in 2013. During his time at Woodberry, he raised the profile of the team, leading them to consistently land in the top ten in Virginia every year. Ray believes in an audience-centric approach to public speaking: know your audience; write your speech with your audience guiding you; deliver your speech in a shape that fits your audience. Ray is also fluent in Spanish, and has taught it at the high school and pre-school levels. He studied Spanish at the University of Virginia and Middlebury College.
Designed for YOU!
We designed B‑Speak! initially at the request of top U.S. business schools and their international students/graduates who were seeking a more personalized, high-level English coaching program. We now work with business students and working professionals from around the world. We continually update our courses to meet their needs and adapt to our constantly changing times.
What Our Students Say
Nattinee S.
Mason School of Business
B‑Speak! helped me get through the first year of my MBA program. For me, Ellie is more than a speaking coach, she is my friend!! She not only fixed my accent and grammar but also helped me with the culture shock.
Jinkai L.
Fuqua School of Business
The interview prep sessions — all of the tricks, conversation starters and practice we did — were so helpful because I was going through some interviews at the time. The interviews went pretty well, actually, and I went into another round for one position and now I’m getting calls from HR for another position, so that’s really great!
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