Find out who comes on my public speaking courses…

Does this sound like you?

  • You dread public speaking and hate the adrenaline rush or stumbling over your words.

  • Even thinking about presenting makes you freeze.

  • You avoid public speaking whenever possible—but sometimes, it’s just unavoidable.

  • You’re a father (or mother) of the bride or you’re the groom, and this will be your first-ever speech.

  • You’d rather not be in the spotlight at all.

  • You’ve managed to steer clear of public speaking so far—but now, it’s caught up with you.

  • You’re afraid to show your true self in front of an audience.

  • You’re a nervous bride worried about walking down the aisle or being in photos.

  • You’re terrified that your anxiety—like blushing or shaky hands—will show and give you away.

  • You’ve tried other presentation courses, but they only taught you how to structure slides or make them “engaging”—not how to handle the actual anxiety and confidence issues.

  • You don’t want to talk about your fears in front of colleagues or workmates.

  • You struggle with impostor syndrome, constantly thinking, “I’m not good enough.”

  • You want a course that is focused more on psychology, rather than the ‘mechanics’ of speaking in public

  • You’re a perfectionist, and while that might serve you well in other areas, it’s not helping when it comes to public speaking.

  • Your last presentation went badly (even years ago), and you still can’t shake the memory.

  • You’re fed up with feeling nervous—even when it’s something as simple as speaking up in a meeting.

This is exactly my niche. For 25 years, I’ve worked with people who don’t enjoy public speaking. And I love it!

Now, take a look at the wide range of professions of the people I’ve helped…

The A-Z of people who have been on my course, 10 people at a time*

Academics • Accountants • Actors • Actuaries • Architects • Army Officers and ex-Army (most ranks apart from Field Marshall!) • Artists • Arts People • Avoiders of Public Speaking (most people) • Authors • Barristers • Best Men (lots of them) • Brides (not as many) • Business Psychologists • Business start-up people • Cage Fighter (one of them - I was extra polite!) •  Carers • Carpenters • Celebrants • CEOs (often anonymously) • CFOs (often anonymously) • Civil Engineers • Civil Servants • Change Managers • Charity Workers • Church Organisers • City Council Officers • Clinical Psychologists (lots of them) • Coaches • Comedians • Company Directors • Complementary Therapists • Computer Programmers • Concorde Pilot (retired) • Consultants for the NHS (lots of them) • Counsellors • Cruise Ship lecturers •  Designers • Doctors • Documentary Makers • Dominatrix (just one as far as I know) • Editors • Educational Psychologists • Electricians • Engineers • Environmental Consultants • Entrepreneurs • Estate Managers • Events Organisers (lots) • Facilitators • Factory Inspectors • Farmers • Fathers of the Bride (lots) • Festival Organisers • Film People • Fire people • Flavour engineers • Freelance people • Fundraisers • Funeral Directors • Furniture Makers • Gardeners • Geographers • Golf Club Captains (lots) • GPs • Grooms • Head Teachers (a fair amount) • Health Administrators • Health Visitors • Homemakers • Hypnotherapists • Human Resource Managers and workers (lots) • Investors • Ironing board Inventor • IT People • Job seekers • Lecturers • Managers (lots) • Managing Directors • Mathematicians • Mums returning to work • Naval Officers • Maritime Pilots • Neuroscientists • Novelists (quite a few)•  North Sea Oil workers • Nuclear Submarine Captain (retired otherwise he couldn’t have told us) • Nurses • Occupational Psychologists • Opticians • Osteopaths • Parkour Champion • Painters • Personal Assistants • Personal Trainers • Pharmacists • Photographers • Physiotherapists • Pilots • Planners • Podiatrists • Police Officers • Politicians (not many) • Preachers • Probation Officers • Professional Gambler • Project Managers • Proofreaders • Property People • Psychiatrists • Psychotherapists • Psychologists • Public Health Consultants • Public Speaking Trainers • Registrars • Retired people •  Researchers • Sales Reps • Scriptwriters • Secretaries • Scientists • Self-Employed • Sex Therapists • Sex Worker (just one as far as i know) • Shamans • Social Workers • Software Engineers • Solicitors • Speech and Language Therapists • Sports People • Statisticians • Story Tellers • Students (lots of them) • Tax Inspectors • Teachers • Tefl teachers • Thai Kick Boxers • Town Clerks • Town Planners • Trainers • Translators • Tree Surgeons • Valve designers • Vets • Vicars • Volunteers • Wedding Photographers • Web Developers • X-ray people (otherwise known as Radiographers and Consultant Radiologists) • Young People • Zoologists

People have travelled from these countries for my course
Dubai, France, Finland, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Kenya, Latvia, Netherlands, New Zealand (they were visiting relatives!), Nigeria, Norway, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and more before 2019 but my old database stopped working!

What next?

More information about my public speaking courses with a difference in Bristol, Manchester and London or go straight to the dates of all my courses. Find out about speaking to me here

I’ve been running these courses for 25 years. Find out about me, John Dawson, here

*I only ask for people’s occupation on my feedback form after the course. We don’t do “Where are you from” intro round. People are free to reveal what they do OR NOT on the course.

In their words… the reasons why people come

“To get over my fear of public speaking and gain confidence to speak in front of others without feeling terrified”.
KT Feb 2025

“Alleviate my anxiety around talking in front of people and getting across my message in the way I would like”.
T.A January 2025

“I would like to be able to speak and present in meetings with ease. I currently suffer from severe anxiety and panic attacks and avoid presenting where possible. This is hindering my job progression and career possibilities”
N.H. January 2025

“I need to get over my shaky voice and body, and phobia of public speaking”
PF, December 2024

“Less anxiety about speaking up in from of colleagues”
OM, December 2024

To get over nerves when making presentations at work - I am an architect. Also to prepare for a speech I have to give at my sister’s wedding this year!
CP, November 2024

To feel more confident when centre of attention. To get over fear of speaking in front of more than two people.
GM, October 2024,

“To finally stop feeling sick and anxious about public speaking. I want to be able to present confidently and to not worry months ahead of an event. The constant worrying is exhausting”
KT, September 2024

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