Knowles Training Institute · Philippines
Fundamentals of Public Speaking Course in Philippines
Build practical skills to recognise audience needs and speaking situations, communicate respectfully and work effectively across diverse teams. Delivered privately for organisations in the Philippines, onsite, virtual or at an arranged venue.
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What is the Fundamentals of Public Speaking course?
Professionals are often expected to explain ideas, present information and speak to groups with different needs and expectations. This course helps participants plan clear messages, deliver with confidence and engage audiences effectively and adaptability.
Public speaking skills help professionals structure ideas, communicate clearly, manage nerves and respond effectively to audiences. These skills support respectful collaboration in diverse organisations.
Learning public speaking helps professionals communicate with greater clarity, reduce avoidable presentation problems and adapt their approach when working with different audiences. the workplace.
In this Fundamentals of Public Speaking course, participants will learn practical approaches for recognising audience needs and speaking situations, challenging assumptions, adapting communication and building inclusive working relationships. The emphasis is on practical behaviours that can be used in everyday workplace interactions.
Speaker awareness
Recognise audience needs, speaking goals, assumptions and context.
Presentation communication
Adapt communication to different audiences, personalities and workplace contexts.
Perspective taking
Consider different perspectives before interpreting behaviour or intent.
Audience engagement
Build audience connection through clarity, confidence and participation.
Confident interaction
Use active listening, questioning and clarification when engaging audiences.
Managing presentation misunderstandings
Address audience questions and misunderstandings with clarity and composure.
Is this course right for your team?
A quick check against what this programme does and does not set out to do.
A good fit if
- Your team needs to present ideas, reports, proposals or information clearly to internal or external audiences
- Employees need practical guidance for confidence, clear communication, presentation structure and audience engagement
- You want a consistent approach to inclusive communication and workplace interactions
- Staff are expected to speak in meetings, briefings, presentations or events without formal public-speaking training
- You need people to adapt their communication and delivery across different speaking contexts
Consider another course if
- You need specialist legal, compliance or diversity policy advice rather than practical skills training
- Your priority is specialist psychological assessment, counselling or clinical support rather than workplace skills training
- You are looking for formal accreditation rather than practical workplace learning
- You need specialist media training, advanced executive speech coaching or highly specialised performance coaching
Not sure? Tell us the situation and we will point you to a better-fitting programme.
What business problems does this course help address?
These are common workplace situations organisations address when they seek practical public speaking training.
Speaking confidence affects workplace communication
Requests are dealt with in the order they arrive rather than by priority, so important tasks slip.
Presentations lack clear structure and key messages
Commitments made in meetings or email are not tracked through to completion.
Speakers struggle to engage different audiences
Documents and files are stored inconsistently, so retrieving them takes longer than it should.
Speakers rely on slides instead of clear verbal communication
Messages need clarifying, which generates extra correspondence and delay.
Teams struggle to manage speaking pressure and presentation tension
Staff rely on manual workarounds instead of the programs already available to them.
Ideas are harder to understand when delivery lacks clarity and confidence
Details are overlooked during busy periods, and the rework costs more time than the original task.
What participants will be better able to do.
Below is the list of course benefits of our Fundamentals of Public Speaking course in Philippines.
Below is the list of course objectives of our Fundamentals of Public Speaking course in Philippines.
- Recognise how culture can influence workplace behaviour and expectations
- Identify speaking habits, assumptions and presentation blind spots
- Adapt communication for different audiences, personalities and workplace contexts
- Use active listening and questioning to check understanding
- Understand audience, message and presentation factors relevant to effective speaking
- Recognise how speaker awareness can support trust, inclusion and collaboration
- Respond constructively when audience expectations or presentation situations differ
- Handle questions, objections and challenging moments with clarity and composure
- Work effectively with different communication and decision-making styles
- Navigate differences in meetings, feedback and workplace norms
- Build inclusive team practices across diverse groups
- Create practical personal actions for more confident and effective public speaking behaviour
How the two days are structured.
Each stage builds on the one before it, so participants leave with a practical method for navigating audience needs and speaking situations rather than a set of disconnected tips.
- STAGE 01
Prepare
How audience needs and speaking situations can shape workplace expectations, behaviour and collaboration.
- STAGE 02
Structure
Consider audience, context and potential audience needs and speaking situations before important interactions.
- STAGE 03
Deliver
Adapt language, listening and feedback to improve presentation understanding.
- STAGE 04
Engage
Respond constructively when audience expectations, questions or reactions differ.
- STAGE 05
Improve
Build practical habits that support confidence, clarity, credibility and audience engagement.
What the course covers.
Below is the list of course content of our Fundamentals of Public Speaking course in Philippines.
- What is public speaking at work?How self-awareness and speaker awareness can shape workplace expectations, behaviour and interaction.
- How audience needs and speaking situations can influence communicationHow audience needs, speaker habits and communication preferences influence presentations.
- Why public speaking matters at workHow speaker awareness supports empathy, trust, collaboration and effective working relationships.
- Recognising assumptions about audiences and speaking situationsHow assumptions, nerves and presentation habits can influence delivery and audience response.
- Presentation communicationAdapting communication when audience needs, topics or expectations differ.
- Audience engagement and connectionPractical behaviours that build trust, cooperation and productive workplace relationships.
- Listening and audience perspectiveUsing curiosity, clarification, empathy and active listening to understand different viewpoints.
- Feedback and presentation improvementManaging audience questions, objections and challenging moments constructively.
- Managing speaking pressureRecognising audience responses in meetings, presentations, briefings and high-pressure situations.
- Public speaking in practiceApplying speaker awareness to everyday workplace situations.
- Managing presentation misunderstandingsAddressing confusion or tension before it affects workplace relationships.
- Personal action planningTurning learning into practical habits for inclusive collaboration.
How participants learn.
An active learning approach. Short facilitator inputs, realistic scenarios, small-group practice, role-play, application to workplace situations, and structured reflection.
- 01
Learn
Short, focused facilitator input on speaker awareness and why it matters.
- 02
See
Worked examples and realistic scenarios drawn from diverse workplace situations.
- 03
Practise
Small-group activities and exercises where participants practise the approach.
- 04
Apply
Participants apply the approach to their own presentations, briefings and workplace speaking situations.
- 05
Reflect
Structured review and an action plan for more audience-aware behaviour.
Where participants can apply these skills.
The workplace situations where participants can apply the course material once they return to work.
Presentation notes and written materials
Adjusting presentation notes and written materials for clarity, structure and audience context.
Meetings and presentation delivery
Managing meeting expectations, participation and etiquette across different norms.
Briefings and stakeholder presentations
Giving and receiving feedback to improve presentation delivery and audience engagement.
Team presentations and group briefings
Building shared understanding and participation in diverse teams.
Customer and stakeholder presentations
Adapting approach when serving diverse customers, partners or stakeholders.
Questions, objections and difficult moments
Responding constructively when emotions, assumptions or presentation expectations contribute to tension.
Who should attend this course?
This Fundamentals of Public Speaking workshop in Philippines is suitable for people who work with colleagues, customers, stakeholders or teams who need to present ideas clearly and need practical skills for respectful presentation communication.
- All Staff Within An Organisation
- Managers
- Team Leaders
- HR and L&D Professionals
- Supervisors
- Officers
- Customer-Facing Staff
Prerequisites & experience level
No prior experience or formal qualification is required. The programme is pitched at foundation to intermediate level and works well for mixed groups where participants have varied experience working across audience needs and speaking situations.
Group size
- Minimum: 1 participant
- Maximum: 25 participants
We keep the session interactive at every size, so everyone takes part in the discussion and the hands-on practice.
How the two days run.
The standard delivery is 2 full days, 9am to 5pm. The outline below shows the shape of a typical day; the exact running order is confirmed with you before delivery.
Day one: public speaking fundamentals and communication
- 9:00Welcome, objectives and speaker awareness fundamentals
- 10:30Audience needs and speaking situations, assumptions and workplace impact
- 11:30Recognising assumptions and adapting workplace behaviour
- 13:00Lunch
- 14:00Listening and audience perspective
- 15:30Managing speaking pressure
- 17:00Day one review and reflection
Day two: delivery, engagement and application
- 9:00Recap and applying speaker awareness to workplace situations
- 10:30Presentation communication
- 11:30Public speaking in practice
- 13:00Lunch
- 14:00Managing emotionally charged misunderstandings
- 15:30Personal action planning and best practices
- 17:00Action planning and close
Format, customisation and facilitator.
Format & delivery
The duration of this Fundamentals of Public Speaking in Philippines workshop is 2 full days. Knowles Training Institute Philippines will also be able to contextualise this workshop according to different durations.
- 3 full days
- 2 full days · 9am to 5pm (standard)
- 1 day
- Half day
- 90 minutes
- 60 minutes
Delivered onsite at your premises, at an arranged venue, or live online.
Customisation
The programme can be contextualised to your organisation without diluting the core capability or depth of learning. Commonly adapted:
- Examples and terminology from your sector
- Activities built around your own documents and processes
- Duration and depth of each topic
- Participant level and mix of roles
- Action plans aligned to your objectives
Facilitator matching
We match the facilitator to your audience and context rather than assigning whoever is free. We consider:
- The seniority and mix of the group
- Your industry and working environment
- The delivery format and language of the session
- The specific outcomes you have asked for
A pre-course consultation is held before delivery so the content lands on the day.
What participants receive.
Each participant will receive the following materials for the Fundamentals of Public Speaking course in Philippines.
Learner’s Guide
A workbook covering the full course content, used during the session and kept afterwards.
Course Handouts
Exercises, templates and reference sheets used in the practical activities.
Presentation Slides
The slide deck used during the course, provided for later reference.
Certification of Completion
Each course participant will receive a certification of training completion.
Included with every booking, at no additional charge.
Pricing and investment.
There are 4 pricing options available for this Fundamentals of Public Speaking course in Philippines. Course participants not in Philippines may choose to sign up for our online Fundamentals of Public Speaking training course.
USD 679.97
Unlimited participants
USD 259.97
Per participant
USD 419.97
Per participant
USD 569.97
Standard delivery
What’s included
- Pre-course consultation
- Customised content, where applicable
- Facilitator and training materials
- Venue or virtual delivery
- Post-course follow-up, where applicable
40%
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What our participants say
Written feedback published on our Knowles Training Institute reviews page.
Good if can also tailor to the level of participants in the workshop (similar to how it was conducted today). The trainer is very flexible!
It’s a great session with Karan, really appreciate the well-planned training materials and his facilitating skills.
I was totally engaged in his training and was able to pick up the theoretical information from his excellent communication skill.
Why organisations choose us
Everything you need to know before you enrol.
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Who is this course designed for?
All staff within an organisation, managers, team leaders, HR and L&D professionals, supervisors, customer-facing staff and anyone who works across diverse teams or communities.
What are the learning objectives of this course?
Participants learn to recognise audience needs and speaking situations, identify assumptions, adapt communication, listen across perspectives, handle confident and effective public speaking situations and build more inclusive working relationships.
Do participants need any prior experience?
No. The programme is pitched at foundation to intermediate level and works well for mixed groups where some participants have had little or no formal prior training in this area.
What is the duration of the course?
Standard delivery is 2 full days, 9am to 5pm. We can also contextualise the workshop to 3 full days, 1 day, half day, 90 minutes or 60 minutes.
Is the programme available online?
Yes. We deliver interactive, facilitator-led virtual sessions with the same activities, discussion and practice as the in-person format.
Can this course be customised for our organisation?
Yes. We adapt the examples, terminology, activities, duration and action plans to your industry and objectives, without diluting the core capability or depth of learning.
What is the group size for this course?
Group sizes run from a minimum of 1 participant to a maximum of 25. Smaller groups allow more individual attention, and the format stays interactive at every size.
Will participants receive a certificate on completion?
Yes. Each course participant will receive a certification of training completion.
What training methodology do you use?
An active learning approach: short facilitator inputs, real examples, small-group practice, application to your own workplace situations, and structured reflection.
Will we receive course materials?
Yes. Each participant receives a learner’s guide, course handouts and the presentation slides used during the course, plus a certification of training completion.
Is there any pre-course preparation?
No formal pre-work is required. We do hold a pre-course consultation with you to understand your goals, audience and context so the scenarios and emphasis fit your needs.
Is there post-course support?
Yes. Participants keep all resources, and we provide post-course follow-up where applicable to help sustain application back at work.
Can the course be delivered at our workplace?
Yes. We deliver onsite at your premises in the Philippines, or at an arranged venue that we can recommend for you.
What are the technical requirements for online training?
A stable internet connection, a device with a camera and microphone, and access to the video platform agreed in advance. We share joining details and run a quick check beforehand.
How much does the course cost?
There are four options: USD 679.97 for a 60-minute lunch talk session, USD 259.97 per participant for a half day, USD 419.97 per participant for 1 day and USD 569.97 per participant for 2 days. Group discounts of up to 40% are available.
When is the next available date?
Contact us for the latest Fundamentals of Public Speaking course in Philippines schedules. Email [email protected] or send an enquiry using the form on this page.
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Available across the Philippines.
Our corporate training course is also available in the cities and provinces below. We deliver onsite at your premises, at an arranged venue, or live online wherever your team is based.
- Quezon City
- Manila
- Davao City
- Caloocan
- Cebu City
- Zamboanga City
- Taguig
- Antipolo
- Pasig
- Cagayan de Oro
- Parañaque
- Valenzuela
- Bacoor
- General Santos
- Makati
- Dasmariñas
- Las Piñas
- Mandaluyong
- Bacolod
- Muntinlupa
- Angeles
- Baguio
- San Jose del Monte
- Tarlac City
- Calamba
- Malolos
- Santa Rosa
- Iligan
- Marikina
- Navotas
- Boracay (Aklan)
- Palawan (Puerto Princesa City)
- Bohol (Tagbilaran City)
- Siargao (Surigao del Norte)
- Coron (Palawan)
- Vigan (Ilocos Sur)
- Sagada (Mountain Province)
- Batangas (Batangas City)
- Batanes (Basco)
- Dumaguete (Negros Oriental)
From enquiry to delivery.
You will always know what happens next, and nothing is committed until you have seen the scope and the cost.
- STEP 01
Send your enquiry
Tell us your dates, numbers and preferred format using the form below.
- STEP 02
Pre-course consultation
We discuss your goals, audience and context so the content fits.
- STEP 03
Receive a proposal
Scope, schedule and quotation, with time to consider before agreeing.
- STEP 04
Confirm and prepare
Dates locked, materials prepared and the facilitator matched to your group.
- STEP 05
Deliver and follow up
The course runs, and post-course follow-up sustains it back at work.
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