Thurs 26th - Fri 27th June 2025 London
Venue address:
The course location is the October Gallery, 24 Old Gloucester Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 3AL.
Nearest Tubes: Holborn, Russell Square and Chancery Lane
Please choose between two rates: one for organisations or one for individuals paying for themselves
Venue address:
The course location is the October Gallery, 24 Old Gloucester Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 3AL.
Nearest Tubes: Holborn, Russell Square and Chancery Lane
Please choose between two rates: one for organisations or one for individuals paying for themselves
Venue address:
The course location is the October Gallery, 24 Old Gloucester Street, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 3AL.
Nearest Tubes: Holborn, Russell Square and Chancery Lane
Please choose between two rates: one for organisations or one for individuals paying for themselves
Choose between Standard rate or…
This rate applies if your place is being funded—fully or partly—by a company, organisation, or institution. This includes situations where your employer reimburses you after booking, or where you're attending as part of your professional role. If your employer is involved in covering the cost in any way, this is the correct rate to choose
Earlybird by 26th May: £570 + vat - total £684
Normal price: £642 + vat - total £770.40
Organisations - If you need an invoice, and/or to make more than one booking, or perhaps you need a purchase order on your invoice contact me here, John Dawson
choose Solo rate
You qualify for the solo rate if you are paying for yourself and there is NO organisational support for payment or you are NOT being reimbursed by your company. Offered at a reduced rate to support self-funded participants. If you’re investing in your own development without organisational funding, this rate is for you.
Earlybird payment before 26th May: £437.50 + vat - Total - £525 (save £100 by booking early).
Normal price: £520.83 + vat - Total £625
Solo Early bird - plus coaching - £600 save £70!
Get an hours coaching before or after the course for only £75 instead of £145. Book this and John will send you a link to book your coaching with him
Learn how to take your place in the world • two day public speaking course run by John Dawson
The taking your place in the world course is aimed at people who don't like public speaking or are struggling with it. This 2 day course has been running for 24 years
It will help you to learn how to feel more at ease in front of an audience, change how you feel about being the centre of attention, learn to speak publicly (in a conversational manner rather than performing) and to create an authentic connection with the audience. Many people who come on this course have previously found public speaking tricky to say the least. I know you might be nervous but time and time again people have said "I wish I had done this course 5 or 10 years ago!" The course really works with beginners as well as people who have been public speaking for a while but are still anxious. You’ll have the chance to absorb and practise what you have learnt on the first day and work with it on the following day. It's all about learning the new fundamental skills and re-thinking what we need for public speaking. Beginners is a strange term here as I get some people who have been speaking for a long time but are doing the wrong stuff and still feel grim - so it really means people who haven't learnt the new approach that I teach.
Course numbers: 6 people min - 10 people max
Course Timings: Day 1, 9.am - 5pm; Day 2, 9am - 4pm
On the course:
You will learn to feel more comfortable in front of an audience, be able to think on your feet and become more at ease when you speak.
You will understand what happens currently that gets in the way when we speak. We will talk about audiences and how we misunderstand what is happening in an audience. That's a key thing to understand.
You will learn how you can change that and then learn about the new skills (including Relational Presence) and the mindset we need in order to feel more comfortable in front of people.
On the second day we use what we've covered to find our own stories, who we are as speakers (sometimes it's the first time we can call ourselves a public speaker) and to focus more on content - always from a place of presence and inviting connection. A powerful place to learn to be. No previous experience required.
How I teach:
It’s an experiential course (learning through experience and discussion) which builds up the learning in very small steps, sometimes very baby steps! We learn about audiences and what gets in the way currently as public speakers. Most of the course is focussed on learning these new skills and the mindset changes we need to make public speaking simpler. We do this by:
Keeping the course numbers to 6-10 people so it’s a small enough course to have individual attention and big enough to feel like public speaking
Individual coaching throughout the course
Pair work exercises
Group conversations and exercises, building confidence and changing what it means to be the centre of attention
Gentle public speaking practice, building on what we are learning all the way through the course
Using ground-rules to set up the learning space to be as safe as possible
Open to any questions throughout the course
Clear course materials
Additional help through coaching can be arranged pre or post-course.
Money Back Guarantee:
All courses come with a money back guarantee.
Contact me:
You can contact me, John Dawson by e-mail on john@speaking-infront.co.uk or ring or WhatsApp me on 07730 550842 ( I can’t always reply quickly if I’m running courses or coaching etc)