Public Speaking Skills 2 - Audience Engagement
Details
You’re standing on a stage. Alone. Exposed. Your palms start to sweat. Your mouth becomes so dry it feels like it’s full of sand. A buzzing starts in your ears. Your heart races. And just as you are about to speak, to begin your talk, your worst fear is realised. Your mind has gone completely blank!
Sounds pretty horrible doesn’t it? Has this ever happened to you?
Want to sound more confident and engage with your audience? Secure your spot for our second "Public Speaking Skills 2 - Audience Engagement" workshop by Elena Mercado, designed to help you command the room and captivate your listeners. Elena is a professional soft skills trainer and coach with over 8 years of experience providing corporate and executive training to clients from Thailand, China, Russia, Bangladesh, and the Maldives.
What's in it for me?
You will walk away with four highly effective, actionable strategies:
✅ Capture audience attention quickly. How to hook the room in the first 10 seconds.
✅ Build stronger connection and presence. How to transform your delivery from a monologue into a shared experience by focusing on non-verbal cues and authenticity.
✅ Use storytelling and interaction techniques. People remember narratives and experiences, not bullet points.
✅ Maintain audience energy. How to manage the natural ebbs and flows of audience attention throughout your session.
Agenda
📅 Date: Wednesday, 3 June 2026
⏰ Time: 18:30 - 19:00 Welcome & Mingling
19:00 - 20:00 Workshop
📍 Event venue: Treehouse Cafe & Bar, Sukhumvit Soi 31, Take BTS to Phrom Phong (Exit 1) and walk 900m to the venue.
RSVP so we can have an accurate headcount. There is no cost for attendance. Attendees are required to purchase a drink, or snack to support the venue. This helps keep these events running! Latecomers will not be allowed to enter the room to prevent disruption.
The venue agrees to donate on behalf of the group 15% of total consumption amount to the Foundation for the Education of Rural Children [(https://fercthailand.org](https://fercthailand.org/)/) providing scholarships to poor rural Thai students in Northern Thailand to finish high school. Empowering individuals and strengthening communities through education is our mission.
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