Programs Overview

Goddess Of Public Speaking offers 2, step-by-step programs to suit every woman's personal and professional growth as a radiant, authentic communicator and leader:

1. Confidence and Connection

2. Speech Craft and Delivery

 

1. Confidence & Connection

This program is ideal for women who avoid public speaking or who really “just want to get it over with”. They lack the skills of authentic connection to emotionally engage with their audience and to feel totally comfortable within their own skin. Both result in missed opportunities - personal and professional. Goddess Of Public Speaking offers Confidence & Connection through a variety of programs to suit you. Each program shows you how to:

  • Be coherent and clear about your purpose and message.
  • Deepen your self-confidence, self-trust and self-belief.
  • Develop a heart to heart connection with your audience.
  • Be at ease with eye contact, pausing and silence.
  • Manage speaking fears and develop inner calm.
  • Think on your feet and stand your ground.Be fully present and authentic.
  • Give short impromptu talks.
  • Identify your personal strengths and use to your advantage.
  • Deepen your emotional intelligence and interpersonal communication skills.

2. Speech Craft & Delivery

This program is ideal for women who want to speak from the heart with authentic confidence and deliver powerful kpow! presentations. Women who want to deliver it all, in other words! Without a backbone of logical structure and asking for what you want, your message is lost. Goddess Of Public Speaking offers Speech Craft & Delivery through a variety of programs to suit you. Each program shows you how to:

  • Learn to build genuine trust and rapport with a group.
  • Engage attention at your opening and create a heartfelt connection.
  • Develop engaging stories and case studies to explain your services and ideas.
  • Be fully present with coherent flow and clear outcomes.
  • Deepen your self-confidence, self-trust and self-belief.
  • Empower and inspire an audience to take action.
  • Prioritise and declutter unnecessary detail to focus on the main points.
  • Finish with simple "how to" steps and a compelling offer for the audience.
  • Expand your emotional intelligence and interpersonal communication skills.
  • Prepare and deliver a professional presentation that’s real, raw and authentic, rather than perfect, polished and "powerpointed". 

Confidence & Connection is delivered via these options:

  • DIY E-Workbook
  • Private Coaching
  • 1 Day Workshop
  • 2 Day Intensive
  • 4 Day Retreat for Women
  • Half Day Intro Workshop
  • 6 Week Course

Speech Craft & Delivery is delivered via these options:

  • DIY E-Workbook – Coming Soon
  • Private Coaching
  • 1 Day Workshop
  • 2 Day Intensive
  • 4 Day Retreat
  • Half Day Intro Workshop

Coaching & DIY Programs

Private Public Speaking Coaching

Private Public Speaking Coaching is for clients who want to "cut to the chase" and work directly on deepening authentic speaking confidence with Geraldine Barkworth.  They learn best one on one and want confidential, tailored support. Coaching clients can choose between a structured learning program or simply undertake sessions as needed. Private Coaching is available via phone, skype/video and face to face.

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DIY E-Workbooks For Nervous Public Speakers

Goddess Of Public Speaking offers step-by-step Do It Yourself e-Workbooks for nervous public speakers wanting to free their Inner Public Speaker by themselves. DIY Confidence & Connection is available now and DIY Speech Craft & Delivery will be available mid 2012.

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Retreats & Workshops

The Goddess Of Public Speaking techniques can be used to speak with ease and authenticity with one-to-one, or one to many. Group Participants will come away with concrete public speaking skills and as a bonus, they will deepen their self-confidence and interpersonal communication skills.

For maximum effectiveness, retreats and workshops are designed for 6 -10 participants only. This ensures each participant gains personal, experiential training and individual coaching in a safe, small group.

Read our Events Calendar to learn about our upcoming open programs. 

For all Corporate Training queries, please email Geraldine Barkworth to discuss your event.

4 Day Retreat

Transformational Speaking Retreat For Women

Our Retreat is an exclusive working-holiday for busy women. Let’s face it – if you are finally going to learn public speaking and find your authentic voice, you may as well do it in comfort, style and beauty. Our Retreat is ideal for professionals who need to address a long-standing issue holding their career or life back – the ability to speak with ease and authenticity in public
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2 Day Intensive

Fast Track Authentic Speaking For Professionals

The 2 Day Intensive is for highly motivated professionals who are short on time, learn fast… yet need to slow down! It is ideal for professionals who need to speak from the heart with authentic confidence and deliver powerful presentations. The 2 Day Intensive covers the material in the 1 day workshops below – Speaking With Confidence & Connection and Speech Craft & Delivery
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1 Day Workshop

Speaking With Confidence & Connection

This experiential one-day workshop demonstrates that effective communication with others begins with first connecting with the self. It is particularly suitable for nervous public speakers (experiencing a “disconnect”) and those who wish to speak with greater depth and authenticity to build long-term relationships based on trust. Once connection with the self is established, then connection, trust and rapport with others follows.
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1 Day Workshop

Speech Craft & Delivery

This experiential one-day workshop shows participants how to structure and deliver a tailored presentation while still maintaining authentic connection and presence. Participants learn to hone and craft their essential message using a simple structure as backbone. This workshop follows Speaking With Confidence & Connection 1 Day Workshop.
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½ Day Workshop

Confidence, Connection & Presence

Confidence, Connection & PresenceThis short, hands on workshop is an introduction to learn how to:Manage speaking fears & develop inner calm,Establish trust, rapport and presence 1 to 1 and 1 to many,Increase your comfort with pausing and connecting with eye contact.
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½ Day Workshop

Your Essential 30 Second Message

This short, hands on workshop shows participants how to:

  • Give 30 second self introductions anywhere, anytime,
  • Hone their essential message into 2 compelling minutes,
  • Increase their edge and make a positive, memorable first impression.

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6 Week Course

Confidence & Connection

Confidence & Connection is a 6 week course (2 hours per week) currently held once a year in the Byron Bay area, northern NSW, Australia. The emphasis is on learning how to manage speaking nerves and how to connect authentically with yourself and with an audience, heart to heart. This course is particularly well suited to people who feel very nervous and avoid speaking at all costs. It is also suitable for those who feel confident but want to enjoy it more, inspire others and experience a deeper sense of authentic connection with their audience
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