I’ve been coaching public speaking and interview techniques for the past 6 years, with some of my trainees including 30+ elected MPs, Ministers and members of the Cabinet.
I was asked to travel to North Macedonia to provide public speaking and media training to female MPs and politicians from North Macedonia, Albania, Kosovo, Bosnia & Herzegovina and El Salvador. It was a really enjoyable and valuable session - and my first time coaching a room full of people for whom English was not their first language.
Special thanks to the Westminster Foundation for Democracy & the Conservatives for organising an amazing conference, and for offering me the chance to provide training to such a brilliant group of politicians.
Public speaking is definitely a skill that can be mastered - it’s a case of practice makes perfect!