
Advanced course: how to enjoy - yes, enjoy - public speaking
Instructor: Guy Yariv
- Times: every Thursday, 18:30-21:30
- Price: 1,800 NIS for the full course (not including preparatory school)
450 NIS for a single workshop - Opening: August 16th
Course description
If the basic course is designed to make people less afraid of speaking in front of an audience, the advanced course sets a higher bar - to enjoy standing in front of an audience.
And not just to have fun. The goal is not just that the participants finish the class and feel that they enjoyed speaking in front of an audience, but that they come to the class and know in advance that they are going to enjoy speaking in front of an audience. In fact, the goal here is to really create a new habit ('conditioning', the psychologists call it) that speaking in front of an audience is something to enjoy and not just to be afraid of.
As in the basic course, each session begins by learning a new technique in a structured and practical way. Then comes the practice, in which each participant practices in front of the whole group twice in each lesson, and at the end of the feedback phase, in which each participant receives a detailed assessment of the performance and recommendations for improvement. The difference is that along with maintaining professionalism, this time more emphasis is placed on practice and enjoyment.
There is no obligation to pass the The basic course to participate in the advanced course
Lesson |
Topic |
The content of the lesson |
9.8 |
workshop crowd anxiety |
(for an additional fee) for anyone who has neglected safety in front of an audience or who simply feels the need to repeat the basic material of the course in order to arrive prepared - (Preparatory workshop for an additional fee) |
16.8 |
A super-useful workshop in which we will learn how to say good things about ourselves without blushing, how to point out our strengths without being perceived as arrogant or pushy, and more | |
23.8 | teaching skills and guidance |
In this workshop we will learn the difference between giving a speech and teaching (pace, examples, level of expectations) and we will acquire useful tools to improve the training such as working correctly with a blackboard, or how to get listeners to write and participate |
30.8 |
debate club | In the workshop we will practice debating - that adrenaline-pumping intellectual game that helps 'get into' the mind of speaking in front of an audience. In the workshop we will emphasize improvisation, dealing with questions and problems, and thinking quickly on your feet. |
6.9 |
lifting shot |
The holidays are upon us, and regardless, each of us is sometimes asked to say words of blessing. In the workshop we will learn a brilliant formula that brings out a spontaneous and exciting blessing every time... |
13.9 |
Numerical workshop stories |
A workshop that teaches how to hold an audience, how to develop a story and achieve tension and concentration. In the workshop we will practice reducing and expanding personal and well-known stories. |
20.9 |
An experiential workshop in the open air of Yarkon Park/Neve Tzedek. Each participant will receive a card with a description of a place in the park on which they will have to guide the rest of the group. |
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Rhetoric: the art of speech and persuasion

Speech preparation service: Let's get the The most persuasive speech By Mumi Rhetorika
To be successful in speaking in front of an audience and in persuading an audience, you need to understand how different it is from a dialogue, and in what ways it is different.
The basis of the difference is the one-sidedness of speech in relation to dialogue. A lack of feedback - which is present in a dialogue but missing in a speech in front of an audience - prevents us from understanding the state of the conversation, and therefore creates a feeling of disorientation (which causes fear of the audience in many). It's such a natural and automatic process that we don't think about it at all, until we have to speak in front of an audience. For the full article
What is the art of speech?
Rhetoric is often defined as the art of speech and persuasion. According to a classic definition, this is an artistic activity that aims to derive aesthetic pleasure from speaking in front of the audience, its excitement and its persuasion. Nowadays, it is more common to see rhetoric as an art rather than an art (craft vs. art), that is, a collection of tools and techniques that allow the skilled professional to achieve his goal in a beautiful and effective way.
In my opinion, rhetoric - both as an art and as an art - is measured in three dimensions: the content, the style and the context. Controlling each of them is essential, since in the absence of one the value of the other two is lost. Rhetoric: The Full Article
How do you actually learn rhetoric?
To learn rhetoric you need three components: theory, practice and feedback.
- First it is important to learn the theory, so that we can understand what we are doing and to organize the experience we will gain into a framework.
- The practice allows us to put the theory to the test, and examine how we use it in reality to achieve our goals.
- The feedback checks the practice and compares it to the theory, thus allowing us to correct the theory if it did not meet the test of reality, as well as find and correct the mistakes of the practice.
The public speaking school makes sure that each course includes theory, intensive practice for each participant, and detailed feedback with lots of constructive criticism. For rhetoric: learning to speak
Examples of classical rhetoric
To reach high levels in rhetoric, it will be very valuable to know the achievements of great orators from the past, and the techniques they used to achieve these achievements. The list below presents and explains some great speeches from history, and helps us see to what extent speeches can be both an effective tool for changing opinion on the one hand, and an exciting and enriching experience on the other.
- Menachem Begin's "Speech of the Chachachims".
Menachem Begin, in a heavy Polish accent, tears apart his uncle Topaz and the Ashkenazi arrogance of the formation. - David's lament over Saul and Jonathan
Safra and Seifa - even generations of Bible teachers could not spoil it. - Elazar Ben-Yair's speech at Masada
How do you make 967 people commit suicide together? - Blood Sweat and Tears by Winston Churchill
The peak of pathos - Churchill at his peak vowed not to surrender to the Nazis - I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King
It's hard to believe, but until King's speech the phrase "I have a dream" was not a cliché - The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
If you want to know what everyone is talking about - here is the distilled example of today's greatest rhetorical talent.
and other famous speeches by Moshe Dayan, King DavidAbraham Lincoln, David Ben Gurion, Yitzhak Rabin, David Grossman, Roosevelt, John Kennedy (at the coronation and inBerlin), Benjamin Netanyahu, Abu Mazen, Barack Obama, Shakespeare (Brutusand Antonius), J. K Rolling and others
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