SPEAK's mission is to promote public speaking, debate, education, and advocacy. The SPEAK team provides free, public speaking and debate courses. We offer the SPEAK program as either an eight-week curriculum or a day-long seminar.

 

Your voice, your program, your way!

 

The SPEAK curriculum consists of instructional presentations and interactive group work which focus on the following:

• Session 1: Why Debate? Debate as a Tool for Professional Practice

• Session 2: The Principles of Public Speaking: Voice, Body, Structure

• Session 3: Let's Have a Debate: Selecting a Topic

• Session 4: Conducting Thorough Research

• Session 5: Constructing Solid Argumentation I

• Session 6: Constructing Solid Argumentation II

• Session 7: Refutation

• Session 8: Let's Have a Debate: Final Presentation

 

​If you are interested in hosting a SPEAK program at your school or organization, please contact Jessica Bullock at jessicabullock@speaksolutions.org.

 

Feel free to read our instructor profiles at "Meet the SPEAK Team" or learn more about our current programs and partnerships.

 

 We look forward to hearing from you!​