Beesy Academy

Speaking With Authority

Hold a room, answer the hard question, and finish on time.

Level
Beginner
Duration
5 weeks
Price
$249
Course code
CS-115
Overview

Speaking well at work is a physical skill, which means it responds to practice and not to reading about it. This course is built around that. You speak in every session, you are recorded, and you watch the recording. The first time is uncomfortable and it is also the fastest feedback available to you.

Five weeks covers structuring a talk so an audience can follow it without notes, using your voice and body deliberately, handling the question you were hoping nobody would ask, working with nerves rather than against them, and speaking to a camera when half the room is remote.

It suits people who present internally: updates, proposals, training and the occasional conference talk. Cohorts are capped at sixteen so that everybody gets airtime every week.

Who this is for
  • People who present at work and dread it
  • Managers running team meetings and all hands sessions
  • Specialists explaining technical work to non specialists
  • Anyone preparing for a first conference talk

Next Cohort

Applications open
  • Q4 2026Monday 5 October 2026
  • Q1 2027Monday 11 January 2027
  • Q2 2027Monday 12 April 2027
  • Q3 2027Monday 5 July 2027

Applications for the Q4 2026 cohort close on Friday 18 September 2026. We reply to every application within two business days.

Beatrix Onwuka

Speaking, facilitation and workplace writing

You will be recorded speaking in the first session and again in the last one, and you will watch both. Progress you can see is progress you keep.

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Beginner, no prior training assumed. One live session of ninety minutes each week, plus about three hours applying it to your own work. Sixteen seats. Full details on how enrollment works.
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Module plan

5 modules across 5 weeks.

Each module has one live session and one piece of practice applied to your own work.

  1. Week 1

    Structure an Audience Can Follow

    Building a spine somebody can repeat afterwards, and finding the one sentence your talk actually exists to deliver.

  2. Week 2

    Voice, Pace and Stillness

    Using pace and pause deliberately, breathing so your voice holds, and what to do with your hands.

  3. Week 3

    The Question You Are Dreading

    Preparing for the hardest three questions, answering honestly when you do not know, and taking back the room afterwards.

  4. Week 4

    Nerves as Equipment

    Working with adrenaline rather than trying to remove it, and a pre talk routine you can run in a corridor.

  5. Week 5

    Speaking to a Camera

    Holding attention when you cannot read the room, and running a session where half the audience is remote.

Outcomes

What you will be able to do.

By the last session of Speaking With Authority you will have practised each of these on your own work, not on a case study.

  • Structure a talk around a single clear message
  • Use pace, pause and stillness deliberately rather than by accident
  • Answer a hostile or unexpected question without losing the room
  • Run a pre talk routine that makes nerves usable
  • Present to a camera and a mixed room without dropping either audience
Same field

Also in Communication and Public Speaking

Speaking, writing and facilitating so that the room understands you the first time.

Where to next

Ready to take Speaking With Authority?

Applications for the Q4 2026 cohort close on Friday 18 September 2026 and we reply within two business days. Questions about fit or prerequisites go to hello@beesy-academy.com.