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Unlock your potential and become a confident public speaker with public speaking classes in Los Angeles. Gain essential skills, build self-confidence, and command attention in any setting with expert guidance and practical experience.

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Public Speaking Gym

Captivating Speakers @ 20600 Ventura Blvd, Woodland Hills, CA

Captivating Speakers Gym Where Public Speaking Is Fun Our Speakers Gym is a fun-filled, activity-based group class, where members learn invaluble Soft Skills such as Public Speaking, Leadership, Teamwork and much more. Based on over 30 years of research in neuroscience, social and behavioral psychology, our system always gets results. Curriculum Critical & Creative Thinking Skills – Think and speak on your...

(15) All levels 18 and older
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Creative Minds: Storytelling That Stands Out & Sells

Captivating Speakers @ 20600 Ventura Blvd, Woodland Hills, CA

Creative Minds is a fun-filled, activity-based group class, where students learn the invaluable skill of impactful storytelling. Every class focuses on a different part of storytelling, from characters to plot to how you can incorporate stories in your business' marketing to make more money... and everything in between. Curriculum Creative Thinking Skills — Tell stories spontaneously Delivery — How to deliver a great story with impact...

(15) All levels 18 and older
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How to Overcome Your Fear of Public Speaking

Santa Monica College @ SMC Bundy Campus, Santa Monica, CA

Whether you are giving a formal presentation to an audience, or asking your boss for a promotion, speaking skills are essential to getting ahead in a professional setting. The fear of public speaking is very real, but there are techniques to overcome it.  Learn tangible ways to bring out your best self and give you the confidence you need in speaking situations.

(513) All levels 18 and older
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$99

3 sessions

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Mock Trial, Public Speaking & Debate

East Los Angeles College @ ELAC Virtual Classroom

Are you a person of passion and conviction, with a love for critical thinking and dialogue? In this class, students learn to use logic and other rhetorical tools to support their positions and to express themselves succinctly and skillfully.  Students learn to walk and talk with assuredness and purpose, overcome jitters, and deliver speeches with confidence and animation! Note: Instructions on how to access the course will be sent by...

(250) All levels 8 - 12 years old
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$80

5 sessions

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Overcome Your Public Speaking Fear- Trial - LA

Zenspeak - Public Speaking Center

Overcome public speaking fear with gradual exposure, in a supportive environment. Observe a trial class to see if it's right for you. Based out of New York City for 30 years, we are now offering these classes online to an international audience. This one trial class is a typical class session to see if the US$425/10 session program is right for you. The instructor will be happy to answer any questions following the session. Once the 10 session...

(59) All levels 18 and older
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Public Speaking - Talk on Your Feet

El Camino College @ 334 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA

Tap into your own genius and find your voice!  In a creative environment learn how to diffuse your issues around public speaking and feel confident speaking your mind during interviews, performance reviews, auditions, and more.  By utilizing improvisational skills organize your thoughts, develop, and write your own material as you discover your public persona; and learn how to connect one on one or with any type of audience. Your classroom...

(174) All levels 15 and older
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$59

6 sessions

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Storytelling Bootcamp

Writing Pad @ 688 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA

It's you, up on stage regaling a packed house of adoring fans with the epic tale of your first French kiss. Let Moth presenter and Master Storyteller Brian Finkelstein share his tips for turning life's minutia into epic tales of triumph and woe. In this one day class, you'll learn how to tell an interesting, succinct, and funny story in your voice. Through fun in-class exercises, Brian will cover techniques for structuring a "big-life" story,...

(59) All levels 18 and older
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Storytelling at Light Speed: A Flash Fiction

Writing Pad @ 688 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA

In the world of Twitter and TiVo, attention spans have been reduced to fractions of a second. With flash fiction, that’s exactly what we’re going to give them: blazing fast stories so compelling and compact that even an ADD stricken reader is unable to resist. Successful short story writer Matthew Specktor will give you everything you need to know about this special format to generate your own super cool story that can fit on a postcard. In 1000...

(59) All levels 18 and older
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Pop Up Public Speaking: Practice for Professionals

General Assembly @ 360 E 2nd St, Los Angeles, CA

Strengthen your public speaking skills with fun exercises and group practice activities alongside other professionals looking to rehearse in a supportive environment. Experience is necessary when it comes to becoming a more seasoned speaker. While we can be offered opportunities, be it leading a presentation at work, speaking on a panel event, or giving a wedding toast, these moments can often be filled with pressure and nerves. This event is designed...

(2637) All levels 18 and older

What’s The Word Wednesdays

Irie Vibes Artists Space @ 6563 Normandie Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Gia stands on her own two feet spitting the powerful intensity of truth Opening hearts and minds. Join us on monthly for an evening filled with the Hottest Spoken Word Artists in the Country expressing their politics through poetry.

(2) All levels 18 and older
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$5.64
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Story Time Plus: A Performed Essay Workshop

Writing Pad @ 688 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Performance essays are all the rage, and in this five-week class, master storyteller Brian Finkelstein will teach you how to be a yarn-spinning pro. You'll do fun, improvised storytelling drills, learn about the structure of performance essays, and explore ways to use your pieces to boost your writing career. Brian will show you how to transform relationships gone bad, family feuds, and life’s minutia into two riveting five-minute pieces. He’ll...

(59) All levels 18 and older
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$415

3 sessions

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StoryTelling

YouTellYours.com @ 4150 Riverside Dr, Burbank, CA

All bookings need to be made exclusively through http://YouTellyours.com as we cannot accept bookings through 3rd party applications. This is our storytelling introduction course, that takes you from understanding the diversity of stories, to forming your own 5 minute story and telling it to a small audience. As soon as you sign up there is an online lesson with 5 short videos and some audio stories to get you started. Then you’ll...

(1) All levels 18 and older
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$395

11 sessions

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Screenwriting Bootcamp: Dream It, Write It, Pitch It

Writing Pad @ 10200 Venice Blvd, Culver City, CA

The spec script market is hot right now, but to play the game, you have to have a finished movie script. In this five-week screenwriting bootcamp in Los Angeles, veteran screenwriter Wayne Powers (“The Italian Job”) will help you shepherd your amazing screenplay from concept to outline and teach you how to sell it. We’ll explore your ideas, beat out your story and solidify your theme. Wayne will share his personal techniques for crafting an...

(59) All levels 18 and older
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$595

5 sessions

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Three-week Storytelling Bootcamp Series

Makers Mess @ 602 N Hoover St, Los Angeles, CA

In this workshop with David Crabb, students will learn advanced mining exercises to help find the meaningful stories from their lives. Through exercises & brief lectures about structure, details and truth, each student will leave class with a compelling 6-10 minute story. Learn advanced techniques to mine for stories from your past experiences. Find out how to craft your story in a way that will keep your audience engaged. Explore performance...

(62) All levels 18 and older
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$200

3 sessions

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Environmental Storytelling (Hybrid Learning – Six Sessions)

Los Angeles Center of Photography

This course is designed for those who would like their work to make a difference and to improve their visual storytelling skills in the process.  We will meet six times over a six-month period, both in-person as well as virtually, with a field work session where we will explore some of the techniques and tools together on location.

(41) All levels 18 and older
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$565

6 sessions

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Storytelling: Presentations to Elevator Pitches

The Story Source @ 555 W 5th St, Los Angeles, CA

Storytelling for Business People: Presentations to Elevator Pitches Not all pitches are created equal. You may think you’ve got a unique product, service or business idea but if you can’t tell a compelling story, your message will get lost in translation. In this workshop, you’ll learn how to use stories and narrative techniques to capture the attention and interest of your audience. In this workshop, you'll gain knowledge of the different...

(298) All levels 18 and older
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Storytelling for TV Writers

Writing Pad @ 1132 Van Pelt Ave, Los Angeles, CA

Want to have an engaging short story to pitch yourself on the fly when running into a creative exec, showrunner or agent at a party, networking event or in a meeting? How do you use your stories to pitch in a room or get staffed? Let 2x Moth GrandSLAM winner, Moth Host and successful screenwriter Matteson Perry share his tips for turning moments of your life into riveting elevator pitches that will leave listeners begging for more. You’ll practice...

(59) All levels 16 and older
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$430

4 sessions

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From Pitch to First Draft: Writing the Television Drama

Writing Pad

Do you have a great idea for HBO's next hit series? Let successful TV writer Jason Grote (“Mad Men”, “Smash”) help you transform your brilliant premise into a page-turning script! You’ll sample the different genres of TV dramas, plan a season arc that keeps the audience hooked, and break your pilot story just like they do in the writer’s room. Jason will show you how to dramatize your life’s details, create realistic dialogue, and...

(59) All levels 18 and older
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Radio Storytelling: A Recorded Storytelling Workshop

Writing Pad @ 10200 Venice Blvd, Culver City, CA

Have you ever wanted to have your story aired on “This American Life”? In this class, KCRW “Unfictional” Producer Bob Carlson will show you how. Through fun, in-class exercises, you’ll learn the differences between performed and broadcast storytelling. By the end of the class, you’ll have produced and recorded a story for the air waves that you can send out. Pretty soon, you just might get a call from Ira Glass. Price includes snacks...

(59) All levels 18 and older
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$425

5 sessions

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Pitching Your Film & T.V. Project

Los Angeles City College @ 855 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA

If you want to develop a bulletproof presentation, come learn the right way to pitch your project, get people interested in you, and make a deal instead of a mess. Find out how to approach, and what to expect in/from a pitch meeting, whether scheduled or impromptu. You only get one chance to make a first impression - don’t blow it!

(782) All levels 18 and older
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