‘Vaktha’ turns spectators into speakers

19th batch successfully completes the training programme

Hyderabad: Politicians and businessmen said they felt like spreading their wings to achieve new heights, after attending the 19th batch of Vaktha, which was jointly organised by HMTV and Kaushalya School of Life Skills on October 11 and 12.

The public speaking skills training programme, attended by people from different walks of life marked a change in them after the training by experienced faculty. Some of them who were afraid of holding a mike, now eagerly await an opportunity to grab it.

D Balreddy, director, Hyderabad Media House Limited and lead faculty explained all the important tips and techniques related to public speaking. While providing insights into the dos and don'ts of public speaking, he also explained the participants that to become a good public speaker one had to practice and prepare themselves.

They should also keep in mind the mood of audience all the times, he said. The participants, who tried to speak like an orator, explained that they could clearly recognise the deficiencies and would work on improving the same in the coming days. The session on ‘Influencer’, inspired the participants to become a good communicator, who plays a great role while influencing people with his or her attitude. S Anand Parjanya, faculty on body language trained the participants on maintaining their posture while delivering a speech and communicating at a public place. He explained as to how the orator should communicate the subject with coordinating actions of hands. While giving their feedback, N G Lakshmi, United Bank of India employee, felt that change had occurred in her during the two day training sessions. Now, she eagerly waits for an opportunity to speak, rather being shy.