The ability to present your thoughts and ideas in succinct, engaging language and to hold the undivided attention of an audience is a good skill-set to have... at any time! The Drama-based Public Speaking course is your first step toward becoming a sincere and engaging speaker with ‘presence’.
The course will focus on your strengths and develop a platform on which to build your speaking skills. Students will be trained to take out of their comfort zones. In this course you will learn by doing through a carefully designed process of learning. Drama-based materials and techniques will be utilised to expand your public speaking ability and increase the scope of your comfort zone. The course is conducted in a small group of 8-10 participants to ensure ample attention is given to individual needs. Students will practice and present a speech at the end of the course.
Drama-based Public Speaking - Beginners
Course Information
Course Code:EEXC_6MAR2024A
Discipline: Executive Training
Tutor: Howard Paley
Teaching Medium: English
Age Limit: 16 or above
Course Schedule
Period: 6 March 2024 - 27 March 2024 (Wednesday)
Time: 7:30-10:00pm
Location: HKAPA, Wan Chai (TBC)
Number of Sessions: 4
Course Fee
Regular fee: HK$ 2,600
Price Options
A discount may be offered to the following applicants. Please enter coupon code when checkout.
Early Bird Discount (10%)
( until 15 Jan 2024)
[coupon code: EB2024]
Senior citizen card holders (10% off)
[coupon code: SENIORCITIZEN]
Holders of registration card for people with disabilities (10% off)
[coupon code: REGDISABLED]
Full-time students (16 years old or above) (20% off )
[coupon code: FULLTIMESTUDENT20]
Card holders of Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers (10%)
[coupon code: HKFEWMEM]
The discount is only applicable to such card holders themselves. The card holders cannot enrol on behalf of other parties with the discount offers.
EXCEL reserves the right to a final decision in case of any disputes.
Tutor's Profile
Tutor: Howard Paley
Howard is a professional actor, director, drama teacher and public speaking coach.
Passionate about the performing arts for most of his life, Howard directs, performs and coaches in dramas, musicals, commercials, films and corporate role-plays.
He further honed his skills in New York City and Los Angeles where he spent 20 months immersing himself in performing, scene study and audition techniques.
With his unique methodology and blend of drama and commercial experience, Howard has worked across Asia designing, leading and coaching drama-based public speaking coaching, role plays, workshops, classes and presentation & sales training for clients such as Richemont Group, Mont Blanc, Grand Hyatt Hotels, Estee Lauder, Colliers, GlaxoSmithKline, Jardines, Swire, PepsiCo, Philip Morris International, The Gap, Dairy Farm, ANZ, UBS, Deutsche Bank, Hong Kong Monetary Authority and many others. He also teaches in secondary and tertiary institutions including HKAPA EXCEL, Shantou Technical University (STU), Guandong Israel Insitute of Technology (GIIT), HKU, CityU, HKUST and numerous local and international schools.
Recent stage credits include:
· Stage Directing: for the HKAPA EXCEL on Roger & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and Broadway, Here I Come.
· ‘Night, Mother by Marsha Norman, Boy Gets Girl by Rebecca Gilman
· Lead Acting: Midsummer Night’s Dream, Twelfth Night, 9 Circles, Address Unknown, An Inspector Calls, Oleanna, Art, Death of a Salesman, The Sneeze & Other Tchekov plays , Glengarry Glen Ross, The Shadow Box, etc.
Film: Theory of Ambitions, Chasing the Dragon, Crazy Rich Asians, Las Vegas to Macau III, Lost for Words, Johnny English II, Spicy Mac Project, LA Forensics
Commercials: Nokia, Bank of America, Dairy Farm, Herbal Honey Candy, Pfizer, Cathay Pacific
