FAQ
About Vensa Coaching
Vensa Coaching is a UK-based public speaking coaching company led by James Evans, Director and Lead Coach.
Vensa Coaching works with individuals seeking one-to-one public speaking coaching and with organisations looking to develop their teams through interactive presentation skills workshops.
Clients include Deloitte, Google, Microsoft, KPMG and Kensington Palace.
James and the Vensa Coaching team help professionals at every level – from recent graduates to C-suite executives – overcome speaking nerves, communicate with clarity and present with genuine confidence.
Workshops are delivered across the UK, Europe and the Middle East.
‘He understood my fears and nerves and helped me deal with them. I’ve put everything he taught me into practice and it’s made a huge difference … Thank you, James!’
– Carmen Cacicedo Jaroszynska, Man Group
Public Speaking Coaching
How does one-to-one public speaking coaching actually work?
One-to-one public speaking coaching is a personalised, structured process through which a coach works with you individually to identify and overcome the specific speaking challenges holding you back.
These could be nervousness, structuring your thoughts or engaging your audiences.
At Vensa Coaching, one-to-one public speaking coaching is delivered over a series of 1hr sessions via Zoom.
Each session follows a clear structure: you and your coach will pick a particular challenge (e.g. dealing with nerves) and your coach will introduce relevant tools and techniques from our library, work through them with you in real time, give you the opportunity to practice and refine your approach.
Your coach will then set practical homework to keep progress moving between sessions.
Sessions are conversational, practical and entirely focused on your goals – not generic advice.
Public speaking confidence is not a personality trait. It is a trainable professional skill – and one-to-one coaching is the fastest way to develop it.
How many public speaking coaching sessions do I need?
The number of one-to-one public speaking coaching sessions you need depends on your goals and starting point, but most clients work with a coach over 3 to 6 sessions.
A three-session public speaking coaching package covers the core building blocks – managing nerves, finding your words and projecting confidence – and is ideal if you have a specific event coming up or want to address a particular challenge quickly.
A six-session package is more comprehensive and suits clients who want to make a deeper, lasting shift in how they communicate.
Our Director James will always discuss and recommend the right number of sessions for your specific goals during your free consultation call.
Can public speaking coaching help with nerves and anxiety?
Yes – and it is one of the most common reasons people come to Vensa Coaching.
It’s also one of the areas where coaching consistently produces the fastest results.
Whether you experience a racing heart before a presentation, go blank mid-speech, rush your words when nervous or struggle to appear calm when you are not, public speaking coaching provides practical, evidence-based techniques to address each of these.
Sessions work through practical tools and techniques for settling nerves before you speak, finding your words when you are under pressure and sounding calm and confident once you are up there.
Many clients who have struggled with speaking anxiety their whole careers report a meaningful shift within the first two or three public speaking coaching sessions.
Victoria Searl of Data Hawks described how coaching helped her ‘reframe her anxiety and find an authentic voice’. She went on to become a headline speaker at a major industry event. Lottie Evitt of InPost called it ‘a game changer’. Oliver West, Partner at Simmons and Simmons said ‘coaching over just a few sessions has been truly transformative to my public speaking abilities … I used to consider public speaking as something to be avoided but I now actually enjoy it.’
Take a look at our additional testimonials to learn more.
What else can public speaking coaching help with?
Beyond overcoming nerves, one-to-one public speaking coaching helps with a wide range of speaking challenges that affect professionals at every level.
Common areas include:
- Speaking off-the-cuff in meetings, without notes or preparation time
- Structuring thoughts clearly and speaking credibly under pressure
- Improving tone of voice, body language and eye contact
- Delivering more persuasive pitches, proposals and client presentations
- Speaking with greater gravitas and executive presence
- Preparing for high-pressure job interviews, conference talks, panels, webinars and media appearances
If communication is part of your professional life – and for most people it is – public speaking coaching could be a very good investment.
How long does it take to see results from public speaking coaching?
Most clients notice a meaningful shift within their first two to three public speaking coaching sessions.
Early sessions focus on immediate, practical techniques you can apply straight away – not theory you have to work out how to use later.
The speed of progress depends on your starting point, the consistency of practice between sessions and what you are working towards.
Clients preparing for a specific event, e.g. a conference keynote, a board presentation or a job interview, often see rapid improvement when there is a clear goal in sight.
Longer-term transformation, the kind that changes how you show up in any speaking situation, typically develops across a full public speaking coaching programme of three to six sessions.
Most clients leave their very first session with at least one technique they can use immediately to feel better and speak with more confidence. That is the point!
What makes Vensa Coaching different from other public speaking coaches?
Vensa Coaching is a specialist public speaking coaching company, and sessions are built around a clear set of practical tools and techniques rather than generic performance tips.
Those tools address the three things most speakers struggle with: anxiety in the days beforehand, the fear of going blank, and looking or sounding nervous in the moment.
Clients leave with techniques they can use in any speaking situation, not only the presentation that brought them to us.
Our Director James has personal experience of overcoming speaking nerves himself, which means he understands the challenge from the inside – not just in theory.
He has delivered one-to-one public speaking coaching and team workshops for professionals at Deloitte, Google, Microsoft, KPMG and Kensington Palace.
Most public speaking advice focuses on endless practice. But this can cement bad habits. Vensa Coaching focuses specifically on feeling, looking and sounding confident. This transformation is what clients can expect.
Is one-to-one public speaking coaching worth it?
For most professionals, yes – and the return on investment tends to be significant.
Public speaking and communication skills affect nearly every area of professional life: career progression, client relationships, leadership credibility, the ability to influence decisions and the confidence to step into bigger opportunities.
Clients of Vensa Coaching’s one-to-one public speaking coaching programme have gone on to deliver headline keynote speeches, secure senior roles, lead high-stakes client pitches and take on leadership positions with a confidence they previously thought was beyond them.
Vensa Coaching holds a 4.9/5 average rating, with 100% saying they would recommend the company to others. As Angela Campbell of Dalberg Group put it: ‘100% whom you want on your side.’
Pricing varies depending on the package you opt for.
A free initial consultation call is available to help you decide whether coaching is the right next step.
‘I felt calm, confident, and even enjoyed the experience. The difference in how I felt compared to previous presentations was remarkable’
– Gary Silver, BKL
Corporate Public Speaking Workshops
What happens in a corporate public speaking or presentation skills workshop?
A corporate public speaking workshop is a structured, practical training session designed to improve a team’s ability to communicate confidently, clearly and persuasively – whether in client presentations, internal meetings, conference speeches or video calls.
Vensa Coaching’s Supercharged Speaking workshop is available as a full day, half day or one-hour lunch and learn and is built around interactive individual and group activities throughout.
Delegates cover the core skills most professionals need:
- Managing nerves and anxiety before and during presentations
- Speaking clearly and confidently without over-relying on notes or slides
- Using voice, body language and tone to engage any audience
- Speaking off-the-cuff, convincingly
- Projecting gravitas and persuasiveness in high-stakes situations
Every delegate receives a ‘public speaking playbook’ at the end of the session – a practical reference resource covering the key techniques from the day.
What makes a Vensa Coaching team workshop different?
Vensa Coaching is a specialist public speaking training company – not a general communication or soft skills provider.
Every workshop is built around practical tools and techniques for managing nerves, finding your words and sounding confident, and is tailored to your team rather than delivered off the shelf.
Before the workshop, our Director James will work with you to understand the specific speaking scenarios your team faces, the audiences they present to and the challenges they want to address.
The exercises, examples and scenarios used on the day are built around your team’s real context – whether that is sales presentations, client pitches, conference speaking, internal updates or graduate onboarding.
The results speak for themselves: Vensa Coaching holds a 4.9/5 rating for both content and activities across all workshops, with 100% of delegates recommending the training.
Clients include Deloitte, Google, Microsoft, KPMG, Cartier, Bausch & Lomb and Kensington Palace.
To find out more book a free consultation call with our Director.
How do I measure the ROI of a presentation skills workshop for my organisation?
The most useful measure is the one you set before the workshop. Agree what you want to be different afterwards: more people willing to present, tighter client pitches, clearer updates in meetings, fewer last-minute requests for someone else to do the talking.
Every Vensa Coaching workshop ends with a feedback form for each delegate, scoring the content and the activities. Across all workshops the average is 4.9 out of 5, with 100% of delegates saying they would recommend the training.
The measures that matter to the business show up over the following weeks: who volunteers to speak, how client presentations land, and what managers notice in meetings. Rob Travers at Bausch & Lomb reported they were ‘already seeing results in the field in terms of sales revenues’. Olivia Parr at Deloitte Digital described ‘consistently high praise and feedback from across their teams’.
James is happy to talk through what to track for your team on a free consultation call.
Can a speaking workshop be customised to our team?
Yes. No two Vensa Coaching workshops are the same.
Before the day, James will talk to you about the speaking situations your team actually faces, the audiences they present to and the habits you want to change. The exercises, examples and practice scenarios are then built around that: sales presentations, client pitches, conference talks, internal updates, graduate onboarding or whatever your team does most.
The core tools and techniques stay the same. What changes is how they are taught and what delegates practise on the day.
Format is flexible too: a full day, a half day or a one-hour lunch and learn, in person or online.
How long should a presentations workshop be?
Long enough for people to take in the tools and techniques and then try them out. Hearing an idea is not what changes anything: practising it in the room, with feedback, is what makes it stick.
Vensa Coaching runs the Supercharged Speaking workshop as a one-hour lunch and learn, a half day or a full day.
The one-hour version introduces the core techniques and works well as a taster or a conference session, though there is limited time to practise.
A half day gives every delegate time to practise and receive individual feedback from James, which is where the real change happens.
A full day lets the group work through several real scenarios, from client pitches to speaking off-the-cuff, with coaching along the way and a public speaking playbook to take home.
James will recommend a format once he understands your team, the group size and what you want to change.
What is the ideal group size for a workshop?
Vensa Coaching corporate public speaking workshops work best with between 6 and 15 delegates.
This range ensures every participant receives individual practice time and direct feedback from James during the session – which is what makes the training genuinely transformative rather than purely observational.
For larger teams, James is happy to discuss running multiple workshop cohorts to ensure every group receives the same standard of personalised attention and interaction.
Does Vensa Coaching offer follow-up or ongoing support after the workshop?
Yes.
Follow-up support is available in two forms.
Every delegate receives a ‘public speaking playbook’ at the end of the workshop.
This is a tailored summary of the key techniques and tools covered during the day, designed to be a practical resource they return to when preparing for future presentations.
Beyond this, Vensa Coaching offers individual one-to-one public speaking coaching sessions for any delegates who want to continue developing their skills after the workshop, either to prepare for a specific upcoming speaking event or to build further on the foundation the workshop has provided.
What outcomes should we expect from a corporate public speaking workshop?
By the end of a Vensa Coaching corporate public speaking workshop, delegates will have practical, immediately applicable tools for managing nerves, speaking clearly and confidently, engaging their audiences and holding the room – whether in a client pitch, a conference presentation or an internal meeting.
Clients consistently report that teams leave with both a tangible boost in confidence and the skills to back it up:
- Olivia Parr at Deloitte Digital described ‘consistently high praise and feedback from across their teams’, calling it a ‘testament to the value added to their people and business’.
- Alex Antill at Cartier reported their people ‘felt great about their public speaking and presenting abilities after the workshop’.
- Rob Travers at Bausch & Lomb noted they were ‘already seeing results in the field in terms of sales revenues’.
- Nell Conway at First Draft News highlighted that ‘James delivered tangible techniques for the team to use on an ongoing basis’.
Can workshops be delivered for global teams across multiple locations?
Yes. Vensa Coaching delivers corporate public speaking workshops in person across the UK, Europe and the Middle East and online for teams based anywhere in the world.
For organisations with teams across multiple regions, James is experienced in running multiple workshop sessions – either in person at different locations or via video – ensuring a consistent standard of public speaking training across the whole organisation.
All workshop content is adapted for the relevant team context regardless of where delivery takes place.
‘gave me the encouragement and confidence to own the stage’
– Angela Luna, ADIFF
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