Vaktha participants see transformation

Hyderabad: The participants of Vaktha, a two-day training session on public speaking, described their experience as a`turning point’ in their lives. They found the tips provided by experts as significant for grooming themselves to face huge audience.

The training programme, jointly organised by HMTV and Kaushalya School of Life Skills on August 12 & 13, inspired scores of aspiring politicians, social workers and businessmen. Some of the participants of 56thbatch described this as a complete transformation in their attitude and body language during the two-days of training and expressed confidence that they would become good orators. While expressing satisfaction after the conclusion of training, they termed this training as a life time experience, which will transform them to become good public speakers.

The Director (Training), Kapil Group and the lead faculty of the programme D Bal Reddy said that the public speaking was a skill, which could only be honed by regular practice. He gave important tips and techniques related to public speaking.
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 the coordinating actions of hands.

K Srikanth, another faculty, explained important techniques of voice modulation, since a good speaker maintains a high tone while delivering the speech. He made students practise some of the important tips and showed how voice culture and modulation can make a person an effective public speaker.

While providing their feedback, M Srinivasulu from Nalgonda district said that through this training programme, he was able to assess himself. He would be improving his communication skills to gain edge at political and personal life. He noted that the session on `body language’ has given him an opportunity to learn, as to how one should maintain posture.

B Subhash from Medchal, who was advised by his friends to attend the training, felt that the skills learnt from the session would help him to deal with officials and public representatives and for his development in life. M Bansiilall, an aspiring politician, termed the 2-day training programme as a `power booster’ to help him become a good politician in the coming days. C Radhika, claims that she lost who lost her `stage phobia’ after attending the programme. She vowed to regularly practise the tips provided during the training.