Best Public Speaking Courses In Toronto Near Me

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If you’re tired of being asked to speak up or repeat yourself…

If you’re frustrated because your input doesn’t get the recognition or consideration it deserves…

If you’re discouraged because your voice makes you seem small, shy or inexperienced…

I help business professionals, who need to speak more effectively, overcome limitations and develop practical skills to become clear, confident, engaging speakers.

Jay Miller has a passion for helping people become more effective communicators. He believes a good speech has the power to change lives and make a difference in the world.

With past experience teaching at universities, and coaching on film sets, Jay now focuses on assisting personal and corporate clients – and has developed a reputation as one of Canada’s finest voice and speech coaches. He’s been consulted by the CBC, The Globe and Mail, National Post, The Toronto Star, and ELLE Canada, and has appeared on City TV and Discovery Health.

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Your voice program has helped me tremendously, and in unexpected ways. I’ve been much more engaged with people, and continuously create more of a collaborative team environment. I deal better with conflict, and make my points in a discussion more emphatically. Taking time to breathe properly has been at the core of it all, and with your training, it has been much easier to master. So thank you again. Your class had a very positive and lasting effect.

Your voice training has had an impressive impact on my daily life. I feel even more confident than before, and more comfortable conveying my ideas and thoughts, because people now get engaged easily when I speak. I’ve also become very aware of the way I talk. I more quickly notice the poor habits we’ve discussed and fix them right away. In fact, most of my breathing and speaking problems are gone already!

When I started voice and speech training with you, we set three goals for improving an area of my business. After taking the lessons and applying them fully, I’ve found it has not only helped what I initially wanted, but improved every aspect of my life. I sound and feel stronger, I’m more confident, and I see things in a different way. Before I started with you, if someone told me voice lessons would affect far more then my voice, I would have laughed them off. How wrong I would have been!

4worldlovers: A dynamic, visionary performer, director, and storyteller, Carolyn Thompson’s passion for performance grew out of a homelife imbued with eclectic musical tastes, from the roots reggae and calypso favoured by her mother to the 80’s rock her older brothers enjoyed. These diverse sounds and energies laid the foundation for a lifelong passion for telling moving, compelling stories through music.

In her early years, Carolyn joined the string ensemble – learning classical technique on the cello, upright bass, and viola – and attended drama classes – finding her confidence and freedom on the stage, before joining choir, where she performed classical, music theatre, and pop. Hooked, she knew this was her calling.

In her debut solo public performance (senior year of high school), Carolyn performed Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody,” partnering with Jim Creeggan on electric bass and Ed Robertson on guitar (of Barenaked Ladies fame). The rush transformed Carolyn’s trajectory, and continues to ignite her every performance, charming new and return audiences alike!

With a spellbinding fusion of Jazz (Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington), Acid Jazz (Brand New Heavies, Incognito, Jamiroquai), Soul (Chaka Khan, Jill Scott), R&B (Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston) Pop (Michael Jackson, Luba) and Funk (Stevie Wonder, James Brown) influences, Carolyn captivates audiences of all sizes. From festivals such as the renowned Toronto Beaches International Jazz Festival and the Taste of Little Italy as the frontwoman of Cobra Kings, Project Phoenix, and more, to playing the Toronto circuit as the lead of the Carolyn T Band, her electric personal continues to engage and invigorate audiences.

Strongly focused on supporting her community, Carolyn has headlined local events, including the 2007 and 2008 Think Pink fundraisers, Diva Night 2008 (featured on CITY-TV’s Breakfast Television), and Diva Night 2009 Mother’s Day. She also launched the Open Jam Night @ Harlem Restaurant in 2009, emceeing the weekly community event to promote local Jazz, Soul, R&B, and Funk musicians and performers. This event held a central place in the Toronto music scene until its final jam session on 2012. She also has hosted a TEDx talk (Stage fright: Carolyn Thompson at TEDxMilton), and was interviewed on CTV Pop Life(How can you conquer a fear of stage fright? The Pop Life panel discusses) with singers Keiza and Ambur Braid.

Having worked to overcome her own performance anxieties, Carolyn leveraged those experiences in 2009 to launch her brand, Vocal Euphoria, where she partners with clients and individuals eager to explore their own voices, goals, and performance capabilities. With an intuitive approach, she empowers clients to lean into fears and anxieties to achieve the authenticity and strength that can only come from a place of vulnerability. From bands and performance groups, to individual actors and vocalists, to public speaking students, Ms. Thompson builds tailored coaching strategies that effectively utilize client strengths, doubts, and targets to propel outstanding personal growth. Key coaching engagements include: Voice Coach Expert in an episode of NewlyWed Nearly Dead, Voice & Performance Group Sessions at Centennial College, and Performance Sessions with PriceWaterhouse Cooper. She has also served as the Keynote Speaker for the Beaches Rotary Club and 3rd Annual "Womans Worth" Events.

4worldlovers: Do your presentation skills and communication skills fall short of matching your expertise and knowledge?


Do you have complex ideas and thoughts that you wish to deliver in a way that is easily remembered when speaking impromptu?

Do you want to be more eloquent and persuasive in high-stakes meetings and presentations?

If your response is YES to these questions, then our presentation skills training will provide a substantial and permanent improvement to your speaking skills.

Accountants, lawyers, executives, sales staff and other professionals, either in the early stage of their career or already successful leaders, all will benefit from our presentation skills training.

Our immediately effective presentation skills training and communication skills training is ideal for those who desire to raise their speaking skills to a higher level to reflect their advanced analytic or writing abilities.

For the past 25 years, we have specialized in highly transformational presentation skills workshops that include expert coaching, guided exercises, practice, extensive videotaping, feedback, and individual performance recommendations. Our training will bring about substantial and permanent improvement to your presentation skills. We have developed highly effective techniques for presenting complex thoughts and ideas in formal presentations, as well as “thinking of your feet” in impromptu situations such as large, small and 1-on-1 meetings.

We provide a two-day small-group personal coaching communication skills training every month in Toronto, Ontario. Learn more about our Two-Day Commanding Presence Advanced Presentation Skills Workshops

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Running for nearly 20 years, English School of Canada has educated over 30,000 students from more than 50 countries. Students appreciate and are engaged with the multicultural student body they study with at our fully accredited school. At English School of Canada, we focus on teaching with our award-winning teachers and programs and activities to give our vibrant and dynamic students a true Canadian experience.


General English Programs are for all students from beginner to advanced levels, and these are the best way to start studying in Canada. Improve core English language skills Become more accurate in speaking and writing


General English Programs are for all students from beginner to high advanced levels, and this is the best way to start studying in Canada. Improve core English language skills Become more accurate in speaking and writing


This intensive program consists of three classes daily. The first class focuses on understanding and effectively using vocabulary (including collocations, idioms, register, discourse and formality). The second class will concentrate on the structure, mechanics, style and tone of sentences. Finally, the third class will illuminate how to write various academic, business, professional, and functional compositions. In addition to these practical objectives, this class will show students how to put themselves in the correct mindset to write, how to plan to write as well as how to implement editing and revision strategies. Creativity, flexibility and risk-taking will also be emphasized.


This course is designed to transform students into confident and expressive English speakers. It is ideal for students who possess a solid understanding of English grammar but struggle to express their ideas clearly. Each day, students focus on various features of spoken English, including effective use of idioms and slang, the mechanics of speaking, and public speaking.


This program is designed for students who are working in or plan to work in an English-speaking health care environment. Doctors, nurses, lab technicians, and other medical professionals benefit from learning the general English language and communication skills needed for their field. The program also teaches students the specific language skills and vocabulary needed in a health care workplace. It covers speaking, listening, and reading on a wide range of topics from technical skills to ethical concerns, from communicating with patients to discussing issues with colleagues. The program includes health care studies, job skills, and medical terminology lessons to improve fluency and proficiency.


This program is designed to prepare students seeking to take the Academic IELTS Test and to enter into higher education. The course familiarizes students with the style and content of the four modules for the IELTS test: academic reading, academic writing, speaking and listening. It also prepares students for life in university through study of formal writing style, academic vocabulary building, and the formation of clear opinions during class debate. Students are introduced to a new test technique each day and are provided with regular test practice.


This fast-paced and demanding course covers all four parts of the TOEFL iBT: listening, speaking, reading and writing. Students learn the test-taking tips and strategies that will help them achieve the TOEFL iBTscore they need. Practice tests are an important part of the program. Students are provided with regular computer work and test practice so that they can apply newly learned strategies under test conditions.