I am writing to express my gratitude to David for his tutoring me in speech. I applied for the job as General Manager leader of the WA Youth Jazz Orchestra this year and was fortunate enough to be the successful applicant.
Although I was confident in my skills to do the job, the public speaking part of it terrified me. David has helped me so very much in this area - to the point where I am more excited to speak in front of people rather than scared. He helped me speak more confidently and articulately. He even assisted me with my notes and introduced me to a better way of writing my speeches.
David is patient, clear and encouraging - all of which helped me change my attitude, strip away the unnecessary jargon and build my confidence in being able to do what i needed to do for my job.
I could not recommend David more highly enough and I am so very grateful that I found him.
Monique Douglas - General Manager | WA Youth Jazz Orchestra General Manager | WA Youth Jazz Orchestra December 7, 2021
One of the challenges when you have deep knowledge of a subject is to ensure your message and concept is understood by the audience.
I struggled to keep my message on point, until David unravelled my words, challenged their meaning and helped repackage them in a format that resulted in a significant increase in enquiries and new business.
Highly recommend David to anyone who requires words to hit home.
Kareena Waters - Managing Director Industry OneCARD™ June 23, 2020
In my experience David Robinson is a professional public speaking coach of the highest calibre.
Before I began sessions with David, I had thought of myself as a reasonably competent public speaker. As a lawyer and journalist I had given many talks.
However, in his typically supportive manner he showed me how I could vastly improve my presentations.
The advice he gave me, whether about content or the manner of presentation, was so brilliant I have highly recommended him to others and I would do so to anybody who asked about him.
I also observed him coaching more hesitant public speakers and saw him imbue them with confidence and bring them to a point where their public speaking skills had been enhanced beyond recognition.
Michael V. Day author of Journey to a Mountain, Brisbane December 16, 2016
Recently I was asked to do a fairly lengthy presentation for a specialist conference. I do not enjoy public speaking and the topic I was given was quite nebulous. This caused me considerable anxiety.
Fortunately Mr David Robinson gave me very useful advice and practical hints on content and presentation. This help enabled me to polish up the delivery and become self aware of mannerisms that may have diminished the overall effect.
I duly delivered the presentation and was heartily congratulated by the audience for both it’s content and my style. I have Mr David Robinson to thank for giving me the confidence to achieve this, particularly as he armed me with facts about presentations and how they are received.
Vicki A June 27, 2016
I am so pleased I decided to enroll in David Robinson's public speaking course this year. Not only has cured me of my shyness and inability to speak in public but also given me confidence to be able to discuss situations in meetings as well. I felt very comfortable in all the sessions I attended. He is a great teacher.
Lucy D June 27, 2016
I was impressed by David’s professionalism.
Although I was a fairly experienced public speaker, opening and closing speeches were my weak points. I have gained confidence by following David’s advice to write catchy openings to capture audience attention and to use key words and phrases from the body of the speech for an effective close.
David’s public speaking coaching has been most useful. With David’s encouragement, I feel much abler to address any audience on a variety of topics.
I have no hesitation in recommending David as a public speaking coach to anyone who wants to learn the art of giving a polished speech on any subject to any audience.
Julie R June 27, 2016