Speaking Confidence Programme

Stand Out in Workplace Meetings with Your Voice of Influence

Public speaking is more than just giving a speech. In the workplace, it's not about being a motivational speaker — it's reading the room, framing your message, and speaking with intentional body language and vocal strength. Join us to transform performance into influence.

At work, it's not about being a motivational speaker — it's reading the room, framing your message, and turning performance into influence. How are you growing your speaking skills?

Speaking, persuasion & negotiation techniques from a — speaker, lawyer, coach 👤

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19 & 26 Sep2 Saturdays · in-person
Max 10 seatsSmall, focused cohort
Live feedbackOn every practice
Your contextReal workplace project
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19 & 26 Sep 2026

2 Saturdays · In-person · 9am–1pm

Focused Cohort

Max 10 participants

Close to Context

Bring your workplace speaking challenge

Individual Evaluation

Live feedback on every practice

Trusted by teams & professionals from

DysonBNP ParibasAstraZenecaA&O ShearmanChangi General HospitalPropNexZuellig PharmaHelvetiaAurora Energy ResearchLegal Aid Bureau
A safe and constructive space to nurture public speaking skills

Love the many frameworks and techniques that were shared! A lot of useful concrete tips I can start to incorporate into my presentations... I appreciated you setting the tone of the class in a way that made public speaking accessible.

Si Yinn — Research & Academia

Our Voice of Influence programme will help you to

Own every room you walk into with our 3 pillars:

Speak like a CEO
Pillar 01

Speak like a CEO

Our practices replicate your meeting or presentation context so you can discover your leadership voice (pitching, boardroom presentations, keynotes)

Persuade like a Lawyer
Pillar 02

Persuade like a Lawyer

Learn and apply a persuasion-based structure that you can use in the workplace - whether in a client meeting, internal discussion, or even negotiations.

Connect like a Coach
Pillar 03

Connect like a Coach

Nurture a compassionate speaking style based on your comfortable habits and built on empathy, active listening, and authenticity

Public Speaking Is Not Easy

I hear these lines often after working with hundreds of professionals

"I'm not a natural speaker."

Nature vs. nurture — you can build speaking confidence. Explore specific techniques to manage fear and present on stage, regardless of your starting point.

"I'm just an introvert."

Personality is not speaking ability. Uncover your unique Speaking Persona in this programme — be the speaker that stands out authentically, not performatively.

"I always lose my train of thought."

It's not about blind memorisation. Learn techniques to internalise content and delivery with strong motivation, so it flows naturally when it matters most.

Your Public Speaking Growth Starts Here

We turn public speaking training into a structured process - to identify and discover your speaking style for the workplace.

It starts with your inside voice - the conversation with yourself - and turns into outside influence for alignment, agreement, and action.

Discover Your Voice of Influence by:

  • Identifying and managing key barriers to your confidence from mindset to delivery
  • Building executive presence through public speaking in your comfortable style
  • Deploying body language and vocal cues to engage your audience in key presentations
  • Applying a persuasion-based structure to arrange your content or respond on-the-spot
  • Evaluating your speaking presence through individual practices and feedback
How influential are you right now?

Public speaking isn't just about a performative speech.

Influence is about being remembered as an authority - leading to an action. There are four levels of a speaker. Tap the one that sounds most like you today — and see the gap between where you stand and real influence.

Move from retention to influence

Your starting point

Where do you stand today?

Tap your starting point on the ladder. Be honest — most professionals sit lower than they'd like, but we can close that gap.

Your Principal Trainer

From Courtroom to Classroom.

Zulhafni Zulkeflee brings over 15 years of speaking and communication experience as a practitioner and specialist, with a methodology forged across three worlds — speaker, lawyer, and coach. He brings experience and expertise in high-stakes communication settings from the courtroom to the classroom - helping people turn their inside voice into outside influence.

He has designed and conducted sessions in:
C.O.R.E. Model of Persuasion Storytelling for Stakeholder Engagement Somatic & Movement for Speeches Giving Feedback as a Leader Communication Skills for Team Management Workplace Negotiation Effective Business Writing
Zulhafni Zulkeflee
15+Years' speaking & communication experience
500+Clients trained in persuasion & influence
2,000+Training hours delivered for teams and individuals
Established Practitioner
  • Bachelor of Laws (Hons), NUS
  • Argued in the Singapore Courts as a Deputy Public Prosecutor
  • Competed in national-level speaking contests
  • Awarded a Public Service Commission Scholarship
Proven Specialist
  • Certified-ACTA (WSQ) Trainer, NLP Master Practitioner, Accredited Mediator (SMC), Associate Certified Coach (ICF)
  • Designed public speaking curriculum as a Chief Operating / Training Officer
  • Won top Negotiation prize in NUS Law (Roger Fisher Prize)
Stress-Tested in Context
  • Trained professionals across corporate, government & start-up teams
  • Trained legal professionals in Harvard 7-Elements Negotiation
  • Published paper on mediation and improvisation
  • Pitched for funding from investors for early-stage products

From battleground to game: A Case Study

Mandy was a consultant — ambitious, talented, and in line for promotion. She was good at her work but there was a barrier: "You need to speak up more in meetings."

When I first met Mandy, she described public speaking as a battlefield. She carried fear, pain, avoidance — and a pressure to be someone else.

Then Mandy learnt that the best public speaking came from alignment. We explored her motivations, uncovered her comfortable style, and sharpened her persuasive edge. She didn't have to be like Obama. She could be a Mandy who stood out authentically.

You can go through the same journey of growth too.

Read the reviews from our past participants:

Securing Opportunities

Better communication,
a confirmed promotion.

"I just heard about my promotion confirmation. Thanks for putting a tremendous amount of thought into helping me grow in communication — this played a big part in building my promo case."

— Maggie - Consultant (Project Leader)

★★★★★

"Zul is a brilliant trainer. I like that he shares his experiences and keeps encouraging everyone to do their best... I truly enjoyed every session. Zul has a humorous side to him. Kudos to Zul!"

Marianne — Account Manager

★★★★★

"Useful topics covered. Good progression across the weeks. Very targeted and useful feedback from each week's presentation. The exercises and atmosphere were very intentionally structured to be safe. Slides and booklet were helpful."

Yuan — Legal Professional & Entrepreneur

★★★★★

"Love the many frameworks and techniques that were shared! A lot of useful concrete tips I can start to incorporate into my presentations... I appreciated you setting the tone of the class in a way that made public speaking accessible."

Si Yinn — Research & Academia

★★★★★

"Zul, I really enjoyed learning from you… great coaching and thanks so much!"

K — Manager, Operations

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Curriculum & Programme

Introducing the
Voice of Influence

Voice of Influence is a speaking confidence programme designed for you to stand out at your workplace. Over the two sessions, you will (1) discover speaking confidence in your unique style, (2) use body language and vocal cues to be remembered, (3) structure your thoughts on-the-spot and in presentations persuasively, and (4) evaluate your speaking confidence through consistent practices. This is your journey:

A Voice of Influence cohort with their trainer
Session 1 Inside Voice · Your Persona + Presence
01Your Persona

Speaking Confidence & Profile

Understand your base speaking habits in your workplace context, confront stage fear, and dive into body language and vocal techniques to engage your audience or stakeholders

  • Analyse confidence with the Stage Fear Map
  • Identify priority speaking objectives with the Influence Map
  • Use non-verbal communication patterns to influence your audience
  • Audit your current speaking style and strategy
02Your Presence

Strategy for Persuasion & Influence

Explore and apply techniques of persuasive speaking for real-world application, from a presentation structure to evaluating influence

  • Understand persuasion using Aristotle's 3 Appeals
  • Analyse your audience engagement using the Attention Curve
  • Deploy the Pro-C.A.S.E. Presentation Framework
  • Assess your influence using the Pre-Presentation Checklist
Session 2 Outside Influence · Your Context + Influence
03Your Context

Building Impression & Engagement

Tailoring your content to the specific audience, setting, and objective - with techniques to engage them and stay memorable

  • Understand audience engagement from Pre-Framing to Action
  • Analyse your stakeholder/audience profile with the Character Compass
  • Apply the 4C Narrative Framework to craft compelling stories
  • Practice your script and delivery for execution
04Your Influence

Consolidating the Model

Review and integrate the skills learned throughout the programme as part of your speaking and communication model for work and home

  • Finalise your speaking runway from preparation to presentation
  • Evaluate your speaking confidence and effectiveness independently
  • Complete a Milestone Presentation task with individual feedback
Milestone Presentation

Spotlight Speech

Present a final 3–4 min speech to the full cohort based on a workplace context and a simulated objective — evaluated live by your principal trainer with individual written feedback.

Our Methodology

The C.O.R.E. Model

We approach our training through a four-step runway - to approach the learning process with intention and independence:

C

Context

Understanding your context first, so every technique is immediately relevant.

Your setting
O

Objective

Applying the communication skill to a specific goal — bridging theory to practical purpose.

Your goal
R

Roleplay

Learning through speech simulations that mirror the real settings you encounter.

Real practice
E

Evaluation

Building the independent ability to assess your own speaking beyond the programme.

Self-assess
Never a boring moment

Zul being entertaining from start till end. I did not have a boring moment! I want to be like that too (its very very hard for a introvert like me)

Esther — Healthcare Professional

After the Programme

The communicator you'll become.

You don't have to become a different person - the programme sharpens your speaking toolkit and strategy for work and home as someone:

Calm Under Pressure

Manage uncertainties and steady yourself to respond to questions and present in high-stakes settings.

Commanding Presence

Walk into any room, hold the audience's attention, and speak with authority in presentations or conversations.

Clear & Structured

Precise in your message to achieve key objectives - in presentations or everyday conversations.

Persuasive towards Action

Move from alignment in discussions to concrete actions for your audience with magnetic persuasion.

Authentically You

Your Voice of Influence in your own comfortable style - building beyond templates.

Self-Aware & Independent

Nurture a speaking model to deploy well beyond the programme.

They have achieved it too

Real messages from our past clients who built their Voice of Influence:

The trainer was really engaging, and the different activities helped us understand the objectives of the training so much better — thank you!
I felt the shift in the room too — all thanks to your coaching, Zul! ❤️14:23
The various activities given by the trainer. He walked the talk by demonstrating the techniques during his own sessions. A dedicated trainer.
Hi Zul, I just had another good internal team session — and heard about my promotion confirmation ;)17:57
I'm very glad I engaged you as my coach, Zul. Thanks for putting a tremendous amount of thought into helping me grow in communication. This plays a big part in building my promo case — and more importantly, it's made me passionate about continuously growing this area for the rest of my career.18:00
Why Voice of Influence

Not another public speaking course.

Most courses teach you to deliver a speech. Voice of Influence trains you to influence in your real workplace — through speaking techniques from a proven practitioner's lens.

You won't get
  • Large classes of 15–20 — little personal attention
  • One-size, off-the-shelf curriculum
  • Generic speaking tips and theory
  • Performative speech techniques
  • Practise on broad, generic topics
Voice of Influence gives you
  • Intimate cohort of max 10 — every practice is seen
  • Built around your real workplace project
  • Professional methods as a speaker, lawyer, coach
  • Techniques of persuasion, NLP, negotiation
  • Live individual evaluation on every practice
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Programme Details

Upcoming Cohort

19 & 26 Sep 2026

2 × Saturdays
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
(with breaks included)

Only 6 seats remaining

Cost ★ Early Bird · ends 31 Aug 2026
S$445

Save S$150 · early bird rate
Usual price S$595

Venue

Central Location

A safe, comfortable space to experiment and apply your speaking techniques. Exact location shared on registration.

What's included in the Voice of Influence package

  • Project Focus: Work on a real speech or presentation from your work and day-to-day context.
  • Incremental Learning: Apply the techniques for confidence, delivery, and structure in component practices and presentation practices.
  • Individualised Evaluation: Live, in-person practice with immediate feedback from your principal trainer.
  • Coaching + Training: A combined approach that manages confidence in both mindset and delivery.
  • Printed workbook and reference materials provided.
  • Written evaluation for your Milestone Spotlight Speech (Personalised Report)
Included Free
Practical Speaking Influence Checklist

A designed checklist to audit your presentation preparation and performance.

Access to Future Practice Circles

Free follow-up access to online or in-person practice or engagement sessions (dates to be confirmed) to keep your new speaking habit alive.

Customised Confidence Report

A final progress report prepared based on the practices and feedback to track your speaking journey.

! Please note: the cohort only proceeds once the minimum group size is met.

Payment via PayNow or Bank Transfer once your seat is confirmed.

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Leave your details and I'll personally reach out — to confirm fit, answer your questions, and lock your seat for the 19 & 26 Sep 2026 cohort. No obligation, and no payment yet.

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Register early and the first 5 get a tailored call to map your speaking goals and biggest challenges before the cohort begins.

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FAQ

Practical answers before you book.

Voice of Influence is suitable for both learners who are new to public speaking or are looking for a safe space to build their speaking confidence or strategy. If you've always thought about developing this skill, this programme will bring you through skills training and coaching methodologies. The programme is recommended for employees, new-hires, executives, middle managers, leaders, directors, or any other professionals across industries.

The programme will be conducted with a healthy mix of theory and practice. This will draw from methodology derived from my experiences, research, and expertise in specific areas of public speaking and communication. Please note that no meals are provided during this training.

Under our Terms & Conditions, there are no make-ups, postponements, or refunds for missed classes or sessions. We urge participants to confirm availability before committing. You will still receive materials for any class missed. Requests will be assessed case by case.

Voice of Influence is a boutique programme run in deliberately small cohorts, so it isn't SkillsFuture or UTAP claimable — that's the trade-off that lets us keep the group intimate and the coaching personal rather than large and generic. We do, however, offer discounts: if your company is sponsoring you, or you're enrolling as a group, reach out and I'll share our private group and corporate rates.

Simply submit the Register Your Interest form and we will send you the registration details. You'll receive a form and an e-invoice — your slot is only reserved upon full payment via PayNow or Bank Transfer. PayPal is available on request (may incur additional fees).

Mastering any soft skill takes time — but a strong, guided first step goes a long way. Voice of Influence gives you a consistent practice space with evaluated exercises and relevant techniques to build real, lasting confidence. We don't usually get these opportunities to test our skills so this programme will be your safe space.

One Voice Away

The room is waiting for your Voice of Influence.

Wherever you are right now, there's a next step that fits — pick the one that feels right for you.

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