PSF Community

Where Fearless Voices Grow into Powerful Leaders

I am glad that you are here wanting to know more about us...

In the next few lines, I am going to explain about:
    • What is Public Speaking Family?

    • How did it start?

    • Its mission and vision?

The public speaking family is a premium community of people who are looking for a digital platform to speak.

Maybe to…

    1. Share their ideas and thoughts.

    1. Express themselves in English.

    1. Reduce the fear of Public speaking.

    1. ______________________( add yours)

How exactly is it done?

As a PSF member, you join a live call once a week. You get 10 minutes to share your thoughts on a topic that the host assigns one day before the session. Sometimes, you also host the meeting yourself and introduce your topic.

At the end of the conversation, you join the Table Topic Round—an impromptu session where anyone in the group can ask you a question. You answer in just one minute, and you also get the chance to ask questions to others.

The Second part is more fun and engaging. You are going to enjoy that.

How did it start?

Before discussing the origin of the PSF, I would like to introduce myself to you.

My journey

I am Swapneswar Barik. The founder of Public Speaking Family.I struggled a lot in life because I couldn’t speak English. Growing up in a lower-middle-class family, I never had the chance to attend an English-medium school.It was so challenging for me to learn English.

One day I got embarrassed in my college for not being able to answer a question. The ugliest fact was that I knew the answer. The words did not flow out of my mouth. That incident put a severe dent in my life.

I then tried to avail all the opportunities to speak English.

I made videos and I got confidence. Then I throw myself again into a presentation. I had prepared it well, and I nailed it. But the last round was an impromptu round, and I got stuck again.

I came back feeling bad.

I started training myself to speak without practising, and it did not happen. Although I failed. I tried again, but I failed again.

Turnaround

In August 2020, I came back home from Bhubaneswar. It was a time of COVID, so I kept myself in quarantine. There, I got the opportunity to speak again. I spoke louder, I talked to myself, for no reason, I was shouting around the house.

Certainly, it gave me confidence.

I was now sure that I could speak English, but then something happened that broke me down. In January, I joined a program called DDIP, and in that program, I had to talk to someone. He called me and said something in English, and I got stuck. I started fumbling. It was a bad moment for me.

One day, I asked a bunch of people to join in a live call. That was the turning point, and I spoke to them and eventually got the fear out of me. During this journey, one of my old friends asked me to teach him English, and I realised that teaching for 5 years can’t help someone to be good at speaking, but a community of good people can turn things around, and there I started this beautiful community.

The mission and vision

Vision: To give a chance to every individual who wants to be better at speaking. Because I believe Everyone deserves a chance.

Mission: To train 100,000 people to speak confidently by 2030.

If you feel inclined towards this mission, join us and bring revolution to your life. Because it’s not only about you but the people you meet on this journey.

cheers,

Swapneswar Barik.