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Communication

Public speaking and storytelling

Make your central message clear and guide an audience through complex ideas. This programme combines structure, voice, physical presence and purposeful storytelling. Work on presentations you actually need to deliver and use practice with specific feedback to develop a speaking style that fits your personality, audience and professional responsibilities.

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YOUR PROGRAMME AT A GLANCE

For individuals & organisations
Start date
Choose your start date

We agree a start that fits your professional and personal commitments.

Programme duration
3, 7 or 12 months

OSAM certificates: according to your starting level and learning goals. Company group programmes are usually planned in days or half-days.

Learning format
In person or live online

Synchronous teaching. Both formats include the OSAM platform for course materials and organisational information.

Qualifications
OSAM certificate

From an eduQua-certified institution.

Fees
Contact us

An individual quotation confirms the programme, delivery format and applicable fees.

Expert practitioners
High-level professional experience

Highly personalised teaching with experienced practitioners working at a high professional level.

FROM KNOWLEDGE TO CAPABILITY

What you will be able to do.

For managers, specialists, project leaders, educators and entrepreneurs who address groups, present findings or explain ideas. Activities reflect your experience and can include short contributions, formal talks, client presentations and online meetings.

  • Develop a focused message and an audience-centred structure.
  • Use voice, eye contact and pauses deliberately.
  • Tell relevant stories that clarify rather than distract.
  • Handle questions and improve through structured feedback.

YOUR LEARNING JOURNEY

A structured programme. Room for your priorities.

These modules form the core programme. Where useful, we refine the emphasis, examples and learning activities to reflect your professional context, starting point and objectives.

01

Audience, purpose and central message

Identify what your audience already knows and the decision or understanding your presentation should support. Formulate a central message. Choose examples and an appropriate level of detail so that your expertise remains visible without making the audience work unnecessarily hard.

02

Structure and clear argument

Create an engaging opening, a logical development and a purposeful conclusion. Use transitions to help listeners follow the reasoning. Practise prioritising information, explaining specialist terms and summarising complex relationships accurately using a topic from your own work.

03

Voice, presence and nerves

Explore volume, pace, articulation and pauses. Adapt posture and eye contact to the room and audience. A personal preparation routine supports confidence; these speaking exercises do not replace care for persistent or severely distressing anxiety symptoms.

04

Storytelling with substance

Build stories around a situation, challenge and meaningful development. Distinguish illustrative examples and personal experience from established facts. Assess whether the story makes your message clearer and whether confidentiality or the rights of people involved require particular care.

05

Visual aids and online delivery

Keep slides focused on useful content and connect images, text and spoken explanation. For online presentations, practise camera position, audio, screen sharing and interaction. Consider readability, contrast and the different circumstances in which your audience may be participating.

06

Questions, delivery and feedback

Deliver a presentation, respond to questions and practise managing interruptions. Feedback follows agreed criteria rather than vague impressions. Identify the improvements that matter most and build a manageable rehearsal plan for your next professional speaking situation.

THE PEOPLE BEHIND YOUR PROGRESS

Expertise, with a personal connection.

Educational direction, subject expertise and adult learning support. Your final trainer assignment is confirmed in your proposal.

Simon Pawolleck

DIRECTOR’S PERSPECTIVE

Simon Pawolleck

Managing Director

Simon Pawolleck provides OSAM’s overall direction. The focus is on relevant skills, a clear learning structure and personal support that connects professional ambitions with practical progress.

Matthieu Wildhaber

EXPERT’S PERSPECTIVE

Matthieu Wildhaber

Programme Director · Public Speaking

Matthieu Wildhaber brings the programme’s subject expertise into focus. The educational approach connects a structured foundation with practical situations, relevant exercises and feedback aligned with your professional objectives.

Sandrine Mélé

ADULT LEARNING & ANDRAGOGY

Sandrine Mélé

Head of Adult Learning

Federal Diploma of Higher Education in Adult Education

Sandrine Mélé oversees the adult learning approach: coherent progression, active participation and learning methods that take account of prior experience. She supports a structured, practical and human approach to developing competence.

300+

Expert practitioners

Active at a high professional level, selected against demanding criteria.

700+

Companies supported

Developing the skills of their employees with OSAM.

4.8/5

Learner satisfaction

An experience centred on the people who learn with us.

Individuals & companies

Personal career goals. Shared organisational priorities.

eduQuaSERI / SEFRI

eduQua-certified institution. Federal qualifications listed by SERI in selected pathways.

GOOD TO KNOW

Your questions, answered.

Who is this programme for?

For managers, specialists, project leaders, educators and entrepreneurs who address groups, present findings or explain ideas. Activities reflect your experience and can include short contributions, formal talks, client presentations and online meetings. The programme is available to private individuals and organisations, including company teams. OSAM welcomes learners living or working in Switzerland as well as international participants joining live online.

How is this qualification recognised?

OSAM is an eduQua-certified continuing education institution. An OSAM certificate documents the learning agreed for your programme; eduQua is a quality label for the institution, not federal recognition of every individual course.

OSAM’s work connects individual professional development with the needs of companies in Switzerland and internationally. Client references and learner reviews below offer a practical view of that work.

What are the benefits of this programme?

You develop skills you can apply in real situations, with guidance from experienced practitioners and access to learning materials on the OSAM platform. The programme focuses on these outcomes:

  • Develop a focused message and an audience-centred structure.
  • Use voice, eye contact and pauses deliberately.
  • Tell relevant stories that clarify rather than distract.
  • Handle questions and improve through structured feedback.
Can the programme be personalised?

Yes. We start with the established programme and refine the emphasis, practical cases and learning support where useful. Adjustments take account of the individual or company’s professional context, existing skills and goals. The agreed programme is confirmed before enrolment; federal examination requirements remain binding where applicable.

What are the entry requirements?

For the OSAM certificate, contact us to review your current level, prior experience and objectives. We will confirm the appropriate entry requirements and any recommended preparation.

Can I prepare for an upcoming presentation?

Yes. A real presentation is a useful starting point. Bring its purpose, audience and time limit; confidential content can be anonymised before the session.

Will we use video feedback?

Recording can be included by prior agreement and consent. Structured feedback without recording is also possible, and the process is agreed with you.

Is the course relevant to online meetings?

Yes. Online presence, concise contributions, screen-based presentations and questions can be included explicitly. Practice reflects the communication situations you encounter at work.

YOUR CAREER, IN PERSPECTIVE

Where could these skills take you?

Depending on your experience and qualifications, this subject can support development in the following professional directions.

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  • Communication specialist
  • Team leader
  • Adult educator

Access to a profession depends on your experience and on any qualifications or authorisations required for the role.

YOUR NEXT STEP

Your ambitions. Our starting point.

Tell us where you want to go. Together, we will define the learning journey that gets you there.

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