Public Speaking 101

The long anticipated finals of the speech competition will take place this Friday, 24 October, from 13h00 - 15h30 in room 2.58 of the Commerce Building.

Guest speakers Brendan Murray and Tom Dawson-Squibb will share their expertise on how to become brilliant public speakers.

Brendan Murray has been described as “The Best Young Comic in South Africa.” He founded the Cape Town Comedy Guild after obtaining his degree in Theatre and Performance from UCT. Well known voice-over artist and actor, he has been featured in many television and radio commercials. Recently he toured the country with the Comedy Revolution and hosted Rocking the Daisies. He also won the Cape Comedy Showdown which led to him win a five minute slot at the Cape Town International Comedy Festival.

Tom Dawson-Squibb works for ITISA, an organisation specialising in leadership development and change management for a wide spectrum of corporates. He studied Business Science in Organisational Psychology at UCT and obtained his Honours Degree in 2007.

Fifteen first year PR students are vying for the top spot, the lovely prizes for the top 3 speakers and let us not forget,the honour. is This event is open to all PR students and is a must for those of you that want who want to learn from the pros.