6-Week Public Speaking
Intensive
Championship-level coaching designed to develop structured argumentation, confident delivery, and extemporaneous speaking mastery
Program Goals
Cognitive Flexibility
Develop the capacity to maintain analytical rigor across unfamiliar problem domains and adapt reasoning frameworks when confronted with unexpected challenges
Position Commitment
Articulate definitive intellectual positions with calibrated confidence, eliminating excessive hedging while maintaining appropriate nuance
Executive Delivery
Master vocal technique, prosody, and platform presence to communicate with commanding authority that matches intellectual substance
Initial Assessment
Arhaan is a strong analytical thinker and his verbal reasoning genuinely stands out. Where he needs work is context switching. When problems come at him from an unexpected angle or fall outside familiar patterns, he tends to lose his footing, and he would benefit from being pushed into more varied and unfamiliar territory. On the creative side, he is better at running with an idea than generating one from scratch, particularly when it comes to thinking through second and third order effects and their implications. The biggest thing, though, is his hedging. Arhaan rarely commits to a position cleanly and qualifies his statements to the point where his actual view becomes unclear. This is not about being more reckless but about learning to own his reasoning and communicate with appropriate confidence, even under uncertainty. It is a habit more than a confidence issue, and one worth addressing directly with him.
Program Structure
Two progressive stages over six weeks
Structured Public Speaking
Weeks 1-3 • Biser Angelov, EUDC Champion
Argumentative Scaffolding: Building coherent frameworks for complex propositions
Cognitive Flexibility Training: Rapid adaptation across unfamiliar problem domains
Position Commitment Protocols: Articulating definitive stances with calibrated conviction
Extemporaneous Reasoning: Real-time idea generation and logical structuring
Public Speaking Style
Weeks 4-6 • Peregrine Beckett & Ricky Huang
Vocal Technique & Prosody: Projection, articulation, and strategic intonation patterns
Executive Presence: Commanding delivery without verbal hedging or qualifiers
Platform Skills: Physical composure, gesture management, and spatial awareness
Impromptu Performance: Synthesizing content and style under time pressure
Week-by-Week Breakdown
Argumentative Decomposition & Logical Architecture
Biser Angelov
Systematic disaggregation of complex arguments into component parts. Development of coherent logical frameworks under time pressure. Identification of reasoning fallacies and cognitive biases.
Intellectual Commitment & Strategic Positioning
Biser Angelov
Taking clear positions without excessive qualification. Defending arguments with calibrated confidence. Distinguishing contexts requiring precision from those demanding decisiveness.
Cognitive Flexibility & Domain Transfer
Biser Angelov
Rapid framework adaptation across disparate analytical contexts. Resilient reasoning when confronted with non-standard challenges. Multi-domain argumentation with forced transitions.
Vocal Technique & Executive Presence
Peregrine Beckett
Foundational vocal projection and respiratory control. Articulatory precision while maintaining conversational naturalness. Strategic modulation of tone and tempo.
Rhetorical Polish & Persuasive Delivery
Peregrine Beckett
Deliberate deployment of silence and stress patterns. Systematic elimination of hedging language and verbal fillers. Projecting earned confidence without overreach.
Real-Time Synthesis & Impromptu Performance
Ricky Huang
Rapid position formulation under strict time constraints. Extemporaneous organizational frameworks and mental scaffolding. Integration of structured reasoning with polished delivery.
Meet Your Instructors
Championship-level expertise in structured argumentation and delivery

Biser Angelov
WSDC Coach
- • Champion, European University Debating Championships
- • Top 16 Globally at WUDC
- • Bulgarian National Team Coach
- • Bulgarian Debate Association Board Member

Peregrine Beckett
Co-Founder
- • Former Head Coach, Columbia Debate Society
- • 3rd Best American University Debater
- • Tournament of Champions, LD Semifinalist
- • Best Speaker, Harvard Invitational

Ricky Huang
Co-Founder
- • Former Director of Training, Oxford Union
- • Indo-Pacific Debating Champion
- • 2nd Best Speaker in North America
- • 8th Best Speaker, WUDC
Costs
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