Good morning, everyone.
大家早上好。
Thank you for inviting me here today.
谢谢大家今天邀请我来这里。
My name's Patrick Greene, and I've had quite ah interesting and varied career.
我是帕特里克·格林，我的职业生涯很有趣也很多样化。
I actually spent nearly ten years as an actor before I went into business with a friend.
实际上，在我和一个朋友做生意之前，我做了将近十年的演员。
We set up a training company.
我们成立了一个培训公司。
As you can imagine, that brought me into contact with a lot of different organisations, and I soon realised that new employees were often asked to give talks very early in their career; and that it was something they found extremely difficult.
你可以想象，这让我接触到很多不同的组织，我很快意识到，在职业生涯的早期，新员工经常被要求进行演讲；他们认为这是非常困难的。
As a result, I sold my share of the business and started my current company, which is called Star Consultants.
所以，我卖掉了自己的股份，创办了我现在的公司，叫做Star Consultants。
We offer courses in public speaking - they're designed for graduates.
我们提供演讲课程——它们是为毕业生设计的。
My acting experience was very useful, and I had some coaching myself before I started courses for other people.
我的表演经验非常有用，在开始为别人上课之前，我自己也接受了一些指导。
There is a great need in companies for staff who can communicate well, and I can help people to feel confident about those skills.
公司非常需要善于沟通的员工，我可以帮助人们对这些技能充满信心。
There are two main courses I offer. The first is called 'Giving Presentations'.
我提供的有两门主要课程。第一种是“做演讲”。
I actually help with the technical side of things, as well as the necessary speaking skills.
实际上，我在技术方面，还有必要的演讲技巧方面，都能帮到学员。
The other course there is a great demand for is called 'Promoting Products' and I do a lot of training in this, too.
另一门课程需求量很大，叫做“产品推广”，我也在这方面做了很多培训。
The first part of any course is always voice work, I spend a lot of time getting people to produce a good, clear sound that an audience can hear easily.
所有课程的第一部分都是发声，我花了很多时间让人们发出一种悦耳的，清晰的声音，听众可以很容易地听到。
I then move on to how to speak with a microphone, since nearly all of my trainees have to use one.
然后我开始讲如何使用麦克风说话，因为几乎所有的学员都必须使用麦克风。
We then do a lot of practice, and trainees help each other.
然后我们做了很多练习，学员们互相帮助。
The final part of the course then looks at different things, like how to deal with problems and how to time a talk.
这门课的最后一部分讲的是不同的事情，比如如何处理问题以及如何安排演讲时间。
Now, I've got a video here to show you of one of my courses in action ...
现在，我这里有一段视频向你们展示我的一门课。