The Virtual Orator

  • Speaking or presenting in public is, generally, a great source of anxiety and insecurity. Doing it in a foreign language can make the experience even more overwhelming and frightening. Many of Virtual Orator’s clients are people who need to do…

  • Surely you’ve been told about the importance of being assertive many times in your life. Assertiveness is a basic communication skill. According to Psychology Today, “Assertiveness is a social skill that relies heavily on effective communication, while simultaneously respecting the…

  • When talking about public speaking, our main reason to be there is the audience. Our goal is to captivate them and deliver the information we have in the best way possible for them. Finding out which is the best way…

  • All of us have been in one of those presentations where the speaker don’t respect the time limit. They just go on and on; it seems that it will never end. You may have also experienced a speaker in a…

  • A research study shows Virtual Orator can reduce stress in a single session, including for those with speaking experience. Results verify people truly feel they are in front of an audience and engaged in public speaking when using Virtual Orator.

  • Giving a speech in a language other than English? Virtual Orator has supported that out of the box from the start. Now we have released the first translations of the interface into French and German.

  • Do you feel the fear build up before you have to speak to an audience? I accidentally found a way that works for me when anxiety is building and I think it might work for others. It is simple and…

  • Presenting to a group of people who are different from you can be an additional cause of anxiety. An all to common outsider presentation today occurs for women, having to present to rooms full of men. Preparation and gaining comfort…

  • Practice presenting in VR with your favorite presentation software. It’s now possible in Virtual Orator, via our Replicated Desktop function. You run your presentation just like normal and see it all in the virtual scenario with an audience and performance…

  • Introducing #imprompTuesdays. Tuesdays are now the day for impromptu public speaking. What? Why? A recent research paper by Mortaji indicates that holding a weekly, low pressure impromptu speech can both significantly reduce fear and at the same time improve skills.…

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