A public speaking academy and community · Amsterdam & online
Build your public speaking muscle memory.
Nobody becomes a speaker by reading about it. You become one by speaking, often, in a room that wants you to succeed. We give you the reps: practice, storytelling, feedback and a community that keeps you going.
Led by Sabyasachi “Saby” Sengupta, 2025 World Champion of Public Speaking.
Conversational Public Speaking
November 2026 · interest open
Details
Teams we’ve trained
Start here
Three ways in. Pick the one that fits today.
Everything here is free to try except the cohort, and even that starts with a conversation.
Free · email
The 10-day training
For anyone who freezes, rushes or avoids speaking. One small exercise a day, sent to your inbox, building from a sentence in a meeting to a real stage.
- Time: Under ten minutes a day
- You need: An email address and a door you can close
- You get: Ten exercises, ten links, no sales emails
Free · two minutes
Your speaker strength
For people who suspect they’re “not a natural”. Eight quick questions show what already works when you speak, and what to build next.
- Time: Two minutes, on this page
- You need: Nothing. No email, nothing stored
- You get: Your strength, a growth edge, a next step
Cohort · Nov 2026 / Feb 2027
Conversational Public Speaking
For people ready to do the work with others. A small online group, live sessions with practice in every one, and quarterly practice sessions afterwards, free.
- Time: Live online sessions, small group
- You need: To apply, or ask to be kept posted
- You get: Dates and fee by email before you commit
Speaking for a team? The six-week team course
Something specific coming up? One-to-one coaching
Prefer to learn at your own pace? The online course
The method
Speaking should feel like a conversation. Even on a stage.
Most people are taught to perform at an audience. We teach you to talk with one. It is called Conversational Public Speaking, and it is built the way any muscle is built: small reps, done often, with someone watching who wants you to get better.
Practice
Every session has you on your feet. Short drills, real reactions, then again. Confidence is a by-product of reps.
Storytelling
Three beats, one turn, one meaning. You learn to take a “me” story and land it on “you”.
Feedback
Specific, kind and immediate. From a coach who has stood on the world stage, and from peers who were just as nervous last month.
Community
The cohort ends. The practice doesn’t. Alumni keep meeting to speak, listen and try new things.
Free · by email
Ten days. Ten small reps.
One short exercise a day, by email, with a link to that day’s practice. Nothing to prepare. Most days take under ten minutes.
Sign up on the right · Day one arrives tomorrow morning · Ten days, then it stops
Outline shown is a draft. Tap a day to preview its exercise.
Free · two minutes
Find your speaker strength.
Everyone already has something that works when they speak. Most people have never been told what it is. Eight quick questions, no right answers, and a note on what to build next.
A reflection, not a test. It isn’t a scientific assessment.
Answer on the right · No email needed · Result appears on this page
- Spark lights the room
- Compass makes it clear
- Magnet makes people feel seen
- Beacon speaks for something bigger
Conversational Public Speaking · cohorts
Speak to one. Move thousands.
A small online group, a coach who has done it at the highest level, and practice in every single session. You will speak in week one. You will be surprised by week four.
Choose an intake on the right · Apply, or just ask to be kept posted · Details by email before you commit
- Live sessions in a small group, with feedback each time
- Tools you keep: the U-turn, breaking the fourth wall, reading the room
- Free quarterly practice sessions for every participant, afterwards
The program led by Saby was an extensive journey of transformation and growth. Working with him was a big win for our team, as we now feel more connected and empowered to perform at our best.
Anneke, CEO, Domino’s Pizza Belgium
Community · continued practice
The cohort ends. The practice doesn’t.
Muscle memory fades if you stop. So every participant who completes a cohort gets free access to our quarterly practice sessions: a room of people who know what a first speech feels like, where you can try something new and get honest reactions.
- Practise conversational public speaking every quarter, for free.
- Connect with people from other cohorts who speak in very different rooms.
- Explore more: online courses, the podcast and free speaking material.
Session dates are announced to alumni by email. Access is for as long as the programme runs.
Try it now
A sixty-second warm-up.
Get a prompt. Press start. Talk out loud until the timer ends, to nobody at all. That is one rep. Most people find the second one easier than the first.
Six weeks · storytelling and public speaking
The Public Speaking Academy for teams.
A six-week course for organisations that want people who can hold a room: in a pitch, a town hall, a difficult one-to-one. We create safety first, then a little discomfort. That is where the learning happens.
Enquiry form on the right · Half-day workshops and keynotes also available · In person or online
What your people walk away with
- Business intelligence
- Know what the room needs to hear, and say only that.
- Emotional intelligence
- Read reactions live and answer them instead of the script.
- Narrative intelligence
- Turn data and decisions into stories people repeat.
- Adaptive intelligence
- Stay steady when things go right, and when they go wrong.
How the six weeks run
- Weeks 1, 4, 6: Live sessions with the whole group
- Weeks 2, 5: Small-group coaching, three or four people
- Week 3: Self-paced practice with feedback
Saby was great at providing us with feedback throughout the workshop and pushed us to challenge our ideas. I would highly recommend him to any group looking for a fun and informative activity.
Giedrius Surplys, Advisor to the Prime Minister of Lithuania
One-to-one coaching
Something specific coming up?
A keynote, a board presentation, a pitch, a wedding speech you’re dreading. Coaching is built around your moment: we work on the story, the delivery and the nerves, and you rehearse with someone who gives you the truth kindly.
- Format: One-to-one, online or in Amsterdam
- First step: A short call to hear what you’re preparing for
- Then: A plan and a price by email, before anything is booked
We reply by email to suggest times.
Learn on demand
Executive Presence through Public Speaking for Leaders
A 13-week online programme for leaders who want to sound calm, clear and credible under pressure. Weekly chapters, video assignments, and personal feedback from Saby on every submission.
- Format: 13 weeks, online, at your own pace with weekly chapters
- Feedback: Video assignments reviewed personally by Saby
- Where: Hosted on Teachable; enrol and pay there
Opens the course page on Teachable, where enrolment and payment are handled.
Stories & ideas
Free material, every week.
A Friday blog, a podcast with world-class communicators, and the occasional interview. Start anywhere.
Interview
5 Questions With Saby Sengupta
“Never start with the opening. Best openings happen when the story and closing are locked in.”
Toastmaster magazine · March 2026
Podcast
Episode 79 with John Zimmer
Saby’s World Championship mentor: nine-time European Toastmasters speech champion and creator of the Manner of Speaking blog.
Method in Madness podcast · Jul 2026
Podcast
Episode 78 with Erik de Koning
A coach and speaker on overcoming fear at work, and how authenticity and psychological safety help teams thrive.
Method in Madness podcast · Jun 2026
Podcast
Episode 76 with Aaron Beverly
The 2019 World Champion of Public Speaking on the behind-the-scenes of a creative mind.
Method in Madness podcast · Mar 2026
Podcast
Episode 75 with Verity Price
The 2021 World Champion of Public Speaking on finding your voice in the moments that matter.
Method in Madness podcast · Feb 2026
Blog
The weekly speaking tip
Saby’s Friday blog on public speaking: one idea, one thing to try. Published as the Method in Madness newsletter on LinkedIn.
LinkedIn newsletter · every Friday
The person behind the method
Meet Saby.
Sabyasachi “Saby” Sengupta is the 2025 World Champion of Public Speaking, a two-time TEDx speaker and the host of the Method in Madness podcast. He spent fifteen years in banking and change leadership before turning fully to public speaking. He grew up in Kolkata and lives in Amsterdam.
He built Method in Madness on one belief: everyone has a story worth telling, most people were just never taught how. The academy exists so that teaching happens in a room, with practice, not in a book.
Contact
Ready to own the room? Let’s talk.
Questions about a cohort, a team programme, or just whether this is for you. Write to us; a human replies.
- sabyasachi@method-im.com
- Phone
- +31 6 2607 3029
- Address
- Churchill-laan 266/III, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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