Impact Report · Phase 1 Pilot · March 2026

Teen Public Speaking Workshop

16 young women. 2 sessions. 6 hands-on modules. 47% average skill gain. Zero lectures. This is what it looks like when a workshop actually works — and when a coalition of partners comes together to change lives at the secondary school level in Gombe, Nigeria.

✦ Hands-On Practical ✦ NPS +50 (Excellent) ✦ 4.56/5 Satisfaction ✦ Yahaya Ahmed Model Schools, Gombe
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4.56
Overall Satisfaction /5.0
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+50
Net Promoter Score (Excellent)
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47%
Average Skill Gain Across All Dimensions
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4.75
Facilitator Rating /5.0
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"We don't stand at the front and talk at young people.
We put them on their feet and let them discover their voice themselves.
That is the only workshop model worth delivering."

— The ECIS Ink Workshop Philosophy

❌ The Common Way
Lecture-Oriented Workshops

A speaker talks. Students sit. Notes are written and forgotten within 48 hours. No one actually stands up, speaks, or experiences the transformation. Widespread — and largely ineffective.

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✅ The ECIS Ink Way
Grounded Practical Learning

Every participant performs a live pitch. Every participant uses a stage fright toolkit on themselves. Every participant writes, presents, and receives real feedback — in the room, in real time. Skills stick because they are lived.

Workshop Overview

Teen Public Speaking Workshop — Phase 1 Pilot

A two-session, six-module practical programme delivered at Yahaya Ahmed Model Schools, Gombe — designed from the ground up to be experienced, not just attended.

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Host School
Yahaya Ahmed Model Schools, Gombe
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Sessions
Thursday 12:30–02:00 PM
Friday 10:00 AM–12:58 PM
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Cohort
16 Young Women
Ages 13–25 · JHS to SHS
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Prior Experience
56% had little or no public speaking experience

Curriculum

Six Modules. All Hands-On. All Practical.

Every module was built around doing — not listening. Participants used workbooks, performed live drills, and applied every concept in real time.

01 Foundation

Why Public Speaking?

Establishing purpose, mindset and the core conviction that every voice matters. Participants defined their personal speaking mission from minute one.

✦ Message to Garcia Power Sentence Drill
02 Foundations

Foundations of Powerful Public Speaking

Voice control, projection, body language, stage anchoring, and conquering nervousness — practised live, not just described.

✦ Room-Filler Anchor & Scan Drill
✦ Stage Fright Toolkit Exercise
03 Persuasion

Persuasion & Storytelling Basics

How to move an audience with a story. Participants mapped real personal narratives and learned the architecture of compelling communication.

✦ Barrier Breaker Exercises A, B & C
✦ Storytelling Framework Story Mapping
04 ★ Most Popular

Pitching with Confidence

The workshop's standout module — chosen as the favourite by 44% of participants. Every participant delivered a live 60-second pitch from start to finish.

✦ 60-Second Live Pitch Drill
✦ The Hook Writing Exercise
05 Leadership

Leadership in Speaking

How the world's most respected voices communicate — connecting authority, empathy, and clarity into a leadership speaking style.

✦ Alphabet Game Icebreaker
06 Holiday Assignment

Transformational Storytelling

An 8-step group storytelling process — not delivered in-session due to time, but assigned as the Impact Story Project: each participant crafting their own transformational story.

✦ 8-Step Transformational Story Group Session

The Numbers

Impact, Measured — Not Just Described

Every figure below comes directly from participant feedback collected immediately after the workshop. Unfiltered. Unedited. Undeniable.

16Young Women Participated
4.56Overall Satisfaction /5.0
+50Net Promoter Score (Excellent)
4.75Facilitator Knowledge Rating /5.0
47%Average Skill Gain Across All 9 Dimensions
+1.56Biggest Gain: 60-Second Pitch Skill
94%Gave Testimonial Consent
4.81Would Attend Again /5.0
62%Demand: Global Peace Ambassador Programme
100%Female — All 16 Participants Completed Both Sessions
56%Had Little or No Prior Speaking Experience
9Full-Name Testimonial Permissions Given

Skill Transformation

Every Skill. Every Participant. Positive Growth.

Across all nine speaking skill dimensions — zero regression at the group average level. Self-reported before/after ratings from all 16 participants.

Before WorkshopAfter Workshop
Confidence speaking publicly+1.50
Handling stage fright+1.25
60-Second pitch delivery+1.56
Compelling personal storytelling+1.25
Voice control & projection+1.12
Eye contact & body language+0.94
Leadership qualities while speaking+0.88
Building audience rapport+1.25
2.62
Average skill level BEFORE workshop
3.85
Average skill level AFTER workshop
+47%
Average skill improvement across all dimensions
Key Finding All 9 skill dimensions improved at the group average level — zero regression. Participants with zero prior experience gave an NPS of 100 — the workshop delivers its greatest impact to those who need it most.

Recommendation Score

Net Promoter Score: +50

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NPS — Excellent

Industry benchmark: Good = +30 · Excellent = +50+. This workshop is in the top tier.

How Participants Scored the Workshop

Promoters (9–10) — Would enthusiastically recommend62.5% · 10 participants
Passives (7–8) — Likely to recommend25% · 4 participants
Detractors (0–6) — Unlikely to recommend12.5% · 2 participants
NPS = % Promoters − % Detractors = 62.5% − 12.5% = +50.
Average recommendation score: 8.1 / 10.

Participant Voices

What the Young Women Said

Real words from real participants — collected immediately after the workshop. 94% gave consent for their feedback to be used. Nine gave full-name permission.

★★★★★

"You can do it if you believe in yourself. My voice, my power!"

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Husnah Abubakar Malami
SS 1
★★★★★

"I would encourage that person to join, especially if that person fears public speaking."

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Fatimah Nurudeen Yahaya
JHS 3, Age 14
★★★★★

"It is very important in making you confident — and confidence will help in your academic performance."

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Abdulazeez Asmau Kawu
Workshop Participant
★★★★★

"One most important thing I have learnt from this workshop was how to overcome my fear and speak confidently in public."

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Fatimah Mohammed Salisu
JHS 3
★★★★★

"I should strive hard to acquire beneficial knowledge. This workshop showed me that my voice has a purpose beyond my classroom."

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Sadiqa Abdulhakeem Ibrahim
SHS 2

Transformation Moments

The Moments That Changed Everything

We asked: "What fear did this workshop help you face?" And: "Where do you see yourself as a speaker 12 months from now?" Their answers tell the real story.

"That was when I first presented. I thought I could never do that."

Ummulkhairi Usman Muhammad, JHS 3

"It is possible and very easy to stand in front of people and present anything confidently."

Age 15 · Workshop Participant

"That my voice is my 'power'."

Age 14 · Workshop Participant

"In a big stage with a lot of people watching and hearing my messages."

Age 14 · Vision for 12 months

"A Global Peace Ambassador — for the future."

Age 13 · Vision for 12 months

"Globally visiting some global platforms as a public speaker."

Age 15 · Vision for 12 months

Facilitating Coalition

Four Experts. One Unified Experience.

The workshop was delivered by a coalition of four facilitators — each bringing specialised expertise to specific modules. Three facilitators were named by name in open-ended participant responses.

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Mr Hassan G. Abiola
ECIS Ink Services
Programme Coordinator, Practical Drills Curator & Lead Facilitator
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Mr Aliyu Danladi
Speak to Success Consultancy
Module 3 — Persuasion & Storytelling
Named by participants
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Ms Hafsat Tafeeda
Jewel Souq Nig. Ltd.
Module 4 — Pitching with Confidence
Named by participants
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Mr Sadiq
Gombe Dopest
Module 3 — Persuasion & Storytelling
Named by participants

Coalition Partners

Gratitude & Recognition

This workshop was made possible by a powerful coalition of organisations who share one belief: that young people deserve access to practical, transformational experiences — not lectures.

ECIS Ink Services
Lead Organiser & Programme Design
Jewel Souq Nigeria Limited
Coalition Partner
Speak to Success Consultancy
Coalition Partner
Gombe Dopest
Coalition Partner
💚 From the Heart — Our Deepest Appreciation

The Teen Public Speaking Workshop Phase 1 Pilot did not happen because of one organisation. It happened because four teams believed in the same thing — and showed up, fully, for a group of young women who deserved more than another ordinary school day.

To Jewel Souq Nigeria Limited: your partnership brought professionalism, resources, and an unwavering belief in this programme's potential. Module 4 — the clear standout favourite of the entire workshop — was delivered under your banner, and the young women who stood up and pitched confidently for the first time in their lives did so partly because of the platform you helped create.

To Speak to Success Consultancy: you brought exactly what your name promises. The storytelling modules, the persuasion frameworks, the Barrier Breaker exercises — these were the moments participants described as life-changing. Your facilitator was named personally by students in their feedback. That is the highest possible praise.

To Gombe Dopest: you brought energy, authenticity, and a connection to this community that no outside organisation could replicate. You reminded every participant that excellence is not something imported from elsewhere — it is built right here, by people who refuse to accept the ordinary.

To all three of our coalition partners: thank you for giving us the strength to do what none of us could have done alone. The NPS of +50, the 47% skill gain, the phrase "My voice is my power" spoken by a 15-year-old — these are our shared achievements. We are proud to have built this with you.

A Special Note of Honour — Yahaya Ahmed Model Schools, Gombe

To the management of Yahaya Ahmed Model Schools, Gombe — and in particular to the School Admin whose visionary leadership made this partnership possible — we owe you a debt of gratitude that goes beyond words.

You did not simply provide a venue. You opened your doors to transformation. You trusted a coalition of external facilitators to work with your students, gave us your school's time and space, and demonstrated exactly the kind of forward-thinking educational leadership that Nigeria's secondary school students need. The impact we achieved together is a reflection of your courage and your belief in what young women can become when they are given the right tools.

Thank you for the platform. Thank you for the trust. Thank you for caring about your students' future as much as we do.

What's Next

Phase 1 Was Just the Beginning

The evidence from Phase 1 is clear: this model works. Every skill improved. The NPS is excellent. Participants are demanding more. Now we scale — with intention.

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Global Peace Ambassador Programme
The #1 most-demanded follow-on — chosen by 62.5% of participants. A structured youth ambassador track using public speaking as the qualifying foundation.
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Advanced Public Speaking — Level 2
For workshop alumni: persuasion, advanced storytelling, debate technique, and pitch mastery — culminating in a live public showcase event.
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Multi-School Expansion
Phase 2 targets 2–3 additional pilot schools across Gombe State with a revised, time-optimised curriculum and a second trained facilitator team.
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Interschool Debate League
An interschool competition for workshop graduates — creating prestigious outcomes, school administrator buy-in, and an aspirational pipeline goal.
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School-Based Speaking Clubs
Student-led, teacher-supervised clubs at every participating school — a low-cost, high-sustainability post-workshop environment for continued practice.
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Entrepreneurship Pitch Track
A 4-week intensive combining business idea development with presentation mastery — directly relevant to youth economic empowerment.
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