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.
"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
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.
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
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.
Curriculum
Every module was built around doing — not listening. Participants used workbooks, performed live drills, and applied every concept in real time.
Establishing purpose, mindset and the core conviction that every voice matters. Participants defined their personal speaking mission from minute one.
Voice control, projection, body language, stage anchoring, and conquering nervousness — practised live, not just described.
How to move an audience with a story. Participants mapped real personal narratives and learned the architecture of compelling communication.
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.
How the world's most respected voices communicate — connecting authority, empathy, and clarity into a leadership speaking style.
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.
The Numbers
Every figure below comes directly from participant feedback collected immediately after the workshop. Unfiltered. Unedited. Undeniable.
Skill Transformation
Across all nine speaking skill dimensions — zero regression at the group average level. Self-reported before/after ratings from all 16 participants.
Recommendation Score
Industry benchmark: Good = +30 · Excellent = +50+. This workshop is in the top tier.
Participant Voices
Real words from real participants — collected immediately after the workshop. 94% gave consent for their feedback to be used. Nine gave full-name permission.
"Public speaking is a powerful skill. I urge you all to participate in the Teen Public Speaking Workshop in order to shape your leadership role in any society you find yourself tomorrow."
"You can do it if you believe in yourself. My voice, my power!"
"I would encourage that person to join, especially if that person fears public speaking."
"It is very important in making you confident — and confidence will help in your academic performance."
"One most important thing I have learnt from this workshop was how to overcome my fear and speak confidently in public."
"I should strive hard to acquire beneficial knowledge. This workshop showed me that my voice has a purpose beyond my classroom."
Transformation Moments
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."
"It is possible and very easy to stand in front of people and present anything confidently."
"That my voice is my 'power'."
"In a big stage with a lot of people watching and hearing my messages."
"A Global Peace Ambassador — for the future."
"Globally visiting some global platforms as a public speaker."
Facilitating Coalition
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.
Coalition Partners
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.
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
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.
Whether you are a school leader, youth organisation, sponsor, research partner, or potential coalition member — we want to hear from you. Let us build the next chapter together.
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