Speaking up: New book promises to make you a confident communicator

A new book promises to help you go from wallflower to confident communicator, able to talk to absolutely anyone, writes Helen O’Callaghan.

They say talk’s cheap. But it’s not always easy. In any given day, there can be countless scenarios where it’s hard to open our mouth and say something — you have to give a presentation to an audience you’re unsure of, delegate a task to someone you know is already busy, do a job interview, give a wedding speech or socialise at a party.