"Power, presence and warmth are the three things you need to be charismatic," said Rubaba Dowla, Chief Service Officer of Airtel Bangladesh, addressing the youth at Speak Up without Hiccup, an event by Don Sumdany Facilitation and Consultancy, held at the EML Centre on August 6.

The event focussed on creating a common ground where experts from diversified fields came together to share their secrets of public speaking. The panel of guests included Rubaba Dowla; Naveed Mahbub, Founder of Naveed's Comedy Club; Syed Tanvir Husain, Director, Centre of Expertise at Grameenphone; Rezaul Hossain, Chief Commercial Officer of bKash; Quazi M. Ahmed, CEO of FutureLeaders; Ayman Sadiq, Founder and CEO of 10 Minute School; Nafees Kausar, Inspirer at Don Sumdany Facilitation and Consultancy; and G. Sumdany Don, CIO of Don Sumdany Facilitation and Consultancy.

Issues such as how to present from a corporate point of view, use of humour, how to be charismatic in a presentation, the 4 Ps of public speaking, how to capture the attention of your audience from the very beginning of a presentation, and tips and tricks of engaging the audience were addressed during the day-long workshop.