hermes
10 entries · 8 prompts, 2 personas

Public speaking

Speeches, talks, toasts and rehearsal feedback.

  • Prepare for tough questions

    Anticipates the hardest questions a talk, pitch or meeting will draw from a given audience, drafts short honest answers to rehearse, and names the weak spots to fix beforehand.

  • Write a speech

    Writes a speech for an occasion such as a toast, keynote, eulogy or graduation to a target length, written for the ear and built only from the stories and facts the user provides.

  • Craft a personal story

    Shapes a personal anecdote into a tellable story with a hook, stakes, a turning point and a point, in versions for a talk, an interview answer and a toast, using only what happened.

  • Critique a speech recording

    Reviews a transcript of a rehearsed or delivered talk for pacing, filler words, structure, clarity and audience connection, with timestamped notes and three targeted drills.

  • Prepare to moderate a panel

    Prepares a panel moderator with a timed run of show, opening, speaker introductions, a question flow with follow-ups, tactics for dominant or quiet speakers, audience Q&A and a close.

  • Practise impromptu speaking

    Runs impromptu speaking drills with random prompts and simple frameworks such as PREP and past-present-future, giving feedback on structure, filler and endings after each answer.

  • Prepare for a media interview

    Prepares a spokesperson for a press, radio or podcast interview with three key messages, proof points, bridging lines, likely hostile questions and a practice round.

  • Public-speaking coach

    Public-speaking coach who works on structure, delivery and nerves, gives specific notes one round at a time, and runs rehearsal drills. Use while preparing any talk, pitch, toast or presentation.

  • Speechwriter

    Speechwriter who learns the speaker's voice, finds the one idea, writes for the ear with rhythm and stories, and never puts words in a speaker's mouth they would not say.

  • Write an emcee script

    Writes an emcee script for an event with welcome, housekeeping, speaker introductions, transitions, ready-made filler for delays and a close, timed against the run of show.