About VirtualSpeech

VirtualSpeech is an award-winning soft skills training platform with VR and AI integration. We focus on communication skills such as public speaking, sales, and leadership.

Clients include Universities and Fortune 500 companies around the world, including Imperial College Business School and Vodafone.

VirtualSpeech has helped over 550,000 users across 125+ countries to improve their skills through interactive practice exercises, and has been featured in The New York Times, Forbes, BBC, Wall Street Journal, and Huffington Post.

Our Story

VirtualSpeech was founded in 2016 as a way to practice public speaking in a more realistic way. We had a fear of public speaking to the point of avoiding it altogether, and found that rehearsing in front of a mirror or to a colleague didn't prepare us for being on stage with hundreds of people staring at you, or even just being in a meeting with our managers.

We came up with a solution - using virtual reality (VR) to simulate various sized audiences and distractions, resulting in an effective way to practice public speaking and build skills and confidence for the real world.

Since then, we have expanded into other soft skills training, from sales pitching to interacting with the media, and worked with a number of Fortune 500 companies to enhance their employees' soft skills in a more interactive, engaging way.

Press, media coverage, and conferences

We've been mentioned on sites including The New York Times, WSJ, VentureBeat, Huffington Post, Forbes, eLearning Industry, interviewed on TV for the BBC, and more.

AWE Conference: Best Practices in Enterprise Training with XR By Sophie Thompson and Višnja Cicvarić Šonje
BBC Business Live: VirtualSpeech Interview
The New York Times: Getting Over Stage Fright
Forbes: Extended Reality In Education
Training Industry: VirtualSpeech Becomes the First CPD-Accredited Training Provider
Wall Street Journal: Want to Protect Your Job? VR Training Can Help
New Scientist: Conquer your fear of public speaking by practicing in VR
CPD Certification Service: Benefits of Immersive Learning for your Business

Recognized as a leading training provider

VirtualSpeech has won several awards over the last couple of years, including:

Start-Up Learning Provider of the Year 2019 (winner) - LPI Learning Awards
Design Award for Excellent Communications Design (winner) - German Design Awards
Best Use of VR in Education and Training - VR Awards
Most Innovative Speech Training Platform 2018 (winner) - CV Magazine Corporate Excellence Awards
Featured in the Progress 1000 - Evening Standard
Featured in the EdTech 1000 - EdTech Digest
Featured training provider for training solutions in the Gartner report: Market Guide for Corporate Learning

Trained thousands of people

Over the past few years, we've trained thousands of employees, individuals, and students. Here are some of the highlights:

people have enrolled in our online courses

35K

hours spent in the practice exercises

55+

Practice Exercises

About Us

Our dedicated international team with a wide range of experience and backgrounds have come together to create and deliver award winning soft-skills training to thousands of customers worldwide.