Presentation Coaching Appointments

Presentation Coaching Appointments

Oral Communication Tutors (OCTs), a highly-trained contingent of student consulting staff, are available to meet with students during regularly-scheduled shifts from Wednesday of Week 2 through Week 10 each quarter. OCTs are also available by request during Summer Quarter and intersession weeks.

Meet with an Oral Communication Tutor to:

• Brainstorm
• Rehearse your presentation
• Videotape your speech
• Design effective visual aids
• Reduce speech anxiety
• Practice for your job interview

Schedule an Appointment

 During the academic year, visit http://sututor.stanford.edu to schedule your OCT appointment online. Select "OCP: Oral Comm. Tutoring" in the center menu when scheduling appointments. 

If you have any trouble, please email your appointment request to lindsey.yeager@stanford.edu.  

Undergraduates:

You can also find information about our program on the Undergraduate Academic Life website: http://ual.stanford.edu/ARS/help_oral/oct.html.

Graduate Students:

Our scheduling website, http://sututor.stanford.edu, will display appointments for graduate students with our graduate student Oral Communication Tutors.  Our appointments are available from Wednesday of Week 2 of the quarter to the last day of classes in Week 10. 

The Speaking Center

All appointments take place in our Speaking Center in Meyer Library, Suite 123.  The following equipment is available during appointments:

• PC laptop
• InFocus projector
• Laptop cables (and Mac laptop adapters)
• Podium and whiteboard
• TV, VCR, and miniDV and DVD player
• Videocamera

The center also has a multimedia library of public speaking materials, including instructional videos, archives of effective talks, and books on speech-related issues.