Oracy: the essential ability ignored by education. | Cathy Mellor | TEDxBrayfordPool

Cathy believes that we're failing our young people. We invest heavily in teaching them to read and write, but what about being able to speak well? Cathy has a lifelong passion for helping everyone achieve their full potential; it’s fueled both her career and her life choices. She’s worked extensively in science, business and managerial learning and development, education consultancy and social enterprise. She was acutely aware of the value of developing excellence in the ability to communicate and then observed as a school governor that the development of these vital skills is almost entirely absent in our state education system in England. As a result, she founded the award winning FIND YOUR VOICE programme, which helps children and young people become confident communicators that value eloquent communication as a habit for life success. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx