Professional Effectiveness
Public Speaking Strategies
Conquering the Challenges of Public Speaking
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Writing and Preparing an Effective Speech
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Conquering the Challenges of Public Speaking
Lesson Objectives
Conquering the Challenges of Public Speaking
- recognize the basic rules of good speech delivery
- identify techniques for regaining an audience's attention
- recognize how to deal with uncooperative audiences
- identify techniques to deal with difficult questions
- Recognize techniques for dealing with heckling
- recognize typical behaviors associated with public-speaking anxiety
- identify ways of overcoming public-speaking anxiety
Overview/Description
Being a competent public speaker allows you to showcase your work and communicate effectively. You won't convey your message – despite spending hours honing it – if you fail to engage your audience, handle audience challenges that arise, and tackle nerves and anxiety. This course explores methods for delivering an effective speech, such as making a good first impression and building rapport with your audience. It discusses techniques for handling challenges during a speech, such as reviving an audience's focus and handling difficult questions or hecklers. Finally, the course introduces strategies to overcome public speaking anxiety.
Being a competent public speaker allows you to showcase your work and communicate effectively. You won't convey your message – despite spending hours honing it – if you fail to engage your audience, handle audience challenges that arise, and tackle nerves and anxiety. This course explores methods for delivering an effective speech, such as making a good first impression and building rapport with your audience. It discusses techniques for handling challenges during a speech, such as reviving an audience's focus and handling difficult questions or hecklers. Finally, the course introduces strategies to overcome public speaking anxiety.
Writing and Preparing an Effective Speech
Lesson Objectives
Writing and Preparing an Effective Speech
- recognize ways of using aim and audience to select a speech topic
- identify how to use theme and encapsulation to select a speech topic
- recognize good practices to use when researching a speech
- recognize methods to use when preparing to give a speech
- sequence the steps for writing a speech
- identify ways of practicing a speech
Overview/Description
Not everybody is a natural public speaker. Some people are more eloquent and outgoing than others, but that doesn't automatically mean they can deliver an effective speech. In fact, public speaking requires significant planning and preparation. It's a learnable skill. This course teaches you how to prepare for public speaking, including determining your objective and audience profile, choosing your topic, and defining the theme of your speech. It also describes best practices to follow when planning, researching, and writing your speech.
Not everybody is a natural public speaker. Some people are more eloquent and outgoing than others, but that doesn't automatically mean they can deliver an effective speech. In fact, public speaking requires significant planning and preparation. It's a learnable skill. This course teaches you how to prepare for public speaking, including determining your objective and audience profile, choosing your topic, and defining the theme of your speech. It also describes best practices to follow when planning, researching, and writing your speech.
