Improve your delivery skills with this comprehensive Public Speaking course
Public Speaking is a vital skill that you can use in so many aspects of your life. Whether you are doing public speaking for your job or business or to present information for your hobby, this course will help you build your confidence and hone your public speaking and presentation skills.
When you study this course, you will learn how to get your message clearly across and understood by your audience. There are many reasons why you might be conducting public speaking, it might be for your job or at a conference or meeting or even as a Master of Ceremonies at an event such as a Wedding or Funeral. This course will help you improve your skills and gain some practice in public speaking.
Lessons covered in this course:
Lesson 1: Scope and nature of public speaking
The nature of public speaking
The scope of public speaking
Context influence the nature and scope of speaking
Critical factors in public speaking
The ultimate message
Speaker/listener relationship
Channel
Feedback
Interference
Lesson 2: Writing and preparing speech
Words! Words! Words!
Clarity and confusion
Reorganising words leads to different results
Questions
Rhetoric and rhetorical devices
Speech preparation
Speech organisation
Outline
Purpose
Subject statement
Development
Sample outline
Other imporant factors to consider
Attention
Transitions
Orientation
Conclusion and summary
Lesson 3: Presentation and delivery
A speech
Volume, pitch, tone
Projection (volume)
Voice
Vocal health
Dealing with nerves
Body language
How to present a speech
Visual aid and media
Types of visual aids
Reasons for and against the use visual aids and media
For visual aids and media
Against visual aids and media
Lesson 4: Toasts and entertainment
Speaking for entertainment and toasting
Toasts
Content and focus
Timing
Humour
Body language
Voice
Master of ceremonies (mc)
Focus
Paying attention to the audience
Use of humour
Voice and body language
Story, script, and narrative
Preparation
Vocal technique
Adding character
Body language
Types of speeches
Introductions
Lesson 5: Debate and presenting argument
Introduction
What is rhetoric?
Ethos, pathos, and logos
Ethos: persuasion by character
Pathos: persuasion by emotion
Logos: persuasion by reason or logic
Persuasive context
Rhetorical triangle
Constructing an argument for speech or debate
Logic, fact and fallacy
Constructing an argument
What is a logical fallacy?
Critical thinking
Persuasive speaking
Lesson 6: Lecture and informative speech
Know your subject
Fact check
Questions and answers
Use elements from other areas of public speaking
Important points about fact-based presentations and educational presentations
Structuring a lecture or informative presentation
General educational lecture
The socratic method
Hands-on lectures: practicals, activities, and exercises
The role of vulnerability
Lesson 7: Evaluating a speech
Evaluating a speech
Introduction
Quality and evaluation
Anonymous or not?
Feedback
Ways to examine the quality of a speech/ speaker
Evaluating a toast or entertainment speech:
Evaluating a debate or argument:
Evaluating a lecture or informative speech:
Regaining confidence after a poor speech
Lesson 8: Question speaking for broadcast media
Introduction
Broadcasts
Rhythm of speaking
Slang and colloquial speech
Filler words
Developing a speech for broadcast media
Radio and podcast or sound recordings
Sound recordings
Television and film presentation
Media interviews and speaking on panels
Lesson 9: Project: prepare and deliver a speech
Why is problem based learning important?
Project aim
Learning outcomes
Problem definition
Your speech
Discussion questions
Team structure and mode of interaction
Final pbl submission