What Will You Learn?
In this course free course you will learn successful public speaking and presentations. The course develops through four themes—mastering fear, developing a creative formula, using verbal and body language, and anticipating the room—so that you can discover your personal power as a speaker and give excellent presentations.
About This Course
Provider: Coursera
Format: Online
Duration: 20 hours to complete [Approx]
Target Audience: Beginners
Learning Objectives: Able to give successful presentation after completing this free course
Course Prerequisites: NA
Assessment and Certification: NA
Instructor: University of Colorado Boulder
Key Topics: Communication, Business Writing, Presentation, Public Speaking
Topic Covered:
- - Welcome to Effective Communication
- - What’s so Great About the Capstone?
- - Welcome to Successful Presentation
- - Understanding Fear
- - The Code Rule: Survival Reactions
- - The Paradox of Public Speaking
- - We've All Felt Fear
- - Successful Presentation is Storytelling
- - Stories and Storytellers
- - Performance
- - The Basic Formula
- - The Secret Ingredient: Creativity
- - What Is Creativity?
- - The Central Importance of the Introduction
- - The Introduction: The Salutation
- - The Introduction: The Review of the Structure
- - The Introduction: The One Compelling Point
- - Kuskin Receives His Assignment for Coursera Presentation
- - Intro: The Modular Content Unit
- - Pushing Each Unit (Thinking in Circles)
- - Building Transitions
- - How Do You Push Yourself?
- - Dynamic vs. Static (Getting into Your Brand)
- - You Are Your Own Harshest Critic
- - The Reverse Outline
- - Rehearsing the Introduction
- - Passion in a Bottle
- - Hearing Your Language
- - Marking Your Script
- - Recognizing Your Body
- - Using Your Body
- - The Importance of Stance
- - Anticipating the Field of Play
- - A Chaucerian Interlude
- - Attending to Your Audience
- - Slides vs Handouts
- - What Is a Question?
- - Being Soft
- - Avery's Demo Presentation: "Frankenstein and Science"
- - Building a Public Portfolio from the Private Self
- - The Paradox of the Public Self
- - Effective Communication
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