
Hello and welcome to this online course about how to prepare and present your license exam. This course is an intensive one and is aimed at developing those skills that are useful and necessary for achieving successful presentations and talking in public with ease and impact.
At the end of this course, if you go carefully through it and apply the recommended exercises, you will certainly know how to make an impactful presentation on your chosen theme for your license exam or any other exam, how to control your emotions before, during and after finishing the presentation and, last but not least, how to speak in public, calm and relaxed, on any stage, be it real or virtual.
Overcome fear of public speaking through preparation and support, then master structuring and presenting information to deliver powerful, successful presentations for your license exam.
Discover when slide tools add value and how to design an impactful presentation that supports your speech, adapting guidelines to your field with a psychology-focused template.
Keep things simple and to the point by using a clean, black-and-white template; when you add color, choose complementary colors such as blue and yellow or green and purple.
Use quality audio and video materials at 1920x1080, with free high-quality photos, integrate YouTube or Vimeo clips, and tailor graphics for psychology (text tables) and math (tables and formulas).
Explore graphs and charts, including pie, column, and bar charts, and tables, with guidelines to limit segments and columns to four to six, and use consistent fonts.
Explore how emotions unfold across subjective, physiological, cognitive, and behavioral dimensions and interpretations shape responses. Compare positive and negative emotions, functional versus dysfunctional, and observe body movements and emotional expressions.
Learn to transform negative emotions into functional or positive states and practice emotional self-regulation to manage anxiety and perform well on the license exam.
Practice rational analysis by disputing irrational thoughts with three questions: is it logical, is it useful, and is there any proof that things should be this way.
Apply the catastrophizing scale to rate an event from zero to one, where zero means not bothered and not exaggerating, and 100 signifies strong bother; imagine situations and mark accordingly.
Use role reversal to challenge your own wrong convictions by compiling a list, debating them as a defense attorney, and reframing events through shifting perspective and wording.
Apply exposure techniques, shame attacks, and gratification delay to confront fears and improve public speaking. Use gradual exposure and daily challenges to build emotional control and overcome procrastination.
Develop verbal communication for public speaking by building vocabulary, mastering grammar, and practicing active listening, including rephrasing, paraphrasing, and clarifying ideas.
Learn how non-verbal communication shapes public speaking by aligning facial expressions, posture, gestures, and visual contact with your verbal message to convey confidence and engagement.
Develop paraverbal communication by refining volume, rhythm, timbre, and register for effective public speaking. Practice with pauses, intonation, and diction to engage audiences and improve presentations.
Arrive sixty to ninety minutes early, test the platform, ensure backup internet and charged devices, and maintain a quiet, well-lit space with minimal interruptions.
Hello and welcome to this online course about how to prepare and present your license exam. This course is an intensive one and is aimed at developing those skills that are useful and necessary for achieving successful presentations and talking in public with ease and impact.
In the next couple of hours, we will go through the right steps so that you perform in your oral presentations, whether they are online or face to face.
My name is Sebastian Vaida and I am a psychologist, professor and trainer with an experience of more than 20 years in the field of life and social skills development. Over the course of those years, I have worked with teens and teenagers, students and employees from national and international companies for their personal and professional development. In those training sessions, I covered several areas such as team work, communication, emotional intelligence and other abilities from the soft skills category. Also, I watched thousands of presentations, in various contexts, ranging from license exams, master's degrees or PhD, to public speaking situations. And in those situations, I listened to both impeccable presentations as well as failed ones.
The reasons for those who are able to make a memorable presentation have to do with having the right presentation skills, public speaking and emotions control.
At the end of this course, if you go carefully through it and apply the recommended exercises, you will certainly know how to make an impactful presentation on your chosen theme for your license exam or any other exam, how to control your emotions before, during and after finishing the presentation and, last but not least, how to speak in public, calm and relaxed, on any stage, be it real or virtual. Therefore, choose to invest in your personal and professional development and grow those life skills that will allow you to speak relaxed and make memorable presentations. See you within the course.