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Brilliant Public Speaking

Name: Brilliant Public Speaking
Rating: 4.7 (6 reviews)

Practical steps to fire up your public speaking in less than 2 hours

Created byEmma Coogan

Last updated 12/2023

English

What you'll learn

Learn how to deliver a clear, concise and engaging presentation
Learn how to deal with nerves
Understand the impact of body language; how it can add to your message or distract from it
Discover how to colour and ignite your words and heighten your impact
Learn how to power up your voice to amplify your message’s potential
Learn how to energise your voice, comfortably and dynamically
Feel more at ease when speaking in a work situation
Identify that “less is more” and find the confidence to ditch the script

Course content

14 sections • 42 lectures • 1h 40m total length

Welcome!0:52
Welcome to this public speaking course, where you will learn practical skills to improve your public speaking, that you can put into practise straight away.
Change Starts Here2:45
Can you imagine no longer dreading a presentation, or dissecting a presentation once it's over? Good Public speaking is much more than getting some information across, it’s about totally engaging your listeners and possibly inspiring them to take some action. I am going to tell you step by step what you need to do to make brilliant presentations. This has the potential to open up so many opportunities and new interests for you.
Connections2:13
Great public speaking is all about making connections. Connecting with yourself, your message and your listeners. The skills and techniques that I will teach you can be adapted to suit you, your content and your audience, using my Dial technique, ensuring that you deliver impactful speeches all while being yourself.
What to expect0:27
This course is made up of practical lessons. You can follow along through the lessons with me as you watch.
Make the most of the course0:49
It's a good idea to have a piece to work on as you go through the course. Then, once you have completed the course you will have a delivery template for any future speech you have to make.
Life long Learning1:15
Although your more than likely taking this course to develop your public speaking skills for work, the benefits are far wider than improving your professional prospects.

Prepare Yourself1:49
You will learn about the importance of relaxation, breathing and resonance as the foundations of great public speaking.
Full Relaxation Exercise2:41
Daily Relaxation Exercise2:50
Quick Relaxation Exercise1:30
Some quick relaxation exercises that you can do on the go or right before a speaking event.
Posture2:21
Our posture, or how we hold our bodies, has a huge impact on our public speaking. In this lesson you will learn how to hold yourself for optimum speaking results.
Breathing1:22
The second step in your warm-up is breathing. In tis lesson, learn how inadequate breathing may impact your public speaking
The Benefits of Breathing1:26
In this lesson you will learn that your breath supports and protects your voice and the relaxing benefits of the exhalation.
Best Breathing for Speaking1:08
In this lesson you will learn about the best method of breathing for great voice production.
Breathing Exercise4:26
Follow along with the breathing exercise.
Resonance - Good Tone0:41
The third step in your warm-up is Resonance. Our resonators, the mouth, nose and throat give our voice it's "shape" and sound. We want to achieve a balance between all three.
Resonance Exercise3:53
Learn and try some resonance exercises to achieve a balanced tone when you are public speaking.

Recap1:12
You will have a little recap of what we have covered so far and an introduction to what is to come next
The Importance of Vocal Variety1:55
You will learn the importance of vocal variety in keeping your listeners engaged in what you say.
Don't Fear Vocal Variety!0:56
Many people are either afraid to add change to their voice or don't know how to. You will learn this here, each step of the way.
Changing Your Pitch3:24
Learn how and when to change the pitch of your voice
Changing Your Rate3:45
Learn how and when to change the rate of your vocal delivery
Inflection1:55
Learn how to make an upwards and downward glide in your voice to highlight a word or phrase.
Changing Your Volume2:37
Learn how and when to change the volume of your voice to add vocal variety
Changing Your Tone Quality2:42
Learn how to change the tone of your voice to suit the tone of your message and content.
Practise makes Progress1:13
Now that you have these 5 techniques under your belt, it's time to put them into practice as much as possible.
Make sure to add your changes to your own speech or practice speech.
Choose a colour code, to help you to identify each change.

Persuasive Speech1:43
Learn how to draw attention to what you are saying to make a lasting impact on your listeners
Once you have completed lectures 34 - 37, make sure to add these emphatic changes to your speech or practice speech
STRESS!0:43
Learn how to add extra pressure on a word to make it stand out
Pause1:02
Learn how to use pause to make a word, or phrase stand out
Gesture1:10
Learn how to use gesture to make a word, or phrase stand out

Requirements

There are no requirements or prerequisites for this course. A previous or current speech would be helpful to use as you go through the course, but is not essential

Description

Are you an ambitious, hard working, motivated, energetic, purpose-driven person?

Can you imagine making an amazing impact, where you show up confidently to share your work, without stressing or worrying about getting your message across with oomph, all while being yourself?

But maybe your presentation skills let you down, perhaps they need a little revamp, overhaul, or just a little tlc? If so, you’re not alone because, believe it or not, 75% of people who present want to get better at presenting.

If you are not exactly loving your presentation skills right now, you could be

Losing Massive Opportunities;

to Advance your Career
to Expand your Influence
to Grow your Connections

Wasting huge amounts of

Time, Worrying about how will it go, what people will think, how you will sound
Energy, figuring out how to deliver your presentations, what to focus on and where to even start?

You know you need “something” but don't know what you should be doing. Maybe it’s been flagged before and you’ve been given “advice“ such as “slow down” or “change your voice” and other vague pieces of advice that are NO HELP AT ALL.

But most of all you are denying yourself the chance to share your voice, opinion and personality.

Having solid skills to deliver clear, creative and captivating presentations is not a trend, it’s here to stay.

What you need is a clear, practical and results driven plan to help you to get your presentation skills on track in a convenient space of time

This course can help you with this. It can help you to become the speaker you would like to be:

Can you imagine having the techniques:

To Engage,
To Captivate
To Convince any audience. All while being yourself.

This course will teach you specific techniques using, my Three Connections Method:

Connecting with you

Connecting with your message

Connecting with your listener

So that you can deliver a calm, creative, colourful, credible presentation, every time.

Once you complete the course you will have a presentation delivery template that you can apply straight away to every presentation you will ever give, in the future. EVER

This is a practical course that will teach you all that you need to know to deliver powerful and impactful public speeches and presentations.

Learn step by step how to prepare yourself fully to feel relaxed, comfortable and confident when you speak.

Work on relaxation, breathing, resonance and clear speech exercises

Understand the importance and power of pause, for both you and your listener.

Discover how to manage speech content levels and understand the concept that less really can be more

Learn how, when and why to add change, variety colour to your voice, to keep your listeners engaged.

Hear real examples of how you can add all these changes to your vocal delivery.

Effective communication skills; Clarity and conciseness
Confidence Building; Public Speaking Confidence and Body Language
Content Development; Message Structuring
Audience Engagement
Adaptability; Adapting to different audiences
Professional Presence
Leadership Communication; Leadership Presence and Team Communication

Who this course is for:

All levels of speakers who would like to improve their speaking skills in all work situations

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Course content

Introduction6 lectures • 8min

Dealing with Nerves1 lecture • 7min

Confidence1 lecture • 5min

Prepare Yourself11 lectures • 24min

Clear Speech3 lectures • 6min

The Power of Pause1 lecture • 8min

Content and Phrasing1 lecture • 4min

Vocal Variety9 lectures • 20min

Persuasive Speech or Emphasis4 lectures • 5min

Move it!1 lecture • 5min

Requirements

Description

Who this course is for: