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Content Lesson 4: Addressing Difficult Subjects
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Content Lesson 4: Addressing Difficult Subjects

This lesson focuses on content quality regarding positive and negative material, using contrasts, and repetition.
Created byOvation Public Speaking
Last updated 6/2023
English
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What you'll learn

  • Use positive and negative material
  • Contrast two opposites
  • Use of repetition
  • Keep the tone positive

Course content

2 sections • 9 lectures • 28m total length

  • Introduction - Part 13:18

    Learn to address difficult subjects by using contrasts, limiting negative information, and preserving a positive tone. Apply the techniques to keep your audience engaged when presenting challenging ideas.

  • Using Contrasts3:33

    Use contrasts in speech writing to clarify difficult material by pairing opposites, such as unhealthy versus healthy foods, and start with contrasting information to frame outcomes like heart disease.

  • Limiting Negative Information2:53

    Balance negative information with positive benefits by presenting a brief negative example before the positive, and maintain an optimistic tone with a 1:3 negative-to-positive ratio.

  • Keep the Tone Postive4:35

    Emphasize the positive tone by reframing negative information, avoid leading or ending with negative information, and place negatives early to highlight achievements and drive motivation.

  • Exercises - Part 12:23

    Connect six concepts to form logical contrasts that address difficult subjects in a presentation, then transform six negative statements into positive ones to reveal worth and motivate the audience.

Requirements

  • None

Description

Have you ever struggled to add good content to your speech?  We’ve designed eight classes that pinpoint eight different speech content lessons that will help you achieve a successful speech. This class encompasses the fourth of eight speech content lessons in the Ovation Public Speaking tutorial. The subject is Content Quality - Addressing Difficult Subjects.

The class is designed to aid you in creating quality speeches and presentations that will help you be well understood and professional. This class will benefit any student who wants to excel at public speaking at school or also any business professionals who want to excel and build their career.

Highlights of this course:

  • Using Contrasting Information

  • Limiting Negative Information

  • Keep the Tone Positive

  • Correcting Errors

  • Use of Repetition

Includes the following:

  • Over 30 minutes of Instructor Video

  • Interactive Practice Sessions

  • Skill building exercises

The way this class is structured is by dividing it into two parts. Each part will have video lectures first. Throughout the video lectures there are interactive practice sessions, practical suggestions, and tips on ways you can practice and improve for each point. You are invited to pause the video during the lecture and practice the point. At the end of each part, there are a series of exercises to help you practice and gain experience.

This comprehensive course can be taken at the pace of the student. It requires a basic understanding of English, and a desire to improve your speaking ability.


Who this course is for:

  • Business Owners
  • College Students
  • Business Professionals
  • Influencers

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