
This lesson explains what "delivery" is when public speaking and encourages you to identify the top two or three "issues" you want to work on for the course.
This lesson explains how to get that smooth, confident, and conversational sound though "extemporaneous" delivery. This is the sound the professional speakers have.
This video gives you an example of how your speaking notes should look by the time you stand up to present. This will prevent you from reading your notes word-for-word and from memorizing your presentation.
You'll learn how to make eye contact so your listeners feel more connected to you. It takes some practice but these tips work!
Your facial expression goes right along with your eye contact and can make you look confident and warm or uncomfortable and nervous.
Do you have fidgety hands? This lesson will show you what to do so you look comfortable and natural.
Most experienced speakers use the same fundamental approach to gestures. Learn their approach so you gesture naturally like a pro.
Learn how to stand with good posture so you have that nice confident, composed appearance.
Learn how to move with a purpose rather than pace nervously.
Learn to pause in the right spots to sound more confident and composed.
One of the most annoying habits is when a speaker uses filler words such as "um" and "uh." This video will help you get rid of them and make you sound smooth!
This lesson teaches you how to get the most out of your voice and sound more confident, even if you don't feel confident.
You did it! Now, let's set some goals.
This class will help you look and sound more confident by fixing some of the most common public speaking delivery issues people wrestle with. Specifically, the class will help you do the following:
Sound conversational and not stiff
Make good eye contact
Show you what to do with your hands and how to gesture
Show you how to stand and move with a purpose.
How to get rid of filler words such as "ums" and "uhs"
Have a much more confident-sounding voice.
Who is it for? The class is for anybody from beginner to intermediate level speakers. Ideally, if you have any type of public speaking or presentation coming up, you can use the course to be at your best.
Public speaking is one of the best ways to put your career on the fast track. Public speaking gives you more professional visibility. When you do it well, everybody watching will say to themselves, "That's a leader."
Better communication skills signal to everybody watching that you have leadership skills!
Please note: This course does not teach you how to overcome public speaking fears. Instead, the lessons teach you how to look and sound more confident and composed in the moment, even if you don't feel it.