Communication & Workplace Skills
Foundations of Public Speaking
Speak in public with confidence.
1 dayFoundation4 modules
About this course
Speak in public with confidence. You will adopt a healthy speaker mindset, prepare thoroughly, manage nerves and deliver your message clearly and persuasively.
What you'll learn
- Embrace a healthy speaker mindset to enhance delivery
- Effectively prepare for a public speaking engagement
- Explore the real fear of public speaking and practice ways to mitigate it
- Utilize proven tactics to engage the audience and present successfully
- Understand top public speaking challenges and how to address them
Curriculum
4 modules
- Embracing a healthy presentation mindset
- Setting expectations for the speaker and audience
- Fostering engagement in a safe environment
- Outlining topics and ideas
- Considering the opening and closing
- Using presentation staging and visual backdrops effectively
- Creating high-quality slides to guide the presentation
- Understanding and overcoming the fear of public speaking
- Using humor effectively
- Leveraging the techniques and tips to mitigate stress
- Delivering a solid opening to connect with the audience
- Reading the audience
- Using tactics to encourage audience engagement
- Making good use of space and optics
- Managing stress in the moment
- Responding effectively to the top public speaking challenges
- Concluding the presentation successfully
Who it's for
Anyone who wants to speak with more confidence.
Before you start
No formal prerequisites. Bring curiosity and a willingness to practise.
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