Public speaking and communication skills

Duration

8 to 10 weeks

Course Outline

Public speaking is a leadership quality – it can lead to better job propositions, enhancing your quality of life. This course has been designed to teach public speaking and delivering a speech. Public speaking is a lifelong skill that is required for everyone to create an impact in schools, universities, workplaces, and even social gatherings. It helps you form connections with others, and helps in sales and marketing jobs too. The point is to change your circumstances, putting your points across, standing up for others, and knowing how to say what you need to say to create an impact.

Address your concerns to your audience effectively. Public speaking is a required skillset in today’s day and age. The art of persuasion is important in all our professional and personal relationships. It is important in building a network, storytelling and even entertaining people. This course will do that, while focusing on empathy in speech and public speaking.

Class breakdown:

Class 1: Introduction of all participants + History of public speaking (Ancient Civilizations)
Class 2: Art of Public Speaking + Speaking clearly

Act of Expression + Building confidence + Learning to put your ideas across

Class 3: Understanding the needs of your audience.

Working on content and information to impart to an audience

Class 4: Watching a few Ted talks – comparisons + class discussions

Homework – write a speech and deliver it in the next class.

Class 5: Examples from movies – speech as a life-changing moment for characters
Class 6: Organizing your speech – difference between spoken and written text
Class 7: Developing confidence through your own idea
Class 8: Communicating and making your speeches interactive. (Examples of stand-up comics).
Class 9: Final Presentations : Speeches – comparing their performance from class 2 to class 10
Class 10: Speaking in front of a camera – Art of performing a speech

Instructor Name:


Fatima Hassan