1664 - Effective Public Speaking

Delivery Options Online

Course Description

Confidence is a key to delivering an effective speech or presentation. This two-module course, Effective Public Speaking, helps you to develop the skills you'll need to become an outstanding and confident public speaker. It reviews the seven stages of public speaking through games, interactive exercises, and videos. The tools and techniques in this course can ensure that you'll excel when speaking in any situation, from the start of your speech or presentation to its successful end.

This online course should take about four to six hours to complete. Students will have access to the course content for 30 days from the time of registration.

After completing this course, students should be able to:

Describe the seven stages of giving a speech or presentation
Discuss the elements of establishing your purpose for speaking (Stage One)
Recognize the need to consider your audience (Stage Two)
Describe how to develop your central message (Stage Three)
Explain how to employ evidence in supporting your main points (Stage Four)
Discuss how to craft your speech (Stage Five)
Explain how to rehearse for your speech (Stage Six)
Describe techniques for delivering your speech (Stage Seven)
Recognize best practices for employing slides in your presentation
Describe key techniques for dealing with speech anxiety
Discuss how to handle difficult questions
Describe effective responses when things go wrong

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1664 - 010

FY 24

Online

Available

Effective Public Speaking

Online

Tuition non-credit

$145.00

Section Notes

Please note that the program schedule dates printed on your receipt are incorrect. The dates printed are for accounting purposes and reflect our fiscal year. Your course begins when you receive the program access email from Duke Continuing Studies and ends 30 days later. These dates will be printed in your access email. Please note that the portal in which you enrolled through Duke Continuing Studies is NOT the same portal for the online program. There is a separate log in issued for the program portal.

Within 5 business days after enrollment, you will receive the access email which will contain the URL for the program portal, your username, and a temporary password. Please note that this email occasionally gets caught in the spam or junk filter / folder, so please keep a lookout for it there. Receipt of that email (i.e., when it appears either in your inbox OR spam/junk folder) begins the time period for your course access. Your deadline date is noted in bold in the access email. Please note that we do not offer extensions for this program.