Public Speaking 101: How to Give a Great Speech.
This course emphasizes the strategies for planning, developing, and delivering oral presentations. You learn the "Seven Step Speech Plan" so you can give a great speech for business & other presentations. This is a human performance course designed to improve oral communication skills in public speaking, group process, and interpersonal situations. It is designed to introduce students to principles of effective public speaking, implemented through the design and presentation of individual speeches. Communication theory will be presented and practice will be provided with audience analysis, organizational strategies, critical listening and thinking, and use of good sources and evidence in the preparation and delivery of informative and persuasive speeches and analysis of interpersonal relationships. Writing speeches for delivery in political, professional, and ceremonial settings is covered. Opportunities to apply what the student is learning are provided. By evaluating speeches, especially ones that need improvement, students are given ample opportunity to demonstrate what they've learned at the end of the course. As a professor at five colleges and universities in the United States, I'm happy to provide you my experience of 28 years of teaching by offering you this course.
In taking this course, the successful student will:
Learn the complete speech making process.
Develop his/her ability to select topics and deliver speeches according to the occasion, the audience, and the speaker.
Demonstrate ability to research information & evaluate evidence.
Exhibit increased self-confidence in public and interpersonal communication situations by reducing speech anxiety.
Show expanded facility in constructing arguments.
Demonstrate proficiency with the elements of oral style and effectivedelivery.
Apply fundamentals of listening.
Assess different types of audiences and learn how to analyze such audiences.
Utilize wording, style, argument, and delivery to connect with audience members.
Public Speaking 101: How to Give a Great Speech.
