Public Speaking for College Students (Skillshare)

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Public Speaking for College Students (Skillshare)

University is all about presentations - interviews, speeches, group projects. If you're like me, you'll be lucky if you got to do a single speech in high school to prepare. This course has an aim of gearing students up with the necessary skills needed to make successful speeches and presentations.

Aims:

  • An aim of getting students prepared for the tools and techniques they will need for the many presentations they will deliver in college
  • An introduction to public speaking sub-topics
  • A chance for students to draft, rehearse and present a speech as they follow along the course

The class project is a simple speech that students will have to deliver in front of an audience. The students are free to choose who they’d like to speak in front of - friends, colleagues, or even other students taking the same course staying nearby. The speech topic can be anything - that the students find interesting or are passionate about. The speech should be from 3-5 minutes.

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