Public Speaking for Professionals

Public speaking is an essential skill for all professionals. In this course you will learn communication and presentation skills to help you navigate the workplace, formal presentations, and special events. By gaining experience in preparing and executing formal presentations, you will develop a skillset to effectively interact with the professional world. Explore strategies and techniques for developing public speaking in an interactive, fully-online course, packed with interactive activities and pdf resources.

Objectives & Overview

The purpose of this course is to help prepare professionals to research, create, and execute formal presentations. Throughout this course, professionals will develop their communication and presentation skills, and learn strategies for a wide variety of public presentations, from the workplace to formal occasions.

By the end of this course, participants will be able to: 

1. develop detailed content and speaking outlines
2. research, develop, and prepare formal presentations
3. identify and apply audience analysis strategies in formal presentations
4. develop and deliver verbal in-speech citations

This course is organized into four modules. Each module contains a quiz activity as well as an interactive practice exercise, alongside videos and printable resources.

• Module 1: Organizing Professional Presentations
• Module 2: Audience Analysis and Adapting Presentations for Specific Audiences
• Module 3: Developing Speaker Credibility
• Module 4: Delivering Presentations with Confidence

Who Should Enroll?

This course is aimed at professionals who wish to gain experience in creating and delivering formal presentations, while sharpening their public speaking expertise.

This course is fully online and asychronous, allowing the flexibility for participants to learn on their own schedule. The self-paced course consists of four modules, and can be completed in multiple sittings to accomodate busy schedules. On average, the entire course can be completed in approximately 4 hours, though participants have 60 days after registration to access and complete the content.