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Speaking and Presenting: Poise

Speaking and Presenting: Poise

This course is part of Good with Words: Speaking and Presenting Specialization

Instructor: Patrick Barry

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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

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4 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

199 reviews

Beginner level

Recommended experience

Flexible schedule

1 week at 10 hours a week

Learn at your own pace

99%

Most learners liked this course

What you'll learn

How to hold the attention of a wide range of audiences
How to project a powerful combination of confidence, competence, and charisma
How to arrange your content in clear, memorable packages
How to use a well-tested suite of rhetorical rhythms to enhance your delivery and linguistic sophistication

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Taught in English

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There are 4 modules in this course

Poise is not some elusive or innate characteristic. It’s a series of choices, all of which can help you better connect with your intended audience. This course will help you identify those choices and teach you how to make them in a way that consistently enhances the clarity of your message and the effectiveness of your delivery.

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9 videos14 readings5 assignments4 discussion prompts

9 videosTotal 23 minutes

Hold People’s Attention2 minutes
P-R-O-D-U-C-T7 minutes
Poise3 minutes
The Virtue of Clarity2 minutes
Being in Public2 minutes
Charisma3 minutes
Speaking Stories: LBJ3 minutes
Speaking Stories: Winston Churchill1 minute
Speaking Stories: RBG1 minute

14 readingsTotal 131 minutes

Meet Professor Barry2 minutes
Teaching Style and Resources10 minutes
Syllabus7 minutes
University of Michigan Survey1 minute
(Optional) Introduction15 minutes
(Optional) Chapter 1—Poise15 minutes
(Optional) Class Clips20 minutes
Exercise ("Carpool Charisma")25 minutes
Community Engagement Rules3 minutes
Speaking Stats ("Harper's Index")3 minutes
Edit Our Edits10 minutes
Speaking Sagacity10 minutes
The Power of Pronouns5 minutes
Exercise―Chatter: How Well Do You Know Your Inner Voice?5 minutes

5 assignmentsTotal 43 minutes

Low-Stakes Practice5 minutes
Low-Stakes Practice8 minutes
Low-Stakes Practice5 minutes
Low-Stakes Practice5 minutes
Week 1 Review20 minutes

4 discussion promptsTotal 45 minutes

Carpool Charisma10 minutes
Speaking Stats ("Harper's Index")10 minutes
Speaking Sagacity15 minutes
Week 1 Recap10 minutes

We’ll follow up the “Speaking Stories” we learned about last week with a new, research-filled section called “Speaking Studies.”

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3 videos6 readings3 assignments1 app item5 discussion prompts

3 videosTotal 8 minutes

Speaking Studies: Teachers4 minutes
Speaking Studies: Comedians3 minutes
Speaking Studies: Perfect Pause1 minute

6 readingsTotal 88 minutes

Speaking Exercise ("Pause Practice")20 minutes
How to Use the Gallery Tool10 minutes
Speaking Exercise ("Moments of Silence")30 minutes
Stage Fright15 minutes
Choke Points8 minutes
Zoom Fatigue (and Fixes)5 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 33 minutes

Low-Stakes Practice5 minutes
Low-Stakes Practice8 minutes
Week 2 Review20 minutes

1 app itemTotal 30 minutes

(Optional) "Pause Practice" Feedback Gallery30 minutes

5 discussion promptsTotal 60 minutes

Speaking Exercise: Moments of Silence20 minutes
Stage Fright10 minutes
Choke Points10 minutes
Zoom Fatigue (and Fixes)10 minutes
Week 2 Recap10 minutes

People who have taken our companion course Good with Words: Writing and Editing may remember some of the rhetorical moves we’ll be learning about this week, including anaphora, epistrophe, and the Rule of Three. But even if these techniques are new to you, I hope you’ll soon try to incorporate them into your various speaking opportunities. There are good reasons why everyone from John F. Kennedy, to Margaret Thatcher, to Martin Luther King relied on them to get important points across.

What's included

10 videos4 readings3 assignments3 discussion prompts

10 videosTotal 21 minutes

Rhythm 2 minutes
More Saving. More Doing2 minutes
If You See Something, Say Something2 minutes
Parallel Structure2 minutes
The Rule of Three4 minutes
Same, Same, Kind of Different3 minutes
Verbal Technology1 minute
Women’s Suffrage2 minutes
Slavery1 minute
Suffrage and Slavery2 minutes

4 readingsTotal 53 minutes

(Optional) Rhythm—Chapter 220 minutes
(Optional) Resources: Class Clips15 minutes
Rap Rhythms3 minutes
Good Sentences, Good Speeches ("Hollywood")15 minutes

3 assignmentsTotal 33 minutes

Low-Stakes Practice5 minutes
Low-Stakes Practice8 minutes
Week 3 Review20 minutes

3 discussion promptsTotal 30 minutes

Rap Rhythms10 minutes
Good Sentences, Good Speeches ("Hollywood")10 minutes
Week 3 Recap10 minutes

Congratulations on making it to the final week of the first course in the series “Good With Words: Speaking and Presenting.” We’ll finish up with some additional material on rhythm and then get a chance to combine rhythm and poise together in a speaking exercise that involves a popular U.S. president, an acclaimed war correspondent, and the 1993 winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.