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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4 modules

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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14 assignments

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.

What's included

9 videos14 readings5 assignments4 discussion prompts

9 videos Total 23 minutes

Hold People’s Attention 2 minutes
P-R-O-D-U-C-T 7 minutes
Poise 3 minutes
The Virtue of Clarity 2 minutes
Being in Public 2 minutes
Charisma 3 minutes
Speaking Stories: LBJ 3 minutes
Speaking Stories: Winston Churchill 1 minute
Speaking Stories: RBG 1 minute

14 readings Total 131 minutes

Meet Professor Barry 2 minutes
Teaching Style and Resources 10 minutes
Syllabus 7 minutes
University of Michigan Survey 1 minute
(Optional) Introduction 15 minutes
(Optional) Chapter 1—Poise 15 minutes
(Optional) Class Clips 20 minutes
Exercise ("Carpool Charisma") 25 minutes
Community Engagement Rules 3 minutes
Speaking Stats ("Harper's Index") 3 minutes
Edit Our Edits 10 minutes
Speaking Sagacity 10 minutes
The Power of Pronouns 5 minutes
Exercise―Chatter: How Well Do You Know Your Inner Voice? 5 minutes

5 assignments Total 43 minutes

Low-Stakes Practice 5 minutes
Low-Stakes Practice 8 minutes
Low-Stakes Practice 5 minutes
Low-Stakes Practice 5 minutes
Week 1 Review 20 minutes

4 discussion prompts Total 45 minutes

Carpool Charisma 10 minutes
Speaking Stats ("Harper's Index") 10 minutes
Speaking Sagacity 15 minutes
Week 1 Recap 10 minutes

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

What's included

3 videos6 readings3 assignments1 app item5 discussion prompts

3 videos Total 8 minutes

Speaking Studies: Teachers 4 minutes
Speaking Studies: Comedians 3 minutes
Speaking Studies: Perfect Pause 1 minute

6 readings Total 88 minutes

Speaking Exercise ("Pause Practice") 20 minutes
How to Use the Gallery Tool 10 minutes
Speaking Exercise ("Moments of Silence") 30 minutes
Stage Fright 15 minutes
Choke Points 8 minutes
Zoom Fatigue (and Fixes) 5 minutes

3 assignments Total 33 minutes

Low-Stakes Practice 5 minutes
Low-Stakes Practice 8 minutes
Week 2 Review 20 minutes

1 app item Total 30 minutes

(Optional) "Pause Practice" Feedback Gallery 30 minutes

5 discussion prompts Total 60 minutes

Speaking Exercise: Moments of Silence 20 minutes
Stage Fright 10 minutes
Choke Points 10 minutes
Zoom Fatigue (and Fixes) 10 minutes
Week 2 Recap 10 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 videos Total 21 minutes

Rhythm 2 minutes
More Saving. More Doing 2 minutes
If You See Something, Say Something 2 minutes
Parallel Structure 2 minutes
The Rule of Three 4 minutes
Same, Same, Kind of Different 3 minutes
Verbal Technology 1 minute
Women’s Suffrage 2 minutes
Slavery 1 minute
Suffrage and Slavery 2 minutes

4 readings Total 53 minutes

(Optional) Rhythm—Chapter 2 20 minutes
(Optional) Resources: Class Clips 15 minutes
Rap Rhythms 3 minutes
Good Sentences, Good Speeches ("Hollywood") 15 minutes

3 assignments Total 33 minutes

Low-Stakes Practice 5 minutes
Low-Stakes Practice 8 minutes
Week 3 Review 20 minutes

3 discussion prompts Total 30 minutes

Rap Rhythms 10 minutes
Good Sentences, Good Speeches ("Hollywood") 10 minutes
Week 3 Recap 10 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.